(a) No person, with purpose to defraud or knowing that the person is facilitating a fraud, shall engage in conduct designed to corrupt the outcome of any of the following:
(1) The subject of a bet.
(2) A contest of knowledge, skill, or endurance that is not an athletic or sporting event.
(3) A scheme or game of chance.
(4) Bingo.
(b) No person shall knowingly do any of the following:
(1) Offer, give, solicit, or accept anything of value to corrupt the outcome of an athletic or sporting event.
(2) Engage in conduct designed to corrupt the outcome of an athletic or sporting event.
(c) (1) Whoever violates division (a) of this section is guilty of cheating. Except as otherwise provided in this division, cheating is a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the potential gain from the cheating is $1,000 or more or if the offender previously has been convicted of any gambling offense or of any theft offense as defined in R.C. § 2913.01, cheating is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
(2) Whoever violates division (b) of this section is guilty of corrupting sports. Corrupting sports is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
(R.C. § 2915.05) (`80 Code, § 630.05) Penalty, see § 698.02