Section 44-30-826 - Unlawful manufacture, sale, distribution, marking, altering, or modification of equipment and devices associated with limited gaming - unlawful instruction(1) It is unlawful to manufacture, sell, or distribute any cards, chips, dice, game, or device that is intended to be used to violate any provision of this article 30.(2) It is unlawful to mark, alter, or otherwise modify related equipment or a limited gaming device in a manner that: (a) Affects the result of a wager by determining win or loss; or(b) Alters the normal criteria of random selection, that affects the operation of a game or that determines the outcome of a game.(3) It is unlawful for any person to instruct another in cheating or in the use of any device for that purpose, with the knowledge or intent that the information or use so conveyed may be employed to violate any provision of this article 30.(4) Any person issued a license pursuant to this article 30 violating any provision of this section commits a class 6 felony and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401, and any other person violating any provision of this section commits a class 2 misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501. If the person is a repeating gambling offender, the person commits a class 5 felony and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401.Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 795, eff. 3/1/2022.Renumbered from C.R.S. § 12-47.1-827 and amended by 2018 Ch. 14, § 2, eff. 10/1/2018.Amended by 2013 Ch. 397, § 17, eff. 7/1/2013.L. 2018: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 18 -034), ch. 215, p. 215, § 2, effective October 1. L. 2021: (4) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3330, p. 3330, § 795, effective 3/1/2022.(1) This section is similar to former § 12-47.1-827 as it existed prior to 2018.
(2) Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).