Tampering with or rigging sports contest
KRS 518.060
in effect518.060. Tampering with or rigging sports contest
(1) A person is guilty of tampering with or rigging a sports contest when, with intent to influence the outcome of a sports contest, he or she:
(a) Tampers with any sports participant or sports official or with any animal other than a horse, equipment, or other thing involved in the conduct or operation of a sports contest in a manner contrary to the rules governing the sports contest in question; or
(b) Substitutes a sports participant, animal, other than a horse, equipment, or other thing involved in the conduct or operation of a sports contest for the genuine person, animal, or thing.
(2) Tampering with or rigging a sports contest is a Class A misdemeanor.
Effective: July 15, 1998
History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 342, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 161, effective January 1, 1975.
Source: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (legislature.ky.gov)URL: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=19854Fetched: 10/20/2026