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Wash. Rev. Code § 9.46.196 (2025)

Cheating—Defined

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"Cheating," as used in this chapter, means to:
(1) Employ or attempt to employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud any other participant or any operator;
(2) Engage in any act, practice, or course of operation as would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any other participant or any operator;
(3) Engage in any act, practice, or course of operation while participating in a gambling activity with the intent of cheating any other participant or the operator to gain an advantage in the game over the other participant or operator; or
(4) Cause, aid, abet, or conspire with another person to cause any other person to violate subsections (1) through (3) of this section.
[ 2002 c 253 s 1; 1991 c 261 s 8; 1977 ex.s. c 326 s 13.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2005–2005 · leading case: State v. Heffner, 126 Wash. App. 803 (Wash. Ct. App. 2005).
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State v. Heffner, 126 Wash. App. 803 (Wash. Ct. App. 2005). “Former RCW 9.46.196 (Laws of 1991, ch. 261, § 8).”
State v. Heffner, 110 P.3d 219 (Wash. Ct. App. 2005). “Former RCW 9.46.196 (LAWS OF 1991, ch. 261, § 8).”
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