Terms Used In Michigan Laws 432.104

  • Bingo: means a game of chance commonly known as bingo in which prizes are awarded on the basis of designated numbers or symbols conforming to numbers or symbols selected at random. See Michigan Laws 432.102
  • Bureau: means the bureau of state lottery as created by section 5 of the McCauley-Traxler-Law-Bowman-McNeely lottery act, 1972 PA 239, MCL 432. See Michigan Laws 432.102
  • Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of state lottery appointed under section 7 of the McCauley-Traxler-Law-Bowman-McNeely lottery act, 1972 PA 239, MCL 432. See Michigan Laws 432.102
  • Event: means , in article 1, an occasion of bingo games, a raffle, a charity game, or a numeral game conducted under a license issued under article 1, and in article 2, an occasion of a millionaire party conducted under a license issued under article 2. See Michigan Laws 432.102
  • Location: means a building, enclosure, part of a building or enclosure, or a distinct portion of real property that is used for the purpose of conducting an event. See Michigan Laws 432.103
  • Member: means an individual who qualified for membership in a qualified organization under its bylaws, articles of incorporation, charter, rules, or other written statement. See Michigan Laws 432.103
  • Numeral game: means the random resale of a series of numeral game tickets. See Michigan Laws 432.103
  • Principal officer: means the highest ranking officer of the qualified organization according to its written constitution, charter, articles of incorporation, or bylaws. See Michigan Laws 432.103a
  • Qualified organization: means , subject to subdivision (e), either of the following:
  (i) A bona fide religious, educational, service, senior citizens, fraternal, or veterans' organization that operates without profit to its members and that either has been in existence continuously as an organization for a period of 5 years or is exempt from taxation under section 501(c) of the internal revenue code of 1986, 26 USC 501(c). See Michigan Laws 432.103a
  • Raffle: means an event for which raffle tickets are sold and at which a winner or winners are determined, either by randomly selecting stubs from all of the raffle tickets sold for an event or by an alternative method that is approved in writing by the bureau, and a preannounced prize is awarded. See Michigan Laws 432.103a
    •   (1) An applicant for a license to conduct a bingo, raffle, charity game, or numeral game event shall submit to the bureau a written application on a form prescribed by the commissioner.
      (2) The application under subsection (1) must include all of the following:
      (a) The name and address of the applicant organization.
      (b) The name and address of each officer of the applicant organization.
      (c) The location at which the applicant will conduct the event.
      (d) The day or dates of the event.
      (e) The member or members of the applicant organization who will be responsible for the conduct of the event.
      (f) Sufficient facts relating to the applicant’s incorporation or organization to enable the commissioner to determine whether the applicant is a qualified organization.
      (g) A sworn statement attesting to the nonprofit status of the applicant organization, signed by the principal officer of the organization.
      (h) Other information the commissioner considers necessary.
      
      

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