If an individual listed in Section 466.254 purchases a ticket or claims or otherwise attempts to collect or receive a lottery prize or a share of a lottery prize or an individual younger than 18 years of age directly purchases a ticket, the individual is not eligible to receive a prize or share of a prize, and the prize or share of a prize otherwise payable on the ticket is treated as an unclaimed prize as provided by Section 466.408.
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.409
TREATMENT OF PRIZE PAYABLE ON TICKET PURCHASED BY INELIGIBLE PERSON
Known as the State Lottery Act
The act spans §§ 466.001 to 466.453 (101 sections).
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 107 (H.B. 947), Sec. 4.03(b), eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.