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Texas Penal Code - Section 47.03. Gambling Promotion

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§ 47.03. GAMBLING PROMOTION.  (a) A person commits an 
offense if he intentionally or knowingly does any of the following 
acts:
		(1)  operates or participates in the earnings of a 
gambling place;          
		(2)  engages in bookmaking;                                                   
		(3)  for gain, becomes a custodian of anything of value 
bet or offered to be bet;
		(4)  sells chances on the partial or final result of or 
on the margin of victory in any game or contest or on the 
performance of any participant in any game or contest or on the 
result of any political nomination, appointment, or election or on 
the degree of success of any nominee, appointee, or candidate;  or
		(5)  for gain, sets up or promotes any lottery or sells 
or offers to sell or knowingly possesses for transfer, or transfers 
any card, stub, ticket, check, or other device designed to serve as 
evidence of participation in any lottery.
	(b)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.                   

Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974.  
Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 313, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 
1987;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, § 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.

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