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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" 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 be confiscated and turned over to the director of the department of state police for
 auction.



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    (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 not be destroyed, altered, dismantled, sold, or
 otherwise disposed of except upon order of a court having competent jurisdiction.
    (8) The following notice shall 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."