Texas Government Code Title 4, Chapter 466 - State Lottery

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 466.001 - Short Title
  This chapter may be cited as the State Lottery Act. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 107, Sec. 4.03(b), eff. Aug. 30, 1993.
• Texas Section 466.002 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Commission" means the Texas Lottery Commission. (2) "Director" means the director of the division. (3) "Division" means the lottery division established...

SUBCHAPTER B ADMINISTRATION

• Texas Section 466.004 - Exemption From Taxation
  (a) A political subdivision of this state may not impose: (1) a tax on the sale of a ticket; (2) a tax on the payment...
• Texas Section 466.012 - Division Employees
  Division employees are specifically exempted from Chapter 654. The director shall set the salaries of these employees. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 107,...
• Texas Section 466.014 - Powers And Duties Of Commission And Executive Director
  (a) The commission and executive director have broad authority and shall exercise strict control and close supervision over all lottery games conducted in this state...
• Texas Section 466.015 - Rules
  (a) The commission shall adopt all rules necessary to administer this chapter. The executive director may propose rules to be adopted by the commission, but...
• Texas Section 466.016 - Annual Report
  The commission shall make an annual report to the governor and the legislature that provides a summary of lottery revenues, prize disbursements, and other expenses...
• Texas Section 466.0161 - Review By Comptroller
  (a) Annually, the comptroller shall review the management and operations of the lottery. The comptroller may examine books, records, documents, things, or persons as necessary...
• Texas Section 466.017 - Audits
  (a) The executive director shall provide for a certified public accountant to conduct an independent audit for each fiscal year of all accounts and transactions...
• Texas Section 466.018 - Investigations
  The attorney general, the district attorney for Travis County, or the district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney performing the duties of district attorney...
• Texas Section 466.019 - Enforcement
  (a) The executive director or designated personnel of the commission may investigate violations of this chapter and violations of the rules adopted under this chapter....
• Texas Section 466.020 - Security
  (a) The executive director shall maintain a department of security in the commission. The executive director shall appoint a deputy to administer the department. The...
• Texas Section 466.021 - Demographic Studies
  (a) The executive director shall, every two years, employ an independent firm experienced in demographic analysis to conduct a demographic study of lottery players. The...
• Texas Section 466.022 - Confidential Information
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, all commission records are subject to public inspection in accordance with Chapter 552. (b) In addition to commission...
• Texas Section 466.023 - Department Of Public Safety Records
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, all files, records, information, compilations, documents, photographs, reports, summaries, and reviews of information and related matters collected,...
• Texas Section 466.024 - Prohibited Games
  (a) The executive director or a lottery operator may not establish or operate a lottery game in which the winner is chosen on the basis...
• Texas Section 466.026 - Amber Alert
  On receipt of notice by the Department of Public Safety that the Statewide Texas Amber Alert Network has been activated, the commission shall disseminate Amber...
• Texas Section 466.027 - Veterans' Assistance Game
  (a) The commission shall operate an instant-ticket lottery game to benefit the fund for veterans' assistance established by Section 434.017. (b) The commission shall: (1)...

SUBCHAPTER C PROCUREMENT; ADVERTISING

• Texas Section 466.028 - Comprehensive Business Plan
  (a) The commission shall develop a comprehensive business plan to guide the commission's major initiatives. The plan must at a minimum include: (1) specific goals...
• Texas Section 466.1005 - Procurements
  (a) The commission may purchase or lease facilities, goods, and services and make any purchases, leases, or contracts necessary for carrying out the purposes of...
• Texas Section 466.101 - Procurement Procedures
  (a) The commission and executive director may establish procedures for the purchase or lease of facilities, goods, and services and make any purchases, leases, or...
• Texas Section 466.102 - Liquidated Damages; Performance Bond
  A contract for the acquisition or provision of facilities, supplies, equipment, materials, or services related to the operation of the lottery must provide for liquidated...
• Texas Section 466.103 - Prohibited Contracts
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the executive director may not award a contract for the purchase or lease of facilities, goods, or services...
• Texas Section 466.104 - Assistance Of Comptroller
  (a) On request of the executive director, the comptroller shall assist the executive director in: (1) acquiring facilities, supplies, materials, equipment, and services under Subtitle...
• Texas Section 466.105 - Applicability Of Other Law
  (a) A contract for the acquisition or provision of facilities, supplies, equipment, materials, or services related to the operation of the lottery is not subject...
• Texas Section 466.106 - Preference For Texas Businesses
  (a) In all contracts for lottery equipment, supplies, services, and advertising, the commission and each lottery operator shall give preference to equipment or supplies produced...
• Texas Section 466.107 - Minority Businesses
  (a) The executive director and each lottery operator shall take positive steps to: (1) inform minority businesses of opportunities to: (A) provide lottery equipment and...
• Texas Section 466.108 - Television Contracts
  If the drawing or selection of winning tickets is televised under a contract with the commission, the contract must be awarded by competitive bid. The...
• Texas Section 466.109 - Publicity Of Individuals Prohibited
  (a) A state officer, including a commission member or the executive director, or an officer or employee of the commission, may not appear in an...

