Gaming Machine Act 1995
176Cheating
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176 Cheating (1) A person shall not dishonestly: (a) by a scheme or practice; (b) by the use of gaming equipment; or (c) by the use of an instrument or article of a type used in connection with gaming, or appearing to be of a type used in connection with gaming, or of any other thing, in relation to gaming or the conduct of gaming, induce a licensee or a person acting on behalf of the licensee to deliver, give or credit to the person or another person any money, gaming tokens, gaming machine credits, benefit, advantage, valuable consideration or security. (2) A licensee shall not dishonestly: (a) by a scheme or practice;
Gaming Machine Act 1995 152 (b) by the use of gaming equipment; or (c) by the use of an instrument or article of a type used in connection with gaming, or appearing to be of a type used in connection with gaming, or of any other thing, in relation to gaming or the conduct of gaming, induce a person to deliver, give or credit to the licensee or any other person any money, gaming tokens, gaming machine credits, benefit, advantage, valuable consideration or security. (3) In subsection (2), licensee includes: (a) a machine manager or a person who supervises gaming or attends to gaming machines on behalf of a licensee; and (b) a person employed by a licensee to sell or redeem gaming tokens or carry out centralised credit transactions on behalf of the licensee. (4) A person shall not dishonestly cause gaming equipment to deliver, give or credit to the person or another person any gaming tokens, gaming machine credits, benefit, advantage, valuable consideration or security. (5) A person shall not, for the purpose of cheating or stealing in relation to gaming or the conduct of gaming, use, or be in possession of: (a) any gaming tokens that the person knows are bogus or counterfeit; or (b) anything that permits or facilitates cheating or stealing.