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 upon the result of a trial or contest of skill, speed or endurance or upon the result of a game, competition, political nomination, appointment, or election or any purported event of like character or who registers bets or buys or sells pools, or who is concerned in buying or selling pools or who knowingly permits any grounds or premises, owned, occupied, or controlled by him or her to be used for any of the purposes aforesaid, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine of not more than $1,000.00.
History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.304 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 672, Eff. Mar. 31, 2003 Former Law: See sections 3 and 11 of Act 176 of 1925, being CL 1929, §§ 9123 and 9131.
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code
Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568)
328-1931-XLIV - Chapter XLIV Gambling (750.301...750.315a)
Section 750.301 - Accepting Money or Valuable Thing Contingent on Uncertain Event.
Section 750.304 - Selling Pools and Registering Bets.
Section 750.305 - Publication or Distribution of Betting Odds; Penalty.
Section 750.306 - Pool Tickets; Declaration as Nuisance.
Section 750.307 - Gambling; Prima Facie Evidence.
Section 750.308 - Gaming House; Search Warrant; Seizure of Apparatus and Material; Arrest.
Section 750.308a - Disposition of Articles or Property Seized.
Section 750.309 - Frequenting or Attending Gaming Places.
Section 750.310a - Applicability of Chapter; Bowling Game or Bowling Card Game.
Section 750.310b - Applicability of Chapter; Redemption Game.
Section 750.310c - Applicability of Chapter; Social Media Internet Game; Definition.
Section 750.310d - Inapplicability of Chapter; Gambling Under Lawful Internet Gaming Act.
Section 750.310e - Inapplicability of Chapter; Sports Betting Under Lawful Sports Betting Act.
Section 750.311 - Gambling in Stocks, Bonds, Grain or Produce.
Section 750.312 - Commission Merchants, Statements on Demand.
Section 750.313 - Gambling in Stocks, Bonds, Grain or Produce; Penalty.
Section 750.314 - Winning at Gambling.
Section 750.315 - Losing at Gambling.
Section 750.315a - Loan Promotion Raffle or Savings Promotion Raffle; Inapplicability of Chapter.