N.Y. Penal Law Section 180.53
Impairing the integrity of a pari-mutuel betting system in the first degree

A person is guilty of impairing the integrity of a pari-mutuel betting system in the first degree when, with the intent to obtain either any payment for himself or for a third person or with the intent to defraud any person, and when the value of the payment exceeds one thousand five hundred dollars he:

1.

Alters, changes or interferes with any equipment or device used in connection with pari-mutuel betting; or

2.

Causes any false, inaccurate, delayed or unauthorized data, impulse or signal to be fed into, or transmitted over, or registered in or displayed upon any equipment or device used in connection with pari-mutuel betting. Impairing the integrity of a pari-mutuel betting system in the first degree is a class D felony.

Source: Section 180.53 — Impairing the integrity of a pari-mutuel betting system in the first degree, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PEN/180.­53 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Jan. 10, 2026).

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