Title 432, GAMING

Sec. 4. (1) An applicant for a license to conduct a bingo, raffle, charity game, or numeral game event shall submit to the bureau a written application on a form prescribed by the commissioner. (2) The application under subsection (1) must include all of the following: (a) The na…

Sec. 4a. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), if the commissioner determines that an applicant under section 4 is a qualified organization, is not ineligible under section 18, and has paid to the bureau the appropriate fee, the commissioner may issue 1 or more of th…

Sec. 5. (1) A large or small bingo license may be reissued annually upon the submitting of an application for renewal provided by the commissioner and upon the licensee's payment of the appropriate fee. A small or large bingo license expires at 12 midnight on the last day of Febr…

Sec. 5a. Recreational bingo may be conducted by a senior citizens club, group, or home consisting of members who are 60 years of age or older without obtaining a license if all of the following conditions are met: (a) The bingo is conducted solely for the amusement and recreation…

Sec. 5b. (1) All laws applying to the seating of persons with disabilities apply at licensed bingo games. (2) A person may be chairperson for more than 1 bingo only if the additional bingo licenses, for which the person will act as chairperson, are granted to the same qualified o…

Sec. 5c. (1) The value of a prize or consolation prize awarded during a Michigan progressive jackpot bingo game is not subject to the prize limitations of section 3a(3). (2) The prize awarded to the winner of a Michigan progressive jackpot bingo game may be a predetermined amount…

Sec. 5d. (1) A qualified organization may apply for an unlimited number of small and large raffle licenses. (2) Only 1 small raffle license may be issued for a location each day. (3) All drawing locations shall be the same if a small raffle license is issued for more than 1 date.…

Sec. 6. (1) Each event license shall contain the name of the licensee, the location at which the licensee is permitted to conduct the event, the day or days of the week or the dates on which the licensee is permitted to conduct the event, the time during which the event will be c…

Sec. 7a. (1) All charity game tickets used in the conduct of a charity game shall be purchased by the qualified organization from the bureau or a supplier. (2) The bureau shall determine the number of charity game tickets that constitute a charity game. (3) The bureau shall deter…

Sec. 7b. (1) The commissioner may issue an annual charity game license to a qualified organization for a location owned and operated by the qualified organization for the regular use of its members, or rented or leased on a continual basis for the regular use of its members. (2) …

Sec. 7c. (1) A numeral game license may be issued to a qualified organization to conduct a numeral game at a specific location for up to 7 consecutive days. (2) A qualified organization that is licensed to conduct a millionaire party or a large raffle may also sell numeral game t…

Sec. 7d. (1) All numeral game tickets used in the conduct of a numeral game shall be purchased by the qualified organization from a supplier. The logo or name of the manufacturer and the serial number must be visible before breaking the band on the ticket. (2) The value of mercha…

Sec. 8. (1) All fees and revenue collected by the commissioner or bureau under this act must be paid into the state lottery fund created under section 41 of the McCauley-Traxler-Law-Bowman-McNeely lottery act, 1972 PA 239, MCL 432.41. All necessary expenses incurred by the bureau…

Sec. 9. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the entire net proceeds of an event conducted under a license issued under this article must be devoted exclusively to the lawful purposes of the licensee. A licensee shall not incur or pay an item of expense in connection with ho…

Sec. 10. (1) Only a member of the qualified organization shall participate in the management of an event. (2) A person shall not receive any commission, salary, pay, profit, or wage for participating in the management or operation of a bingo event, a raffle, or a charity game exc…

Sec. 11a. (1) Each applicant for a license or renewal of a license to operate a bingo hall under this act shall submit a written application to the bureau on a form prescribed by rule promulgated under this act. (2) If the commissioner determines that an applicant is eligible and…

Sec. 11b. (1) An applicant for a license or renewal of a license to operate as a supplier of equipment, charity game tickets, or numeral game tickets to qualified organizations licensed under this act shall submit a written application to the bureau on a form prescribed by the co…

Sec. 11c. (1) Each applicant for a license or renewal of a license to act as a manufacturer shall submit to the bureau a written application on a form prescribed by the commissioner. (2) The annual license fee shall be $300.00. (3) The license expires at 12 midnight on June 30 of…

Sec. 12. (1) The bureau shall enforce and supervise the administration of this article. The commissioner shall employ personnel as necessary to implement this article. (2) The bureau may select fraternal organizations that are not a branch, lodge, or chapter of a national or stat…

Sec. 13. The commissioner shall promulgate rules pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, to implement this article.

Sec. 14. (1) A licensee under this article shall keep a record of each event as required by the commissioner. A licensee shall allow a representative authorized by the bureau to inspect a record kept under this subsection and all financial accounts into which proceeds from events…

Sec. 15. The commissioner shall report annually to the governor and the legislature about the operation of events licensed under this article, abuses that the bureau may have encountered, and recommendations for changes in this act.

