Tex. Occ. Code § 2001.420 · Subchapter I. OPERATION OF BINGO
PRIZES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1132 (S.B. 643), Sec. 17(2), eff. September 1, 2023.
(b) A person may not offer or award on a single bingo occasion prizes with an aggregate value of more than $5,000 for all bingo games other than:
(1) pull-tab bingo; or
(2) bingo games that award individual prizes of $50 or less.
(c) A licensed authorized organization or other person may not award or offer to award a door prize with a value of more than $250.
(d) Notwithstanding any other law, a licensed authorized organization may offer and award as a bingo prize under this chapter a ticket for a charitable raffle conducted under Chapter 2002. The bingo prize amount is the cost to purchase the ticket to enter the charitable raffle for purposes of this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 634 (H.B. 394), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 245 (H.B. 874), Sec. 1, eff. May 29, 2017.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1132 (S.B. 643), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2023.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1132 (S.B. 643), Sec. 17(2), eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.2001.htm
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- Composed by
- 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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