750.301 Accepting money or valuable thing contingent on uncertain event. Sec. 301. Any person or his or her agent or employee who, directly or indirectly, takes, receives, or accepts from any person any money or valuable thing with the agreement, understanding or allegation that any money or valuable thing will be paid or delivered to […]
750.302 Keeping or occupying common gambling house or building or place where gaming permitted; apparatus used for gaming or gambling; manufacture or possession of gaming or gambling apparatus for sale. Sec. 302. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), any person, or his or her agent or employee who, directly or indirectly, keeps, occupies, or […]
750.303 Keeping or maintaining gaming room, gaming table, or game of skill or chance for hire, gain, or reward; accessory; applicability of subsection (1) to mechanical amusement device, slot machine, or crane game; “slot machine” and “crane game” defined; notice. Sec. 303. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person who for hire, […]
750.303a Applicability of chapter; recreational card playing conducted at senior citizen housing facility. Sec. 303a. This chapter does not apply to recreational card playing conducted at a senior citizen housing facility not licensed by the liquor control commission by a senior citizens club or a group of residents of a senior citizen housing facility that […]
750.304 Selling pools and registering bets. Sec. 304. Any person or his or her agent or employee who, directly or indirectly, keeps, maintains, operates, or occupies any building or room or any part of a building or room or any place with apparatus, books, or any device for registering bets or buying or selling pools […]
750.305 Publication or distribution of betting odds; penalty. Sec. 305. (1) Any person, or his or her agent or employee who, directly or indirectly, by means of any newspaper, periodical, poster, notice, or other mode of publication or reproduction, writes, prints, publishes, advertises, delivers, or distributes or offers to deliver or distribute to the public […]
750.305a Racing results; unlawful use of teletype ticker, exceptions; prima facie evidence; penalties. Sec. 305a. It shall be unlawful for any corporation, association, firm, co-partnership or person, either directly, or indirectly, or by or through any agent or employee, to lease, loan, sell, assign or in any way cause to be furnished any machine, device […]
750.306 Pool tickets; declaration as nuisance. Sec. 306. (1) All policy or pool tickets, slips or checks, memoranda of any combination, or other bet, manifold, or other policy or pool books or sheets are hereby declared a common nuisance and the possession of 1 or more of those items is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment […]
750.307 Gambling; prima facie evidence. Sec. 307. Prima facie evidence—In a prosecution or proceeding relative to lotteries, policy lotteries or policy, buying and selling pools or registering bets, any words, figures or characters, written, printed or exposed upon a blackboard, placard or otherwise in a place alleged to be used or occupied for such business, […]
750.308 Gaming house; search warrant; seizure of apparatus and material; arrest. Sec. 308. If a person makes oath before a judge that he or she has probable cause to believe and does believe that a house or other building, room, or place is used as and for a common gaming house, for gaming for money […]
750.308a Disposition of articles or property seized. Sec. 308a. On application of a sheriff, chief of police of a police department, commissioner of the Michigan state police, or other peace officer, a court or magistrate of competent jurisdiction may upon due notice and hearing turn over to said sheriff, chief of a police department, commissioner […]
750.309 Frequenting or attending gaming places. Sec. 309. Frequenting or attending gaming places—Any person who shall attend or frequent any place where gaming or gambling is suffered or permitted, or any place operated or occupied as a common gaming or gambling house or room, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. […]
750.310 Exceptions. Sec. 310. This chapter shall not be construed to prohibit or make unlawful the operation of a game of skill or chance pursuant to the Michigan Exposition and Fairgrounds Act or the giving or payment of purses, prizes, or premiums to players in a game or participants in a contest or to the […]
750.310a Applicability of chapter; bowling game or bowling card game. Sec. 310a. (1) Subject to subsection (3), this chapter does not apply to a bowling game or a bowling card game conducted in a bowling center to which all of the following apply: (a) The total amount of the participation fee per person per game […]
750.310b Applicability of chapter; redemption game. Sec. 310b. (1) This chapter does not apply to a redemption game if all of the following conditions are met: (a) The outcome of the game is determined through the application of an element of skill by the player. (b) The award of the prize is based upon the […]
750.310c Applicability of chapter; social media internet game; definition. Sec. 310c. (1) The chapter does not prohibit a social media internet game from rewarding a player, as a result of chance or uncertain event, with either 1 or more free plays or an extended period of playing time. (2) As used in this section, “social […]
750.310d Inapplicability of chapter; gambling under lawful internet gaming act. Sec. 310d. This chapter does not apply to gambling conducted under the lawful internet gaming act. History: Add. 2019, Act 150, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2019
750.310e Inapplicability of chapter; sports betting under lawful sports betting act. Sec. 310e. This chapter does not apply to sports betting conducted under the lawful sports betting act. History: Add. 2019, Act 148, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2019
750.311 Gambling in stocks, bonds, grain or produce. Sec. 311. Gambling in stocks, bonds, grain, etc.—It shall be unlawful for any corporation, association, firm, copartnership or person to keep or cause to be kept by any agent or employe within this state, any office, store or other place, wherein is conducted or permitted the pretended […]
750.312 Commission merchants, statements on demand. Sec. 312. Commission merchants, etc., to furnish written statement, etc., on demand—It shall be the duty of every commission merchant, firm, copartnership, association, corporation or broker doing business as such, to furnish upon demand, to any customer or principal for whom such commission merchant, broker, firm, copartnership, corporation or […]
