2015 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title LXII - CRIMINAL CODE
Chapter 638 - FRAUD
Section 638:8 - Sports Bribery.

NH Rev Stat § 638:8 (2015) What's This?

    638:8 Sports Bribery. –
    I. A person is guilty of sports bribery if:
       (a) With a purpose to influence any participant or prospective participant not to give his best efforts in a publicly exhibited contest, he confers or offers or agrees to confer any benefit upon or threatens any injury to such participant or prospective participant; or
       (b) With a purpose to influence an official in a publicly exhibited contest to perform his duties improperly, he confers or offers or agrees to confer any benefit upon or threatens any injury to such official; or
       (c) With a purpose to influence the outcome of a publicly exhibited contest, he tampers with any person, animal or thing contrary to the rules and usages purporting to govern such a contest; or
       (d) He knowingly solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit, the giving of which would be criminal under subparagraph I(a) or (b).
    II. (a) Sports bribery is:
          (1) A class A felony if the benefit referred to in subparagraphs I(a), (b) or (d), or the value of the benefit gained or to be gained from influencing the outcome of a contest as referred to in subparagraph I(c), exceeds $1,500 or if the injury threatened in subparagraphs I(a) or (b) is a serious bodily injury;
          (2) A class B felony in all other cases.
       (b) The value shall be determined according to the provisions of RSA 637:2, V.

Source. 1971, 518:1. 1979, 265:6, eff. Aug. 20, 1979. 2010, 239:7, eff. July 1, 2010.


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