9.46.196 - Cheating -- Defined. - Washington Statutes

Cheating — Defined.

"Cheating," as used in this chapter, means to:

     (1) Employ or attempt to employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud any other participant or any operator;

     (2) Engage in any act, practice, or course of operation as would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any other participant or any operator;

     (3) Engage in any act, practice, or course of operation while participating in a gambling activity with the intent of cheating any other participant or the operator to gain an advantage in the game over the other participant or operator; or

     (4) Cause, aid, abet, or conspire with another person to cause any other person to violate subsections (1) through (3) of this section.

[2002 c 253 § 1; 1991 c 261 § 8; 1977 ex.s. c 326 § 13.]