Michigan Senators Push For Bill To License Charity Poker RoomsCharity Poker Rooms In Danger Of Going Extinct With New Proposed Rules |
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In 2013, the Michigan Gaming Control Board began to crack down on hundreds of charity poker rooms drawing up new rules that threatened to put the entire industry out of business.
But now, a bipartisan group of Michigan senators has teamed up to sponsor legislation that would license permanent charity poker rooms.
Senate Bill 878, introduced by Sen. Rick Jones, would license the rooms and recognize them as an official charitable business.
“It has become very obvious from the remarks from the gaming commission that they intend to make it impossible to operate a poker room in Michigan,” said Jones to Crain’s Detroit. “What I want to do is codify into law what’s been going on for the last 10 years. That poker rooms and suppliers can exist and be licensed in the state of Michigan. [It’s] the only way charities can raise a substantial amount of money. I don’t want to see this source go away.”
Although the games raise money for schools, churches, clubs and other nonprofits, the Michigan Gaming Control Board and their new rules have forced many to close their doors.
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