2011 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 14 — Criminal law
RS 14:67.18 — Cheating and swindling


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§67.18. Cheating and swindling

A. It shall be unlawful for any person who by any trick or sleight of hand performance, or by fraud or fraudulent scheme, cards, dice, or device, for himself or another, wins or attempts to win money or property or a combination thereof, or reduces a losing wager or attempts to reduce a losing wager, increases a winning wager or attempts to increase a winning wager in connection with gaming operations.

B.(1) Whoever violates the provisions of this Section when the value of such money or property or combination thereof or reduced or increased wager amounts to a value of one thousand five hundred dollars or more shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than ten years, or may be fined not more than three thousand dollars, or both.

(2) When the value of such money or property or combination thereof or reduced or increased wager amounts to a value of five hundred dollars or more, but less than a value of one thousand five hundred dollars, the offender shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than five years, or may be fined not more than two thousand dollars, or both.

(3) When the value of such money or property or combination thereof or reduced or increased wager amounts to less than a value of five hundred dollars, the offender shall be imprisoned for not more than six months, or may be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or both. If the offender in such cases has been convicted of cheating and swindling two or more times previously, upon any subsequent conviction he shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than two years, or may be fined not more than two thousand dollars, or both.

C. For purposes of this Section, "gaming operations" means the conducting or assisting in the conducting of gaming activities or operations upon a riverboat, at the official gaming establishment, by operating an electronic video draw poker device, by a charitable gaming licensee, or at a pari-mutuel wagering facility or the operation of a state lottery which is licensed for operation and regulated under the provisions of Chapter 4 of Title 4, Chapters 4, 5, 6, and 7 of Title 27, or Chapter 11 of Title 4 or Subtitle XI of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, or any other gaming operation authorized by law.

Acts 2001, No. 216, §1; Acts 2010, No. 585, §1.

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