(1) it's a violation of this statute to while in the course of participating or attempting to participate in any legal or illegal gambling activity, directly or indirectly:

(a) employ or attempt to employ any device, scheme or artifice to defraud any other participant or any operator

(b) engage in any act, practice or course of operation that operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any other participant or any operator

(c) engage in any act, practice or course of operation with the intent of cheating any other participant or the operator to gain an advantage in the game over the other participant or operator OR

(d) cause, aid, abet or conspire with another person to cause any other person to violate paragraphs (a) to (c) of this statute

(2) as used in this section, "deceit," "defraud" and "fraud" are not limited to common law deceit or fraud