Regulación sobre el mantenimiento de salas de juego en Míchigan

Explicación Simple

Si tienes un lugar con juegos de azar y no tienes permiso, puedes meterte en problemas. La ley dice que no puedes jugar por dinero en lugares que tú controlas, a menos que sigas ciertas reglas.

Es como si tuvieras un bar y dejaras que la gente beba sin licencia; eso puede traerte problemas con la ley.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan abre un local donde la gente juega a las cartas por dinero. La policía llega y le dice que está rompiendo la ley porque no tiene un permiso para eso. Juan podría enfrentarse a una multa o incluso tiempo en la cárcel.

Penalidades

Hasta 2 años de cárcel o una multa de hasta $1,000 si no se cumplen las reglas.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

MCL 750.303 - Keeping or maintaining gaming room, gaming table, or game of skill or chance for hire, gain, or reward; accessory; applicability of subsection (1) to mechanical amusement device, slot machine, or crane game; “slot machine” and “crane game” defined; notice Sec. 303. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, 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 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 accumulate more than 15 replays at 1 time; the mechanical amusement device 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 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”