NYSentencing

§ 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.
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