2010 Rhode Island Code
Title 41 Sports, Racing, and Athletics
CHAPTER 41-9.1 The Rhode Island Gaming Control and Revenue Act
§ 41-9.1-31 Unlawful use of bogus chips or gaming billets, marked cards, dice, cheating devices, unlawful coins – Penalty.

§ 41-9.1-31 Unlawful use of bogus chips or gaming billets, marked cards, dice, cheating devices, unlawful coins – Penalty. – (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to play any game and:

(1) Knowingly to use bogus or counterfeit chips or gaming billets, or knowingly to substitute and use in any such game cards or dice that have been marked, loaded or tampered with; or

(2) Knowingly to use or possess any cheating device with intent to cheat or defraud.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person, playing or using any slot machine to:

(1) Knowingly to use other than a lawful coin or legal tender of the United States of America or to use coin not of the same denomination as the coin intended to be used in such slot machine, except that in the playing of any slot machine or similar gaming device, it shall be lawful for any person to use gaming billets, tokens or similar objects therein which are approved by the state lottery division; or

(2) To use any cheating or thieving device, including, but not limited to, tools, drills, wires, coins or tokens attached to strings or wires, or electronic or magnetic devices, to facilitate the alignment of any winning combination or removing from any slot machine any money or other contents thereof.

(c) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to possess or use while on the premises of a licensed casino, any cheating, or thieving device, including, but not limited to, tolls, wires, drills, coins attached to strings or wires or electronic or magnetic devices to facilitate removing from any slot machine any money or contents thereof, except that a duly authorized employee of a licensed casino may possess and use any of the foregoing only in furtherance of his or her employment in the casino.

(d) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to possess or use while on the premises of any licensed casino any key or device designed for the purpose of or suitable for opening or entering any slot machine or similar gaming device or drop box, except that a duly authorized employee of a licensed casino, or of the state lottery division may possess and use any of the foregoing only in furtherance of his or her employment.

(e) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section shall be imprisoned for no more than (5) five years and may be fined an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
History of Section.
(P.L. 2004, ch. 594, § 2.)