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 owner, driver, manager, or trainer of animals or the drivers, mechanics, or operators of a machine or the giving or payment of entry fees or the payment of expenses or reward for services or labor in connection with a race, contest, or game but it shall apply to the selling of pools or to a transaction whereby money or a valuable thing shall be paid as a gain or speculation on the result of a contest, race, game, or event not known to the parties to be certain and concerning which the parties to the transaction do not render service directly related to the holding of the contest, race, or game or the bringing about of the event.
History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.310 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 356, Eff. July 22, 1978 Former Law: See section 8 of Act 176 of 1925, being CL 1929, § 9128.
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.