Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.401
Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "lawful sports betting act".
Michigan Compiled Laws — LAWFUL SPORTS BETTING ACT (Act 149 of 2019)
Michigan · statute · 149 of 2019, Mich. Comp. Laws · 22 active provisions
Provisions
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.402
Legislative findings and declaration.
The legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Operating, conducting, and offering for play sports betting on the internet, including through mobile application, involves gaming activity that already occurs in this state illegally. (b) This act is consistent and complies with the unlawful internet gamblin…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.403
Definitions.
As used in this act: (a) "Adjusted gross sports betting receipts" means gross sports betting receipts less a deduction for the monetary value of free play wagered by authorized participants as an incentive to place or as a result of their having placed internet sports betting wagers. (b) "Affiliate" means a person that…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.404
Internet sports betting; conduct generally; inapplicability of act to Indian tribe; prohibited conduct; limitations on betting platform.
(1) Internet sports betting may be conducted only to the extent that it is conducted in accordance with this act. (2) An internet sports betting wager received by a sports betting operator or its internet sports betting platform provider is considered to be gambling or gaming that is conducted in the sports betting ope…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.405
Michigan gaming control board; powers and duties; jurisdiction; amateur or professional athletic event.
(1) The board has the powers and duties specified in this act and all other powers necessary to enable it to fully and effectively execute this act to administer, regulate, and enforce internet sports betting under this act. (2) The board has jurisdiction over every person licensed by the board and may take enforcement…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.406
Sports betting operator license; application; fee; form and contents; confidentiality; prohibited conduct.
(1) The board may issue a sports betting operator license only to an applicant that is either of the following: (a) A person that holds a casino license under the Michigan Gaming Control and Revenue Act, 1996 IL 1, MCL 432.201 to 432.226. (b) An Indian tribe that lawfully conducts class III gaming in a casino located i…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.407
Sports betting operator license; issuance and renewal; compliance requirements; Indian tribe compacts.
(1) The board shall condition the issuance, maintenance, and renewal of a sports betting operator license to a person described in section 6(1)(b) on the person's compliance with all of the following conditions: (a) The person complies with this act, rules promulgated by the board, and minimum internal controls pertain…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.408
Sports betting supplier license; application; nonrefundable fee; confidentiality.
(1) The board may issue a sports betting supplier license to a sports betting supplier. A person that is not licensed under this section shall not provide goods, software, or services as a sports betting supplier to a sports betting operator. (2) On application by an interested person, the board may issue a provisional…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.409
Michigan gaming control board; jurisdiction and supervision of internet sports betting operations; powers; investigation.
(1) The board has jurisdiction over and shall supervise all internet sports betting operations governed by this act. The board may do anything necessary or desirable to effectuate this act, including, but not limited to, all of the following: (a) Develop qualifications, standards, and procedures for approval and licens…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.410
Rules.
(1) The board shall promulgate the rules pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328. The rules may include anything necessary and proper to govern internet sports betting, including, but not limited to, all of the following: (a) The acceptance of internet sports betting wag…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.410a
Source of league data; requirements; notification; tier 2 sports bets.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a sports betting operator may use any data source for determining the results of all tier 2 sports bets. (2) A sports governing body headquartered in the United States may notify the board that it desires sports betting operators to use official league data to settle tier 2 spo…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.411
Sports betting operator; duties; age verification requirements; unauthorized use and fraud prevention.
(1) A sports betting operator shall provide, or shall require the sports betting supplier providing an internet sports betting platform to provide, 1 or more mechanisms on the internet sports betting platform that are designed to reasonably verify that an authorized participant is 21 years of age or older and that inte…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.412
Statewide responsible gaming database.
(1) The board may develop responsible gaming measures, including a statewide responsible gaming database identifying individuals who are prohibited from establishing an internet sports betting account or participating in internet sports betting offered by a sports betting operator. The executive director of the board m…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.413
Prohibited conduct; violations; penalties.
(1) A person shall not do any of the following: (a) Offer internet sports betting in this state if the person is not a sports betting operator unless this act does not apply to internet sports betting under section 4(4). (b) Knowingly make a false statement on an application for a license to be issued under this act. (…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.414
Imposition of tax; exception.
(1) Except for a sports betting operator that is an Indian tribe, a sports betting operator is subject to a tax of 8.4% on its adjusted gross sports betting receipts received by the sports betting operator. (2) A sports betting operator that is an Indian tribe is subject to the payment requirements under section 7(1)(f…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.415
Allocation of tax.
The tax imposed under section 14(1) must be allocated as follows: (a) Thirty percent to the city in which the sports betting operator's casino is located, for use in connection with the following: (i) The hiring, training, and deployment of street patrol officers in that city. (ii) Neighborhood development programs des…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.415a
Allocation of certain payments.
Any payments under section 7(1)(f) must be allocated as follows: (a) Ninety percent to this state to be deposited in the fund. (b) Ten percent to the Michigan strategic fund created under section 5 of the Michigan strategic fund act, 1984 PA 270, MCL 125.2005.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.416
Internet sports betting fund.
(1) The internet sports betting fund is created in the state treasury. (2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets required to be paid into the fund under this act or from any other source for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall cre…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.416a
Monthly report of internet sports betting operations.
(1) A sports betting operator shall provide to the board a monthly report to include all of the following regarding its internet sports betting operations, by sport and type of internet sports betting wager: (a) Total amount of internet sports betting wagers received. (b) Winnings. (c) Free play redeemed. (d) Deduction…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.417
Legal shipment of gambling device.
To the extent that sports betting equipment used to offer internet sports betting under this act is a gambling device as that term is defined in 15 USC 1171, a shipment of sports betting equipment, the registering, recording, and labeling of which has been completed by the manufacturer or the manufacturer's dealer in a…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.418
Scope of act.
This act does not authorize the construction or operation of a casino that was not constructed or operating before the effective date of this act.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.419
Application for license; criminal history background checks; fingerpirinting.
(1) An applicant must submit with its application, on forms provided by the board, a photograph and 2 sets of fingerprints for each individual that is subject to licensure. (2) An applicant and licensee shall consent to inspections, criminal history background checks, searches and seizures, and the providing of handwri…