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Gambling Act 2003

Harm prevention and minimisation, enforcement, and other matters - Offences relating to gambling in casinos

353: Counterfeit chips

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"Making or using fake casino chips is against the law"

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If you make a fake chip that looks like a real one to use in a casino, you are committing an offence. You also commit an offence if you have something that can be used to make a fake chip and you plan to use it for that purpose. If you give a fake chip to someone else knowing it is fake, or try to pass a fake chip to someone, you are committing an offence. You commit an offence if you have a fake chip, know it is fake, and plan to give it to someone else as if it were real. If you do any of these things, you can get in trouble with the law, and you might have to go to prison or pay a fine, depending on what you did.

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Part 4Harm prevention and minimisation, enforcement, and other matters
Offences relating to gambling in casinos

353Counterfeit chips

  1. Every person commits an offence who—

  2. counterfeits a chip resembling an authorised chip with the intention to use it in gambling in a casino venue as an authorised chip; or
    1. has in the person’s possession or control anything intended to be used to counterfeit a chip resembling an authorised chip in circumstances that show an intention to use it for the purpose of counterfeiting chips.

      1. Every person commits an offence who—

      2. supplies a counterfeit chip to another person knowing it to be counterfeit; or
        1. passes, or attempts to pass, a counterfeit chip to another person knowing it to be counterfeit.

          1. Every person commits an offence who has in the person’s possession or under the person’s control a counterfeit chip knowing it to be counterfeit and intending to pass it to another person as authorised.

          2. Every person who commits an offence—

          3. against subsection (1) is liable on conviction to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 3 years or to a fine not exceeding $100,000:
            1. against subsection (2) or subsection (3) is liable on conviction to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or to a fine not exceeding $50,000.

              Compare
              • 1990 No 62 s 104
              Notes
              • Section 353(4)(a): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).
              • Section 353(4)(b): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).