Penal Law § 225.60

Gaming fraud in the first degree · as in force on May 31, 2026

§ 225.60 Gaming fraud in the first degree.

A person is guilty of gaming fraud in the first degree when he or she commits a gaming fraud in the second degree, and:

1. The value of the benefit obtained exceeds one thousand dollars; or

2. He or she has been previously convicted within the preceding five years of any offense of which an essential element is the commission of a gaming fraud.

Gaming fraud in the first degree is a class E felony.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/225.60

In plain English

A person commits gaming fraud in the first degree by committing second-degree gaming fraud and either:

(1) obtaining a benefit worth over $1,000; or
(2) having a conviction within the preceding 5 years for an offense whose essential element is gaming fraud. ★

The offense is a class E felony.

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.

In print

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.