§ 750.305Publication or distribution of betting odds; penalty

Sec. 305.
    (1) Any person, or his or her agent or employee who, directly or indirectly, by means of any
 newspaper, periodical, poster, notice, or other mode of publication or reproduction, writes,
 prints, publishes, advertises, delivers, or distributes or offers to deliver or distribute to the
 public or to any part thereof or to any person, any statement or information concerning the
 making or laying of wagers or bets or the selling of pools or evidences of betting odds on any
 contest or game or on the happening of any event not known by the parties to be certain, or
 any purported event of like character, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment
 for not more than 1 year or a fine of not more than $1,000.00.
    (2) The acts prohibited in subsection (1) constitute violations of subsection (1) when
 committed before any game, contest, or event. The possession of evidence for the publication
 of any statement or information concerning the making or laying of wagers or bets or the
 selling of pools or betting odds also constitutes a violation of subsection (1) when possessed
 for publication before the act evidenced thereby.