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Read the definition of player in the statute:

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"Player" means a person who engages in any form of gambling solely as a contestant or bettor, without receiving or becoming entitled to receive any profit therefrom other than personal gambling winnings, and without otherwise rendering any material assistance to the establishment, conduct or operation of the particular gambling activity.

A person who gambles at a social game of chance on equal terms with the other participants therein does not otherwise render material assistance to the establishment, conduct or operation thereof by performing, without fee or remuneration, acts directed toward the arrangement or facilitation of the game, such as inviting persons to play, permitting the use of premises therefor and supplying cards or other equipment used therein.

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Now reread the section you quoted:

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4. "Advance gambling activity." A person "advances gambling activity" when, acting other than as a player , he engages in conduct

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If no one is receiving "fee or remuneration" they are players and not advancing (or profiting from) gambling activity.