Bill Text: MI HB6068 | 2025-2026 | 103rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Gaming: other; definition of slot machine; revise. Amends secs. 303 & 308a of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.303 & 750.308a) & adds secs. 310f, 310g & 310h.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)
Status: (Introduced) 2026-06-11 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 06/10/2026 [HB6068 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2025-HB6068-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 6068
A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled
"The Michigan penal code,"
by amending sections 303 and 308a (MCL 750.303 and 750.308a), section 303 as amended by 1996 PA 129, and by adding sections 310f, 310g, and 310h.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 303. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, chapter, a person who for hire, gain, or reward, keeps or maintains a gaming room, gaming table, game of skill or chance, or game partly of skill and partly of chance, used for gaming, or who permits a gaming room, or gaming table, or game to be kept, maintained, or played on premises occupied or controlled by the person, is guilty of a misdemeanor , punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 years , or a fine of not more than $1,000.00. A person who aids, assists, or abets in the keeping or maintaining of a gaming room, gaming table, or game, is guilty of a misdemeanor , punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 years , or a fine of not more than $1,000.00.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a mechanical amusement device which that may, through the application of an element of skill, reward the player with the right to replay the mechanical amusement device at no additional cost if the mechanical amusement device is not allowed to meets all of the following requirements:
(a) Does not accumulate more than 15 replays at 1 time. ; the mechanical amusement device is
(b) Is designed so that accumulated free replays may only be discharged by reactivating the device for 1 additional play for each accumulated free replay. ; and the mechanical amusement device makes
(c) Makes no permanent record, directly or indirectly, of the free replays awarded.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a slot machine if the slot machine is 25 years old or older and is not used for gambling purposes. As used in this section, "slot machine" means a mechanical device, an essential part of which is a drum or reel which bears an insignia and which when operated may deliver, as a result of the application of an element of chance, a token or money or property, or by operation of which a person may become entitled to receive, as a result of the application of an element of chance, a token or money or property.
(4) A slot machine which is being used for a gambling purpose in violation of subsection (3) shall must be confiscated and turned over to the director of the department of state police for auction.seized for disposition under section 308a.
(5) Subsection (1) does not apply to a crane game. As used in this section, "crane game" means an amusement machine activated by the insertion of a coin by which the player uses 1 or more buttons, joysticks, or similar means of control, or a combination of those means of control, to position a mechanical or electromechanical claw, or other retrieval device, over a prize, toy, novelty, or an edible item having a wholesale value of not more than $3.75, and thereby attempts to retrieve the prize, toy, novelty, or edible item. Every prize, toy, or edible item must be retrievable by the claw. A slot machine is not considered a crane game.
(6) A person who knowingly alters a crane game that is available for play so that the crane game is not in compliance with the elements of the definition contained in subsection (5) is guilty of a felony , punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 years, or a fine of not more than $20,000.00, or both.
(7) A law enforcement officer may confiscate any crane game that is available for play and is not in compliance with the elements of the definition contained in subsection (5). The confiscated crane games and their contents shall must not be destroyed, altered, dismantled, sold, or otherwise disposed of except upon on order of a court having competent jurisdiction.
(8) The following notice shall must be conspicuously posted on the front of every crane game located in this state: "This game is not licensed or regulated by the state of Michigan.".
(9) As used in this chapter, "slot machine" means any mechanical, electrical, electromechanical, or other device, contrivance, or machine that, on insertion of a coin, token, or similar object, or on payment of any consideration, is available to play or operate, the play or operation of which, whether by reason of skill of the operator or application of the element of chance, or both, may deliver to or entitle the person playing or operating the machine to receive cash, premiums, merchandise, tokens, or anything of value, whether the payoff is made automatically from the machine or in any other manner.
Sec. 308a. (1) On application of the attorney general or a sheriff, chief of police of a police department, commissioner of the Michigan state police, or other peace officer, a court or magistrate of competent jurisdiction may upon on due notice and hearing turn over to said the attorney general, sheriff, chief of a police department, commissioner of the Michigan state police, or peace officer, any articles or property listed lawfully seized under the provisions of section 308 of this chapter lawfully seized by any such peace officer for such the disposition as the court or magistrate shall prescribe, prescribes, or said the court or magistrate may provide for the destruction or other disposition of said the articles or property.
(2) Any funds derived from the disposition of any such the articles or property shall under this section must be turned over to the treasurer of the city, township, or county whose law enforcement officer made application for the disposition of such the articles or property, or to the state treasurer if such the application is made by the attorney general or the commissioner of the Michigan state police.
Sec. 310f. This chapter does not apply to games offered by the bureau of state lottery under the McCauley-Traxler-Law-Bowman-McNeely lottery act, 1972 PA 239, MCL 432.1 to 432.47.
Sec. 310g. This chapter does not apply to gaming conducted under a license issued under article 1 of the Traxler-McCauley-Law-Bowman bingo act, 1972 PA 382, MCL 432.101 to 432.119.
Sec. 310h. This chapter does not apply to gaming conducted under the Michigan Gaming Control and Revenue Act, 1996 IL 1, MCL 432.201 to 432.226.
