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Tex. Gov't Code § 466.318

PLAY OR FACILITATING PLAY BY TELEPHONE OR BY INTERNET OR MOBILE INTERNET APPLICATION

Known as the State Lottery Act

The act spans §§ 466.001 to 466.453 (101 sections).

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1160 (S.B. 3070), Sec. 37, eff

(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.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.