MI SB0969

Casino license holders and Indian tribes operating class III gaming facilities are automatically considered to hold internet gaming operator licenses until social distancing requirements related to COVID-19 are lifted or they receive a formal license from the board.

These entities may offer any internet games described in section 10(a) without obtaining a separate internet gaming operator license during the pandemic emergency period.

Applicants who have submitted applications for provisional internet gaming supplier licenses are automatically considered to hold such licenses until social distancing is no longer necessary or the board issues them a formal license.

During the COVID-19 social distancing period, casino operators may contract with out-of-state parties to provide internet gaming platforms, hardware, software, and servers if the board determines the out-of-state provider is authorized under its own state law.

The temporary license provisions end when either the state's chief medical executive or the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declares that social distancing related to COVID-19 is no longer necessary in Michigan.