c. 266, § 75
Obtaining property by trick
Official text prohibited actmental stateif conditionpenaltylegal term
Whoever, by a game, device, sleight of hand, pretended fortune telling or by any trick or other means by the use of cards or other implements or instruments, fraudulently obtains from another person property of any description shall be punished as in the case of larceny of property of like value.
Simplified explanation
Fraudulently obtaining property by a game, sleight of hand, pretended fortune telling, or a trick with cards or other implements is punished the same as larceny of property of like value.