Filed September 29, 2015
Id. at 30. Here, however, Exelby alleged that the Rolls are made within a game of chance used for gaming in violation of MCL § 750.303(1), and that 10 The MGCRA (though inapplicable here) expressly states that “[w]agering shall not be conducted with money or other negotiable currency” and “all tokens, chips, or electronic cards used to make wagers shall be purchased from a licensed owner in the casino . . . [and] may be used only while in a casino and only for the purpose of making wagers on gaming games.” MCL § 432.209(7)–(8).
Filed October 20, 2015
One Mech. Device, 11 Ill. 2d 151, 156 (1957) (holding, under the Illinois LRA, the “possibility of winning a greater or lesser amount of amusement” is not a “valuable thing”); MCL § 750.303(3) (defining “slot machine” as capable of issuing a “token or money or property”). Fictional videogame items that cannot be owned by the players are not “things of value” in the context of anti-gaming statutes.