Tex. Occ. Code § 2002.056 · Subchapter B. OPERATION OF RAFFLE
RESTRICTIONS ON PRIZES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A prize offered or awarded at a raffle may not be money.
(b) Except as provided by Subsections (b-1) and (c), the value of a prize offered or awarded at a raffle that is purchased by the organization or for which the organization provides any consideration may not exceed $75,000.
(b-1) The value of a residential dwelling offered or awarded as a prize at a raffle that is purchased by the organization or for which the organization provides any consideration may not exceed $750,000.
(c) A raffle prize may consist of one or more tickets in the state lottery authorized by Chapter 466, Government Code, with a face value of $75,000 or less, without regard to whether a prize in the lottery game to which the ticket or tickets relate exceeds $75,000.
(d) A raffle is not authorized by this chapter unless the organization:
(1) has the prize to be offered in the raffle in its possession or ownership; or
(2) posts bond with the county clerk of the county in which the raffle is to be held for the full amount of the money value of the prize.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 929 (H.B. 541), Sec. 5, eff. June 18, 2005.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 706 (H.B. 2757), Sec. 3, eff. June 15, 2021.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 338 (S.B. 500), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.
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