Tampering with a sports contest in the second degree · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 180.50 Tampering with a sports contest in the second degree.
A person is guilty of tampering with a sports contest when, with intent to influence the outcome of a sports contest, he tampers with any sports participant, sports official or with any animal or equipment or other thing involved in the conduct or operation of a sports contest in a manner contrary to the rules and usages purporting to govern such a contest.
Tampering with a sports contest in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
A person commits second-degree tampering with a sports contest by acting to influence its outcome and tampering with a participant, official, animal, equipment, or another thing involved in the contest contrary to its governing rules and practices. ★ It is a class A misdemeanor.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.