Bill Text: MI SB0249 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Gaming: other; social wagering; allow in limited circumstances. Amends sec. 301 of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.301).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-21 - Referred To Committee On Regulatory Reform [SB0249 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-SB0249-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 249
March 21, 2019, Introduced by Senator ANANICH and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.
A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled
"The Michigan penal code,"
by amending section 301 (MCL 750.301), as amended by 2002 PA 672.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
301. (1) Any Except
as otherwise allowed by law, a
person, or
his or her whether acting in
his or her own behalf or as
an agent or employee, who, directly or indirectly, takes, receives,
or
accepts from any person any money or a valuable thing with the
agreement,
understanding, or allegation that any money or a
valuable
thing will be paid or delivered to any person, where if
the
payment or delivery is alleged to be or will be contingent upon
on
the result of any a race,
contest, or game or upon on
the
happening
of any an event not known by the parties to be certain,
is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more
than 1 year or a fine of not more than $1,000.00.
(2) This section does not apply to a game, wager, or other
transaction to which all of the following apply:
(a) The transaction is incidental to a bona fide social
relationship.
(b) Not more than 100 individuals participate in the
transaction.
(c) The maximum amount wagered by an individual is $25.00.
(d) Other than the wagers, no other money or thing of value is
paid to participate in the transaction.
(e) The entire amount of the wagers is paid to 1 or more
participants as a prize.
(f) None of the participants are engaging, directly or
indirectly, in professional gambling.
