Oregon Code § 167.167·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Cheating.
(1) A
person commits the crime of cheating if the person, while in the course of
participating or attempting to participate in any legal or illegal gambling
activity, directly or indirectly:
(a) Employs or
attempts to employ any device, scheme or artifice to defraud any other
participant or any operator;
(b) Engages in
any act, practice or course of operation that operates or would operate as a
fraud or deceit upon any other participant or any operator;
(c) Engages in
any act, practice or course of operation with the intent of cheating any other
participant or the operator to gain an advantage in the game over the other
participant or operator; or
(d) Causes, aids,
abets or conspires with another person to cause any other person to violate
paragraphs (a) to (c) of this subsection.
(2) As used in
this section, deceit, defraud and fraud are not limited to common law
deceit or fraud.
(3) Cheating is a
Class C felony. [1997 c.867 §20]
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Key Points
01Part of Oregon statutory law
02Referenced as Oregon Code § 167.167
03Subject to legislative amendments
04Consult a licensed attorney for application to specific cases
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