2021 Montana Code Annotated
Title 23. Parks, Recreation, Sports, and Gambling
Chapter 5. Gambling
Part 6. Video Gaming Machine Control Law
23-5-622. Tampering with video gambling machine -- penalty
23-5-622. Tampering with video gambling machine -- penalty. (1) A person commits the offense of tampering with a video gambling machine if the person purposely or knowingly:
(a) manipulates the outcome or payoff of a video gambling machine by physical tampering or other interference with the proper functioning of the machine; or
(b) exploits a hardware or software feature or combination of features that alters the video gambling machine's intended and approved functioning, including:
(i) causing the machine to register more value in credits than deposited or won through play;
(ii) altering the chance element of the game;
(iii) altering the pay table of the game; or
(iv) permitting play contrary to the posted rules or recognized rules of play.
(2) A violation of this section is a felony and must be punished in accordance with 23-5-162.
History: En. Sec. 57, Ch. 642, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 373, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 276, L. 2017.
