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GOVERNOR
STATE OF MICHIGAN
Rick Kelm
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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Failin g to maintain current and accurate records Exceeding the chip sales limit of 515,000.00 Paying unreasonable and or unnecessary expenses Diverting millionaire party proceeds for prohibited or unlawful purposes Filing false and/or inaccurate financial statements Pre-paying tournament sales On December 1, 2012, during the 3 rd investigation, the owner and an employee of Snookers admitted to Michigan Gaming Control Board investigators that they routinely alter game records to reduce sales to under the statutory-515,000 limit. The Investigators also found that Snookers' employees were unlawfully: Falsifying financial statements Countin g , handling, selling, or redeeming chips Receiving, handling, or counting cash Whether a license to conduct a millionaire party is issued is a discretionary decision. MCL 432.104a; See also Top Flight .Entrn't Ltd v Schuette, 2012 US Dist LEXIS 141479 (ED Mich 2012); JDC Mgnit, LLC v Reich, 644 F Supp 2d 905, 944 (2009). Section 16 of the Bingo Act, MCL 432.116, provides in part that a license may be summarily suspended for a period of not more than 60 days when the act and rules have been violated. Additionally, Administrative Rule 432.21111 provides for the summary suspension of a license if: The licensee or lessor has repeatedly violated, or repeatedly failed or refused to comply with, any of the provisions, requirements, limitations, or duties imposed by the act, these rules, terms of probation, directives of the bureau, public policy of the State of Michigan, or any other local, state, or federal law or regulation after having been previously notified by the bureau that a violation or violations of the same or similar provisions had been, or were bein g:, committed by the licensee or lessor. The licensee or lessor has, or there is reasonable cause to believe, the licensee or lessor engaged in illegal g amblin g, or a fraud or larceny offense. That the immediate cessation of the licensed gaming event by the licensee is necessary for the protection or preservation of the welfare of the community within which these activities are being conducted, or for the protection or preservation of public policy of the State of Michigan, or any other local, state, or federal law or re g ulation respecting unlawful gaming activity.
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