Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules  
MOAHR-Rules@michigan.gov  
AGENCY REPORT TO THE  
JOINT COMMITEE ON ADMNINISTRATIVE RULES (JCAR)  
1. Agency Information  
Agency name:  
Treasury  
Division/Bureau/Office:  
Michigan Gaming Control Board  
Name of person completing this form:  
John McKeown  
Phone number of person completing this form:  
517-335-5600  
E-mail of person completing this form:  
McKeownJ4@michigan.gov  
Name of Department Regulatory Affairs Officer reviewing this form:  
Sarah Rowley  
2. Rule Set Information  
MOAHR assigned rule set number:  
2024-4 TY  
Title of proposed rule set:  
Internet Gaming Rules  
3. Purpose for the proposed rules and background:  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
Agency Report to JCAR-Page 2  
The proposed amendments will:  
(1) Clarify the vendor requirements and the vendor registration process contained in rule 629, Mich  
Admin Code R 432.629, consistent with the Lawful Internet Gaming Act, MCL 432.301 – 322.  
Currently, the provisions governing vendor requirements and registration are all in rule 629. The  
proposed amendments will keep vendor requirements in rule 629, and will move vendor registration  
to newly added rule 629a. This reorganization, together with the other proposed amendments, is  
intended to clarify the provisions governing vendor requirements and vendor registration, and to  
clarify the board’s regulatory authority to regulate vendors, delegated by the Lawful Internet Gaming  
Act.  
(2) Amend part of the responsible gaming requirement imposed in rule 654(a), Mich Admin Code R  
432.654(a). Currently this section requires internet gaming operators and internet gaming platform  
providers to prominently display a specific Michigan gambling helpline on their websites. The  
proposed amendment to Rule 654(a) changes this to a more generic requirement for operators and  
platform providers to provide a toll-free compulsive gambling helpline. This change provides more  
flexibility to operators and platform providers, while continuing to ensure the public has access to  
information about the availability of a toll-free gambling helpline for immediate support and  
information about how to access additional long-term resources for help with compulsive gambling.  
(3) Fix any other minor changes that may be needed.  
4. Summary of proposed rules:  
The proposed amendments will:  
(1) Clarify the vendor requirements and the vendor registration process contained in rule 629, Mich  
Admin Code R 432.629, consistent with the Lawful Internet Gaming Act, MCL 432.301 – 332.  
Currently, the provisions governing vendor requirements and registration are all in rule 629. The  
proposed amendments will keep vendor requirements in rule 629 and will move vendor registration to  
newly added rule 629a.  
(2) Amend part of the responsible gaming requirement imposed in rule 654(a), Mich Admin Code R  
432.654(a). Currently this section requires internet gaming operators and internet gaming platform  
providers to prominently display a specific Michigan gambling helpline on their websites. The  
proposed amendment to Rule 654(a) changes this to a more generic requirement for operators and  
platform providers to provide a toll-free compulsive gambling helpline.  
5. List names of newspapers in which the notice of public hearing was published and  
publication dates:  
Detroit Free Press, 06-04-2024.  
Lansing State Journal, 06-04-2024.  
Daily Press (Escanaba), 06-04-2024.  
6. Date of publication of rules and notice of public hearing in Michigan Register:  
7/1/2024  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
Agency Report to JCAR-Page 3  
7. Date, time, and location of public hearing:  
7/11/2024 10:00 AM at Michigan Gaming Control Board, Hearing Room , 3062 W. Grand Blvd.,  
Suite L-700, Detroit, Michigan  
8. Provide the link the agency used to post the regulatory impact statement and cost-benefit  
analysis on its website:  
https://ARS.apps.lara.state.mi.us/Transaction/RFRTransaction?TransactionID=1511  
9. List of the name and title of agency representative(s) who attended the public hearing:  
Tina Alagna, Deputy Director, Licensing & Investigations Division, Michigan Gaming Control  
Board.  
John McKeown, Departmental Analyst, Financial Services, Michigan Gaming Control Board.  
Bethany McCune, Assistant Attorney General, Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division,  
Department of Attorney General.  
10. Persons submitting comments of support:  
None.  
11. Persons submitting comments of opposition:  
None.  
12. Persons submitting other comments:  
None.  
13. Identify any changes made to the proposed rules based on comments received during the  
public comment period:  
Name &  
Organization public hearing  
Comments made at Written  
Comments  
Agency Rationale Rule number  
for Rule Change & citation  
and Description changed  
of Change(s)  
Made  
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14.Date report completed:  
7/25/2024  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
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