SUBCHAPTER D LICENSING OF SALES AGENTS

• Texas Section 466.110 - Prohibited Advertisements
  The legislature intends that advertisements or promotions sponsored by the commission or the division for the lottery not be of a nature that unduly influences...
• Texas Section 466.151 - License Required
  (a) If the executive director authorizes a person who is not an employee of the commission to sell tickets, the person must be licensed as...
• Texas Section 466.152 - License Application; Fee
  (a) An applicant for a license under this subchapter must apply to the division under rules adopted by the commission, provide information necessary to determine...
• Texas Section 466.153 - Change In Application Information
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an applicant or sales agent shall notify the director of any change in the information in the applicant's...
• Texas Section 466.154 - Rules
  The commission shall adopt rules under which, before issuing a license to an applicant, the director shall consider: (1) the financial responsibility and security of...
• Texas Section 466.155 - Denial Of Application Or Suspension Or Revocation Of License
  (a) After a hearing, the director shall deny an application for a license or the commission shall suspend or revoke a license if the director...
• Texas Section 466.156 - Bond; Insurance
  (a) Each sales agent shall post a cash bond, surety bond, letter of credit, certificate of deposit, or other security approved by the executive director,...
• Texas Section 466.157 - Display Of License
  As prescribed by rule, each sales agent shall prominently display the license in each place of business or activity at which the sales agent sells...
• Texas Section 466.158 - Expiration Of License; Renewal
  (a) Unless suspended or revoked, a license expires on the date specified in the license, which may not be later than the second anniversary of...
• Texas Section 466.159 - Death, Dissolution, Or Bankruptcy Of Sales Agent
  (a) A license issued under this chapter expires on: (1) the death of a sales agent who is an individual; (2) the dissolution of a...
• Texas Section 466.160 - Summary Suspension Of License
  (a) The commission may suspend a sales agent's license summarily without notice or hearing if the commission finds that the action is necessary to maintain...

SUBCHAPTER E CRIMINAL HISTORY INVESTIGATIONS

• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 466.201 - Access To Criminal History Record Information
  (a) The commission is entitled to conduct an investigation of and is entitled to obtain criminal history record information maintained by the Department of Public...
• Texas Section 466.202 - Fingerprints
  (a) The executive director may discharge from employment an employee of the commission who fails to provide a complete legible set of fingerprints on request....
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...

SUBCHAPTER F REGULATION OF GAMES

• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 466.254 - Purchase Of Ticket By Or Payment Of Prize To Certain Persons
  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...

SUBCHAPTER G OFFENSES

• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 466.3011 - Venue
  Venue is proper in Travis County or any county in which venue is proper under Chapter 13, Code of Criminal Procedure, for: (1) an offense...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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 the person intentionally or knowingly sells or offers to sell...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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,...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...

SUBCHAPTER H REVENUE

• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...

SUBCHAPTER I PRIZES

• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 466.401 - Ticket Validation; Drawings
  (a) The department of security shall supervise ticket validation and lottery drawings. (b) If a lottery game involves a drawing, the drawing must be open...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 466.404 - Payment Of Prize To Multiple Winners
  (a) A specific prize as set forth by the prize structure of a specific lottery game may not be paid more than once. If the...
• Texas Section 466.405 - Payment Of Prize Awarded To Minor
  (a) If a minor is entitled to prize money on a winning ticket in an amount less than $600, the director may make payment by...
• Texas Section 466.406 - Right To Prize Not Generally Assignable
  (a) Except as provided by this section and Section 466.410, the right of any person to a prize is not assignable. (b) Payment of prize...
• Texas Section 466.407 - Deductions From Prizes
  (a) The executive director shall deduct the amount of a delinquent tax or other money from the winnings of a prize winner who has been...
• Texas Section 466.4075 - Deductions Of Child Support From Certain Lottery Winnings
  (a) This section applies only to a prize that is awarded by the director under Section 466.402(b), including a prize paid in periodic installments. (b)...
• Texas Section 466.408 - Unclaimed Prizes
  (a) The division shall retain an unclaimed prize on a winning ticket for payment or delivery to the person entitled to the prize for 180...
• Texas Section 466.409 - Treatment Of Prize Payable On Ticket Purchased By Ineligible Person
  If an individual listed in Section 466.254 purchases a ticket or claims or otherwise attempts to collect or receive a lottery prize or a share...

SUBCHAPTER J PARTICIPATION IN MULTIJURISDICTION LOTTERY GAME

• Texas Section 466.410 - Assignment Of Prizes
  (a) A person may assign, in whole or in part, the right to receive prize payments that are paid by the commission in installments over...
• Texas Section 466.451 - Multijurisdiction Agreement Authorized
  The commission may enter into a written agreement with the appropriate officials of one or more other states or other jurisdictions, including foreign countries, to...
• Texas Section 466.452 - Revenue From Multijurisdiction Lottery
  (a) Except as provided by this section, revenue received from the sale of tickets in this state for a multijurisdiction lottery game is subject to...
• Texas Section 466.453 - Payment Of Costs Authorized
  The commission may share in the payment of costs associated with participating in multijurisdiction lottery games. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 201, Sec. 78, eff....

Last modified: September 28, 2016