COLJI-Crim. 20:40

The elements of the crime of tampering with card game are:

1. That the defendant,

2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,

3. knowingly,

4. was playing a licensed game in licensed gaming premises, and

5. dealt, conducted, carried on, operated, or exposed for play,

6. a game played with cards or a mechanical device, or any

combination of games or devices,

7. which had in any manner been marked or tampered with or

placed in a condition or operated in a manner the result of

which tended to deceive the public or tended to alter the

normal random selection of characteristics or the normal chance

of the game which could determine or alter the result of the

game.

[8. and that the defendant’s conduct was not legally authorized by

the affirmative defense[s] in Instruction[s] ___.]

After considering all the evidence, if you decide the prosecution has

proven each of the elements beyond a reasonable doubt, you should find

the defendant guilty of tampering with card game.

After considering all the evidence, if you decide the prosecution has

failed to prove any one or more of the elements beyond a reasonable doubt,

you should find the defendant not guilty of tampering with card game.