Title GV, Government Code

Sec. 466.161. IMMUNITY; CIVIL ACTIONS. (a) A sales agent acting in good faith is immune from civil liability for an act or omission within the course and scope of the agent's license under this chapter. (b) This section does not waive any immunity of the department or this state.…

Sec. 466.201. ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION. (a) The department is entitled to conduct an investigation of and is entitled to obtain criminal history record information maintained by the Department of Public Safety, the Federal Bureau of Investigation Identificati…

Sec. 466.202. FINGERPRINTS. (a) The executive director may discharge from employment or refuse to consider, as applicable, an employee or prospective employee of the department who fails to provide a complete legible set of fingerprints for purposes of conducting an investigation…

Sec. 466.203. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY ASSISTANCE; COSTS OF INVESTIGATION. (a) The executive director may request the cooperation of the Department of Public Safety to perform a background investigation of a person listed in Section 466.201(a) or (b). The executive director sh…

Sec. 466.204. ACCESS TO INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE INFORMATION. The executive director may obtain information relating to a person's qualification for licensing, employment, or contracting under this chapter from the Internal Revenue Service under a contract between the comptroller…

Sec. 466.205. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. (a) All information received by the executive director from the Internal Revenue Service is confidential and may only be used as provided by the contract between the comptroller and the Internal Revenue Service under which the information w…

Sec. 466.251. TICKETS. (a) The executive director shall prescribe the form of tickets. (b) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 198, Sec. 2.72(b). (c) The overall estimated odds of winning a prize in a particular lottery game must be printed on each ticket and prominently displa…

Sec. 466.252. PURCHASE OF TICKET AGREEMENT TO ABIDE BY RULES. (a) By purchasing a ticket in a particular lottery game, a player agrees to abide by and be bound by the commission's rules, including the rules applicable to the particular lottery game involved. The player also ackno…

Sec. 466.254. PURCHASE OF TICKET BY OR PAYMENT OF PRIZE TO CERTAIN PERSONS; CRIMINAL OFFENSE. (a) A person may not purchase a ticket or claim, collect, or receive a lottery prize or a share of a lottery prize if the person is: (1) a member, officer, or employee of a person that h…

Sec. 466.255. LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF LOTTERY TICKETS PER TRANSACTION; CRIMINAL OFFENSE. (a) A person may not sell to one individual more than 100 lottery tickets in a single transaction. (b) A person commits an offense if the person violates Subsection (a). An offense under this…

Sec. 466.256. REPRESENTATIVES BY PERSON CLAIMING LOTTERY PRIZE. A person claiming or attempting to claim a lottery prize or a share of a lottery prize represents that the ticket or other item showing that the person is entitled to the prize or share was lawfully obtained, is not …

Sec. 466.257. METHOD, LOCATION, AND HOURS FOR PURCHASE OF TICKET. A person may only purchase a ticket: (1) in person; (2) at the location of a licensed sales agency; and (3) during the normal business hours of the licensed sales agency. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 11…

Sec. 466.258. REQUIRED AGE VERIFICATION OF TICKET PURCHASER; CRIMINAL OFFENSE. (a) A licensed sales agent or an employee of a sales agent shall use an age verification process prescribed by commission rule to verify the age of each ticket purchaser at the point of sale. (b) A per…

Sec. 466.259. LIMITATION ON CERTAIN LOTTERY EQUIPMENT. (a) The commission by rule shall limit the access at a sales agent's licensed location to lottery vending machines, lottery computer terminals, or other equipment that prints lottery tickets in a number disproportionate to th…

Sec. 466.3011. VENUE. Venue is proper in Travis County or any county in which venue is proper under Chapter 13A, Code of Criminal Procedure, for: (1) an offense under this chapter; (2) an offense under the Penal Code, if the accused: (A) is a lottery operator, lottery vendor, sal…

Sec. 466.3012. AGGREGATION OF AMOUNTS INVOLVED. When amounts are claimed, attempted to be claimed, or obtained in violation of this chapter pursuant to one scheme or continuing course of conduct, whether from the same or several sources, the conduct may be considered as one offen…

Sec. 466.302. SALE OF TICKET AT PRICE GREATER THAN FIXED PRICE. (a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly sells a ticket at a price the person knows is greater than that fixed by the department or by the lottery operator authorized to set that price…

Sec. 466.303. SALE OF TICKET BY UNAUTHORIZED PERSON. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person who is not a sales agent or an employee of a sales agent commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly sells a ticket. (b) A lottery operator may sell tickets to …

Sec. 466.304. SALE OF TICKET AT UNAUTHORIZED LOCATION. (a) A person commits an offense if the person sells a ticket at a location other than the location of a sales agency. (b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 107, Sec. 4.…

Sec. 466.305. SALE OF TICKET ON CREDIT. (a) A sales agent or an employee of a sales agent commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly sells a ticket to another person by extending credit or lending money to the person to enable the person to purchase the ticket. (…

Sec. 466.3051. SALE OF TICKET TO OR PURCHASE OF TICKET BY PERSON YOUNGER THAN 18 YEARS OF AGE. (a) A sales agent or an employee of a sales agent commits an offense if with criminal negligence the person sells or offers to sell a ticket to an individual that the person knows is yo…

Sec. 466.3052. PURCHASE AND SALE OF TICKETS. (a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly sells a ticket and the person accepts anything other than the following as payment for the ticket: (1) United States currency; (2) a negotiable instrument in the …

Sec. 466.3053. PURCHASE OF TICKET WITH PROCEEDS OF AFDC CHECK OR FOOD STAMPS. (a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly purchases a ticket with: (1) the proceeds of a check issued as a payment under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children progra…