Sec. 16. (1) The commissioner may deny, suspend, summarily suspend, or revoke a license issued under this article if the licensee or an officer, director, agent, member, or employee of the licensee violates this article or a rule promulgated under this article. The commissioner m…

Sec. 18. (1) A licensee whose license is revoked for violating this act or a rule promulgated under this act is ineligible to apply for a license for 2 years. (2) A person convicted of an offense under section 51 or any other gambling offense is ineligible to serve as an officer …

Sec. 19. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), any other law providing a penalty or disability upon a person who conducts or participates in a raffle, bingo, millionaire party, or charity game; who sells or possesses equipment used in conducting a raffle, bingo, or a milliona…

Sec. 32. (1) As used in this article: (a) "Bona fide member" means a member who participates in the qualified organization to further its lawful purposes and the spouse of such a member. (b) "Dealer" means an individual who does any of the following in a millionaire party game: (…

Sec. 33. (1) An applicant for a license to conduct a millionaire party shall submit to the executive director a written application on a form prescribed by the executive director. (2) The application under subsection (1) must include all of the following: (a) The name and address…

Sec. 34. (1) If the executive director determines that an applicant for a millionaire party license is a qualified organization and otherwise eligible and suitable and the applicant paid to this state a fee of $50.00 per day that the applicant proposes to conduct the millionaire …

Sec. 35. (1) A millionaire party licensee shall comply with this act and the rules promulgated under this act. (2) A millionaire party licensee shall comply with the terms and requirements of the license. (3) A millionaire party license is not assignable or transferrable, and a l…

Sec. 36. (1) A millionaire party licensee may advertise the event if the advertising complies with rules promulgated under this article. (2) An advertisement under this section must state the purposes for which the proceeds from the event will be used.

Sec. 37. (1) A millionaire party licensee shall not enter into an agreement with a location owner or lessor unless the agreement is expressed in a written rental agreement that is approved by the executive director. (2) A location owner or lessor, a partner, member, director, off…

Sec. 38. A millionaire party licensee shall only conduct an event with equipment that it owns, rents from another qualified organization under a rental agreement approved by the executive director, or purchases or rents from a supplier.

Sec. 39. (1) A millionaire party licensee shall use only the following as dealers at an event: (a) A bona fide member. (b) An employee of a supplier. (2) An individual shall not act as a dealer if the individual has been convicted of, forfeited bond on a charge of, or pled guilty…

Sec. 40. (1) The executive director shall not require more than 2 bona fide members of the millionaire party licensee, not including any bona fide member acting as a dealer, to be present at all times during an event. (2) If fewer than 2 bona fide members are present at any time …

Sec. 41. (1) A millionaire party licensee shall ensure that an event conducted under the license is conducted in compliance with this act and the rules promulgated under this act. (2) A millionaire party licensee shall post the license so that it is conspicuously visible at the l…

Sec. 42. (1) A millionaire party licensee shall not pay an expense related to an event unless all of the following apply: (a) The expense is incurred in connection with the conduct of the event. (b) The expense is necessary and reasonable and falls into 1 of the following categor…

Sec. 42a. A person who is directly or indirectly connected to the sale, rental, or distribution of millionaire party equipment or a person residing in the same household as the supplier shall not be involved directly or indirectly with the rental or leasing of a facility used for…

Sec. 43. (1) A millionaire party licensee shall keep a record of each event as required by the executive director. (2) The millionaire party licensee shall allow an authorized representative of the executive director to inspect during reasonable business hours a record kept under…

Sec. 46. (1) A person that applies for a license or renewal of a license to operate as a supplier to millionaire party licensees shall submit a written application to the executive director on a form prescribed by the executive director. (2) An applicant under this section shall …

Sec. 48. The executive director shall enforce and supervise the administration of this article. The executive director shall employ personnel as necessary to implement this article.

Sec. 49. (1) Any rules promulgated by the executive director under this act before the effective date of the amendatory act that added this article remain in effect unless directly inconsistent with the amendatory act that added this article. (2) The executive director may promul…

Sec. 50. (1) The executive director may deny, suspend, summarily suspend, or revoke a license issued under this article if the licensee or an officer, director, agent, member, or employee of the licensee violates this article or a rule promulgated under this article. The executiv…

Sec. 51. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), a person who willfully violates this act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 6 months or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both, for doing any of the following: (a) Cheating at an…

Sec. 52. The executive director shall report annually to the governor and the legislature about the operation of events licensed under this article, abuses that the executive director may have encountered, and recommendations for changes in this act.