Tex. Gov't Code § 466.318 · Subchapter G. OFFENSES
PLAY OR FACILITATING PLAY BY TELEPHONE OR BY INTERNET OR MOBILE INTERNET APPLICATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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 compensation:
(A) accept an order for a ticket for a lottery game from a player;
(B) sell a ticket for a lottery game to a player; or
(C) arrange:
(i) to purchase a ticket on behalf of a person playing a lottery game; or
(ii) for another person to purchase a ticket on behalf of a person playing a lottery game.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person violates this section.
(c) An offense under Subsection (a)(1) is a Class A misdemeanor.
(d) An offense under Subsection (a)(2) is a Class A misdemeanor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1160 (S.B. 3070), Sec. 37, eff. June 20, 2025.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.466.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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