Michigan Laws 432.311 – Internet gaming operator; duties; age verification requirements; unauthorized use and fraud prevention
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 432.311
- Authorized participant: means an individual who has a valid internet wagering account with an internet gaming operator and is 21 years of age or older. See Michigan Laws 432.303
- Board: means the Michigan gaming control board created under section 4 of the Michigan Gaming Control and Revenue Act, 1996 IL 1, MCL 432. See Michigan Laws 432.303
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Internet: means the international computer network of interoperable packet-switched data networks, inclusive of such additional technological platforms as mobile, satellite, and other electronic distribution channels. See Michigan Laws 432.303
- Internet game: means a game of skill or chance that is offered for play through the internet in which an individual wagers money or something of monetary value for the opportunity to win money or something of monetary value. See Michigan Laws 432.303
- Internet gaming: means operating, conducting, or offering for play an internet game. See Michigan Laws 432.303
- Internet gaming operator: means a person that is issued an internet gaming operator license from the board. See Michigan Laws 432.303
- Internet gaming platform: means an integrated system of hardware, software, applications, including mobile applications, and servers through which an internet gaming operator operates, conducts, or offers internet gaming. See Michigan Laws 432.303
- Internet gaming platform provider: means an internet gaming supplier that contracts with an internet gaming operator to provide an internet gaming platform. See Michigan Laws 432.303
- Internet wager: means money or something of monetary value risked on an internet game. See Michigan Laws 432.303
- Internet wagering: means risking money or something of monetary value on an internet game. See Michigan Laws 432.303
- Internet wagering account: means an electronic ledger in which all of the following types of transactions relative to an authorized participant are recorded:
(i) Deposits and credits. See Michigan Laws 432.303Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases. Poker: means the traditional game of poker, and any derivative of the game of poker as approved by the board, in which 2 or more authorized participants play against each other and wager on the value of the cards in the authorized participants' hands. See Michigan Laws 432.303 state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
(1) An internet gaming operator shall provide, or shall require its internet gaming platform provider to provide, 1 or more mechanisms on the internet gaming platform that the internet gaming operator uses that are designed to reasonably verify that an authorized participant is 21 years of age or older and that internet wagering is limited to transactions that are initiated and received or otherwise made by an authorized participant located in this state or, if the board authorizes multijurisdictional internet gaming for poker as provided in this act, another jurisdiction in the United States authorized by the multijurisdictional agreement.
(2) An individual who wishes to place an internet wager under this act must satisfy the verification requirements under subsection (1) before the individual may establish an internet wagering account or make an internet wager on an internet game offered by the internet gaming operator.
(3) An internet gaming operator shall include, or shall require its internet gaming platform provider to include, mechanisms on its internet gaming platform that are designed to detect and prevent the unauthorized use of internet wagering accounts and to detect and prevent fraud, money laundering, and collusion.
(4) An internet gaming operator, or its internet gaming platform provider, shall not knowingly authorize any of the following individuals to establish an internet wagering account or knowingly allow them to wager on internet games offered by the internet gaming operator, except if required and authorized by the board for testing purposes or to otherwise fulfill the purposes of this act:
(a) An individual who is less than 21 years old.
(b) An individual whose name appears in the board’s responsible gaming database.
(5) An internet gaming operator shall display, or shall require its internet gaming platform provider to display, in a clear, conspicuous, and accessible manner, evidence of the internet gaming operator’s internet gaming license issued under this act.