New South Wales Consolidated Acts

GAMING MACHINES ACT 2001 - SECT 80

80 Cheating and unlawful interference with gaming machines

(1) A person who--

(a) has possession of a device made or adapted, or intended by the person to be used, for interfering with the normal operation of an approved gaming machine in a hotel or on the premises of a club, or

(b) does anything calculated, or likely, to interfere with the normal operation of an approved gaming machine in a hotel or on the premises of a club, or

(c) does anything calculated to render an approved gaming machine in a hotel or on the premises of a club incapable, even temporarily, of producing a winning combination,

is guilty of an offence.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to anything done in good faith in connection with--

(a) the installation, alteration, adjustment, maintenance or repair of an approved gaming machine by a technician, or

(b) the exercise by a person of a function conferred or imposed by this Act on an inspector.

(3) A person who, with intent to dishonestly obtain money or a financial advantage for himself or herself or another person, inserts in an approved gaming machine in a hotel or on the premises of a club anything other than--

(a) a coin or token of the denomination or type displayed on the gaming machine as that to be used to operate the gaming machine, or

(b) a banknote of a denomination approved by the Authority for use in order to operate the gaming machine, or

(c) a card of a type approved by the Authority for use in order to operate the gaming machine,

is guilty of an offence.

(4) A person who, in connection with an approved gaming machine in a hotel or on the premises of a club--

(a) by any fraudulent representation, or

(b) by a fraudulent scheme or practice, or

(c) by the fraudulent use of the approved gaming machine or any other thing,

obtains for himself or herself or another person, or induces a person to deliver, give or credit to him or her or another person, any money, benefit, advantage, valuable consideration or security, is guilty of an offence.

(5) A person who, without lawful excuse, uses or has in his or her possession in a hotel or on the premises of a club any equipment, device or thing that permits or facilitates cheating or stealing in connection with an approved gaming machine is guilty of an offence.

(6) A person who knows of any faulty or fraudulent computer programming and as a result gains, or gains for another person, an advantage in the operation of an approved gaming machine is guilty of an offence.

(7) A person who authorises or permits another person to act in a way that is an offence under another provision of this section is guilty of an offence.

: Maximum penalty--100 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.