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Ohio Rev. Code § 2915.05 (2026)

Cheating - corrupting sports

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Effective:
September 30, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 86 - 129th General Assembly
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(A) No person, with purpose to defraud or knowing that the person is facilitating a fraud, shall engage in conduct designed to corrupt the outcome of any of the following:

(1) The subject of a bet;

(2) A contest of knowledge, skill, or endurance that is not an athletic or sporting event;

(3) A scheme or game of chance;

(4) Bingo.

(B) No person shall knowingly do any of the following:

(1) Offer, give, solicit, or accept anything of value to corrupt the outcome of an athletic or sporting event;

(2) Engage in conduct designed to corrupt the outcome of an athletic or sporting event.

(C)(1) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of cheating. Except as otherwise provided in this division, cheating is a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the potential gain from the cheating is one thousand dollars or more or if the offender previously has been convicted of any gambling offense or of any theft offense, as defined in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code, cheating is a felony of the fifth degree.

(2) Whoever violates division (B) of this section is guilty of corrupting sports. Corrupting sports is a felony of the fifth degree on a first offense and a felony of the fourth degree on each subsequent offense.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1995–2025 · leading case: State v. Daboni, 2018-Ohio-4155.
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State v. Daboni, 2018-Ohio-4155. · cites it 2× “06 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to July 1, 1996, or any violation of division (B) of section 2915.05 of the Revised Code as it exists on and after July 1, 1996, when the proceeds of the violation, the payments made in the violation, the amount of a claim for payment…”
State ex rel. Larkins v. Baker, 653 N.E.2d 701 (Ohio 1995). · cites it 2× “06: “In any case in which a defendant waives his right to trial by jury and elects to be tried by the court under section 2915.05 of the Revised Code, any judge of the court in which the cause is pending shall proceed to hear, try, and determine the cause in accordance with the…”
State v. Pless, 658 N.E.2d 766 (Ohio 1996). “First, Larkins is distinguishable on the basis that the case at bar involves a direct appeal from a criminal conviction. Second, the record before us contains no evidence that appellant’s signed jury waiver form was ever included in the trial court’s case file.”
United States v. Tyren Cervenak, 135 F.4th 311 (6th Cir. 2025). “For example, cheating, see Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2915.05 (B), does not mandate the wrongful use of property.”
United States v. Tyren Cervenak, No. 23-3466 (6th Cir. Apr. 2, 2025). “For example, cheating, see Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2915.05 (B), does not mandate the wrongful use of property.”
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