Colorado Code § 18-20-109

Use of counterfeit or unapproved chips or tokens or unlawful coins or devices - possession of certain unlawful devices, equipment, products, or materials
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(1) It is
unlawful for any licensee, employee, or other person to use counterfeit chips in any limited
gaming activity.
(2) It is unlawful for any person, in playing or using any limited gaming activity
designed to be played with, to receive, or to be operated by chips or tokens approved by the
Colorado limited gaming control commission or by lawful coin of the United States of America:
(a) Knowingly to use anything other than chips or tokens approved by the Colorado
limited gaming control commission or lawful coin, 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 that limited
gaming activity; or
(b) To use any device or means to violate the provisions of article 30 of title 44.
(3) It is unlawful for any person to possess any device, equipment, or material which he
knows has been manufactured, distributed, sold, tampered with, or serviced in violation of the
provisions of article 30 of title 44.
(4) It is unlawful for any person, not a duly authorized employee of a licensee acting in
furtherance of his or her employment within an establishment, to have on his or her person or in
his or her possession any device intended to be used to violate the provisions of article 30 of title
44.
(5) It is unlawful for any person, not a duly authorized employee of a licensee acting in
furtherance of his or her employment within an establishment, to have on his or her person or in
his or her possession while on the premises of any licensed gaming establishment any key or
device known to have been designed for the purpose of and suitable for opening, entering, or
affecting the operation of any limited gaming activity, drop box, or electronic or mechanical
device connected thereto, or for removing money or other contents therefrom.
(6) Possession of more than one of the devices, equipment, products, or materials
described in this section shall give rise to a rebuttable presumption that the possessor intended to
use them for cheating.
(7) It is unlawful for any person to use or possess while on the premises 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 to facilitate removing from any slot machine any money or contents thereof,
unless the person is a duly authorized gaming employee acting in the furtherance of his or her
employment.
(8) A person violating any provision of this section commits a class 6 felony.

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