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for removing money or other contents from the game, system, or box.

      (e) It is unlawful for any person to possess any paraphernalia for manufacturing slugs. As used in this subdivision, “paraphernalia for manufacturing slugs” means the equipment, products, and materials that are intended for use or designed for use in manufacturing, producing, fabricating, preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging, storing, or concealing a counterfeit facsimile of the chips, tokens, debit instruments, or other wagering instruments approved by the California Gambling Control Commission or a tribal gaming agency, or a lawful coin of the United States, the use of which is unlawful pursuant to subdivision (b). The term “paraphernalia for manufacturing slugs” includes, but is not limited to, any of the following:

      (1) Lead or lead alloys.

      (2) Molds, forms, or similar equipment capable of producing a likeness of a gaming token or lawful coin of the United States.

      (3) Melting pots or other receptacles.

      (4) Torches.

      (5) Tongs, trimming tools, or other similar equipment.

      (6) Equipment which can be reasonably demonstrated to manufacture facsimiles of debit instruments or wagering instruments approved by the California Gambling Control Commission or a tribal gaming agency.

      (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 624, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)

      337x.

      It is unlawful to cheat at any gambling game in a gambling establishment.

      (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 624, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2003.)

      337y.

      It is unlawful to do either of the following:

      (a) Manufacture, sell, or distribute any cards, chips, dice, game, or device which is intended to be used to violate Section 337u, 337v, 337w, or 337x.

      (b) Mark, alter, or otherwise modify any gambling game device or associated equipment in a manner that either:

      (1) Affects the result of a wager by determining win or loss.

      (2) Alters the normal criteria of random selection, which affects the operation of a gambling game or which determines the outcome of a game.

      (c) 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 conveyed may be employed to violate Section 337u, 337v, 337w, or 337x.

      (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 624, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2003.)

      337z.

      (a) Any person who violates Section 337u, 337v, 337w, 337x, or 337y shall be punished as follows:

      (1) For the first violation, by imprisonment in a county jail for a term not to exceed one year, or by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both imprisonment and fine.

      (2) For a second or subsequent violation of any of those sections, by imprisonment in a county jail for a term not to exceed one year or by a fine of not more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), or by both imprisonment and fine.

      (b) A person who attempts to violate Section 337u, 337v, 337w, 337x, or 337y shall be punished in the same manner as the underlying crime.

      (c) This section does not preclude prosecution under Section 332 or any other provision of law.

      (Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 546, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2006.)

      CHAPTER 10.5. Horse Racing [337.1 — 337.9]

      (Chapter 10.5 added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 1524.)

      337.1.

      Any person, who knowingly and designedly by false representation attempts to, or does persuade, procure or cause another person to wager on a horse in a race to be run in this state or elsewhere, and upon which money is wagered in this state, and who asks or demands compensation as a reward for information or purported information given in such case is a tout, and is guilty of touting.

      (Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 828, Sec. 22.)

      337.2.

      Any person who is a tout, or who attempts or conspires to commit touting, is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. For a second offense in this State, he shall be imprisoned.

      (Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 1524.)

      337.3.

      Any person who in the commission of touting falsely uses the name of any official of the California Horse Racing Board, its inspectors or attachés, or of any official of any race track association, or the names of any owner, trainer, jockey or other person licensed by the California Horse Racing Board as the source of any information or purported information is guilty of a felony and is punishable by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170, or by both that fine and imprisonment.

      (Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 326. Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)

      337.4.

      Any person who in the commission of touting obtains money in excess of nine hundred fifty dollars ($950) may, in addition to being prosecuted for the violation of any provision of this chapter, be prosecuted for the violation of Section 487 of this code.

      (Amended by Stats. 2009, 3rd Ex. Sess., Ch. 28, Sec. 8. Effective January 25, 2010.)

      337.5.

      Any person who has been convicted of touting, and the record of whose conviction on such charge is on file in the office of the California Horse Racing Board or in the State Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation or of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or any person who has been ejected from any racetrack of this or any other state for touting or practices inimical to the public interest shall be excluded from all racetracks in this State. Any such person who refuses to leave such track when ordered to do so by inspectors of the California Horse Racing Board, or by any peace officer, or by an accredited attaché of a racetrack or association is guilty of a misdemeanor.

      (Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 372.)

      337.6.

      Any credential or license issued by the California Horse Racing Board to licensees, if used by the holder thereof for a purpose other than identification and in the performance of legitimate duties on a race track, shall be automatically revoked whether so used on or off a race track.

      (Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 1524.)

      337.7.

      Any person other than the lawful holder thereof who has in his possession any credential or license issued by the California Horse Racing Board to licensees and any person who has a forged or simulated credential or license of said board in his possession, and who uses such credential or license for the purpose of misrepresentation, fraud or touting is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by a fine of five thousand dollars ($5,000) or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170, or by both that fine and imprisonment. If he or she has previously been convicted of any offense under this chapter, he or she shall be imprisoned pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.

      (Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 327. Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)

      337.8.

      Any person who uses any credential, other than a credential or license issued by the California Horse

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