Sec. 466.3054. GROUP PURCHASE ARRANGEMENTS. (a) A person commits an offense if, for financial gain, the person establishes or promotes a group purchase or pooling arrangement under which tickets are purchased on behalf of the group or pool and any prize is divided among the membe…

Sec. 466.306. FORGERY; ALTERATION OF TICKET. (a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly alters or forges a ticket. (b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree unless it is shown on the trial of the offense that the prize alleged…

Sec. 466.307. INFLUENCING SELECTION OF WINNER. (a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly influences or attempts to influence the selection of the winner of a lottery game. (b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree unless it i…

Sec. 466.308. CLAIMING LOTTERY PRIZE BY FRAUD. (a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly: (1) claims a lottery prize or a share of a lottery prize by means of fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation; or (2) aids or agrees to aid another person or person…

Sec. 466.309. TAMPERING WITH LOTTERY EQUIPMENT. (a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly tampers with, damages, defaces, or renders inoperable any vending machine, electronic computer terminal, or other mechanical device used in a lottery game. (b)…

Sec. 466.310. CERTAIN TRANSFERS OF CLAIMS. (a) A person commits an offense if the person: (1) induces another person to assign or transfer a right to claim a prize; (2) offers for sale the right to claim a prize; or (3) offers, for compensation, to claim the prize of another pers…

Sec. 466.311. REPORTING AND RECORD VIOLATIONS. (a) A person commits an offense if the person, in a license application, in a book or record required to be maintained by this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter, or in a report required to be submitted by this chapter or a…

Sec. 466.312. FALSE, INCORRECT, OR DECEPTIVE STATEMENT. (a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly makes a material and false, incorrect, or deceptive statement to a person conducting an investigation or exercising discretion under this chapter or a …

Sec. 466.313. CONSPIRACY. (a) A person commits an offense of conspiracy if, with intent that an offense under this chapter be committed: (1) the person agrees with one or more other persons that they or one or more of them engage in conduct that would constitute the offense; and …

Sec. 466.317. PROHIBITION AGAINST SALE OF CERTAIN LOTTERY TICKETS. (a) Except as permitted by a compact entered into under Subsection (b), a person may not sell or offer for sale in this state any interest in a lottery of another state or state government or an Indian tribe or tr…

Sec. 466.318. PLAY OR FACILITATING PLAY BY TELEPHONE OR BY INTERNET OR MOBILE INTERNET APPLICATION. (a) A person may not by telephone or through an Internet application or mobile Internet application: (1) purchase or order the purchase of a ticket for a lottery game; or (2) for c…

Sec. 466.351. DELIVERY OF FUNDS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), all revenue received from the sale of tickets and all money credited to the state lottery account from any other source shall be deposited in the state treasury through approved state depositories on the s…

Sec. 466.352. REPORTING BY SALES AGENT; RECORDS. (a) The director may require a sales agent to file with the division reports of receipts and transactions relating to the sale of tickets in the form and containing the information that the director requires. (b) Each sales agent s…

Sec. 466.353. LIABILITY OF SALES AGENT. (a) A sales agent is liable to the division for all tickets accepted or generated by the sales agent or any employee or agent of the sales agent, and tickets shall be deemed to have been purchased by the sales agent unless returned to the d…

Sec. 466.354. DUTIES OF COMPTROLLER. (a) The comptroller, in consultation with the director, shall establish procedures for the efficient implementation and operation of an electronic funds transfer system to meet the needs of the director under this chapter. (b) The comptroller …

Sec. 466.355. STATE LOTTERY ACCOUNT. (a) The state lottery account is a special account in the general revenue fund. The account consists of all revenue received from the sale of tickets, license and application fees under this chapter, and all money credited to the account from …

Sec. 466.357. APPLICABILITY OF CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS. For purposes of Article III, Section 49a, and Article VIII, Section 22, of the Texas Constitution: (1) funds received from the operation of a lottery are not revenue; and (2) expenses of operating the lottery and paying pr…

Sec. 466.358. COMPENSATION OF SALES AGENT. (a) The director and each lottery operator shall determine the compensation to be paid to sales agents for the sale of tickets as provided by this section. The compensation paid to a sales agent may not be an amount less than five percen…

Sec. 466.359. COMPENSATION OF SALES AGENT FOR PURPOSES OF CONTRACTUAL RENTAL PAYMENT. If a sales agent's rental payments for premises are contractually computed in whole or in part on the basis of a percentage of the lessee's retail sales and if the computation of the lessee's re…

Sec. 466.4001. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "prize winner" means a person who presents a valid winning ticket, claims a lottery prize, and is recognized by the commission as the person entitled to receive lottery prize payments. The term does not include an assignee of a lotte…

Sec. 466.401. TICKET VALIDATION; DRAWINGS. (a) The office of security shall supervise ticket validation and lottery drawings. (b) If a lottery game involves a drawing, the drawing must be open to the public. An independent certified public accountant must witness the drawing. (c)…

Sec. 466.402. PAYMENT OF PRIZES GENERALLY. (a) The director may authorize prizes to be paid by warrants to be drawn on the state lottery account. (b) The payment of a prize in an amount of $600 or more may be made only by the director. (c) The director may authorize a sales agent…

Sec. 466.403. PAYMENT OF PRIZE IN INSTALLMENTS. If the director determines that prize money is to be paid in installments, the comptroller shall invest funds from the state lottery account as necessary to ensure the payment of the installments. The investments may be in securitie…