Tex. Occ. Code § 2001.552 · Subchapter L. ENFORCEMENT
FRAUDULENT AWARD OF PRIZES; OFFENSE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly participates in the award of a prize to a bingo player in a manner that disregards, to any extent, the random selection of numbers or symbols.
(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.
(c) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that no participant in the game furnished anything of value for the opportunity to participate in the game.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source of truth
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- 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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- 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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