Clause 39 - Cheating
Gambling Bill
9:55 am
Mr Malcolm Moss (Shadow Minister, Home Affairs; North East Cambridgeshire, Conservative)
The clause deals with cheating but it does not define exactly what we mean by that; there is no definition of it in the Bill. Instead, the clause refers to the committing of an offence if one ''cheats at gambling'' or enables or assists another person to do the same. Of course, cheating can take the form of obtaining an advantage in the playing of a game, but it
should also capture those aspects of illegally acquiring moneys from games which are not currently captured, for example, by legislation on theft. For instance, I am informed that the selling of picklocks or other devices that can be used to remove moneys from gaming machines is not currently caught by UK legislation. The amendment seeks to address that defect.