Colorado Code § 44-30-824

Use of counterfeit or unapproved chips or tokens or unlawful coins or devices - possession of certain unlawful devices, equipment, products, or materials - penalty
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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 a person, in playing or using a limited gaming activity designed to
be played with, to receive, or to be operated by chips, tokens, or other wagering instruments
approved by the commission or by lawful coin of the United States of America:
(a) Knowingly to use anything other than chips or tokens approved by the 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 this article 30.
(3) It is unlawful for any person to possess any device, equipment, or material that he or
she knows has been manufactured, distributed, sold, tampered with, or serviced in violation of
the provisions of this article 30.
(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 this article 30.
(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 and shall be
punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401.

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