New South Wales Consolidated Acts

UNLAWFUL GAMBLING ACT 1998 - SECT 18

18 Cheating

(1) A person who is engaged in any form of gambling (other than a form of gambling that is prohibited by or under this Act) must not--

(a) by a fraudulent trick, device, sleight of hand or representation, or

(b) by a fraudulent scheme or practice, or

(c) by the fraudulent use of gaming equipment or any other thing, or

(d) by the fraudulent use of an instrument or article of a type normally used in connection with gambling (or appearing to be of a type normally used in connection with gambling),

obtain, or attempt to obtain, any money or advantage for himself or herself or any other person.

: Maximum penalty--100 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years (or both).

(2) This section does not limit the operation of any offence relating to cheating under any other Act.