State Lottery Act

Texas · GV · §§ 466.001 to 466.453 · 101 sections

Overview

The State Lottery Act authorizes a state-run lottery and places its administration in an executive agency headed by a director, setting out that agency's powers and duties and its authority to adopt rules governing the lottery's operation. It requires anyone selling lottery tickets to hold a license, specifying application and fee requirements, bonding and insurance obligations, display and renewal terms, and grounds for denial, suspension, or revocation, and it constrains the enterprise itself through limits on which games may be offered, how the lottery may advertise, how it must procure goods and services, and which contracts and sales are forbidden. The act layers accountability over both sides of that scheme — audits and independent financial review, investigations, enforcement and security provisions, confidentiality rules for sensitive records, document retention and meeting-recording requirements, demographic study of who plays, and periodic review of the program's continued operation — while exempting lottery proceeds or activity from certain taxation.

Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.

In the courts

Sections of this act have been cited in 6 court decisions.

Most-cited authority: 148 S.W.3d 611 - Doyle v. State

Sections covered

Tex. Gov't Code § 466.001SHORT TITLE
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.002DEFINITIONS
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.004EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.005LIMITED-SCOPE SUNSET REVIEW OF STATE LOTTERY PROGRAM
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.014POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.015RULES
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.0161REVIEW BY COMPTROLLER
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.017AUDITS
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.0171ANNUAL AUDIT
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.018INVESTIGATIONS
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.019ENFORCEMENT
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.020SECURITY
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.021DEMOGRAPHIC STUDIES
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.022CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.023DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY RECORDS
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.024PROHIBITED GAMES
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.026AMBER ALERT
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.027VETERANS' ASSISTANCE GAME
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.029PRESERVATION OF LOTTERY-RELATED DOCUMENTS
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.030REQUIRED RECORDING OF CERTAIN STATE LOTTERY MEETINGS
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.1005PROCUREMENTS
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.101PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.102LIQUIDATED DAMAGES; PERFORMANCE BOND
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.103PROHIBITED CONTRACTS
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.104ASSISTANCE OF COMPTROLLER
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.105APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.106PREFERENCE FOR TEXAS BUSINESSES
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.107MINORITY BUSINESSES
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.108TELEVISION CONTRACTS
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.109PUBLICITY OF INDIVIDUALS PROHIBITED
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.110PROHIBITED ADVERTISEMENTS
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.151LICENSE REQUIRED
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.152LICENSE APPLICATION; FEE
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.153CHANGE IN APPLICATION INFORMATION
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.154RULES
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.155DENIAL OF APPLICATION OR SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSE
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.1555PROHIBITED SALES TO PERSONS ATTEMPTING TO PURCHASE ALL OR SUBSTANTIALLY ALL POSSIBLE WINNING LOTTERY TICKETS
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.156BOND; INSURANCE
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.157DISPLAY OF LICENSE
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.158EXPIRATION OF LICENSE; RENEWAL
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.159DEATH, DISSOLUTION, OR BANKRUPTCY OF SALES AGENT
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.160SUMMARY SUSPENSION OF LICENSE
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.161IMMUNITY; CIVIL ACTIONS
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.201ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.202FINGERPRINTS
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.203DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY ASSISTANCE; COSTS OF INVESTIGATION
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.204ACCESS TO INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE INFORMATION
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.205CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.251TICKETS
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.252PURCHASE OF TICKET AGREEMENT TO ABIDE BY RULES
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.254PURCHASE OF TICKET BY OR PAYMENT OF PRIZE TO CERTAIN PERSONS; CRIMINAL OFFENSE
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.255LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF LOTTERY TICKETS PER TRANSACTION; CRIMINAL OFFENSE
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.256REPRESENTATIVES BY PERSON CLAIMING LOTTERY PRIZE
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.257METHOD, LOCATION, AND HOURS FOR PURCHASE OF TICKET
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.258REQUIRED AGE VERIFICATION OF TICKET PURCHASER; CRIMINAL OFFENSE
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.259LIMITATION ON CERTAIN LOTTERY EQUIPMENT
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.3011VENUE
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.3012AGGREGATION OF AMOUNTS INVOLVED
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.302SALE OF TICKET AT PRICE GREATER THAN FIXED PRICE
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.303SALE OF TICKET BY UNAUTHORIZED PERSON
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.304SALE OF TICKET AT UNAUTHORIZED LOCATION
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.305SALE OF TICKET ON CREDIT1 cite
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.3051SALE OF TICKET TO OR PURCHASE OF TICKET BY PERSON YOUNGER THAN 18 YEARS OF AGE
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.3052PURCHASE AND SALE OF TICKETS
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.3053PURCHASE OF TICKET WITH PROCEEDS OF AFDC CHECK OR FOOD STAMPS
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.3054GROUP PURCHASE ARRANGEMENTS
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.306FORGERY; ALTERATION OF TICKET
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.307INFLUENCING SELECTION OF WINNER
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.308CLAIMING LOTTERY PRIZE BY FRAUD
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.309TAMPERING WITH LOTTERY EQUIPMENT2 cites
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.310CERTAIN TRANSFERS OF CLAIMS
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.311REPORTING AND RECORD VIOLATIONS
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.312FALSE, INCORRECT, OR DECEPTIVE STATEMENT
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.313CONSPIRACY
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.317PROHIBITION AGAINST SALE OF CERTAIN LOTTERY TICKETS
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.318PLAY OR FACILITATING PLAY BY TELEPHONE OR BY INTERNET OR MOBILE INTERNET APPLICATION
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.351DELIVERY OF FUNDS1 cite
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.352REPORTING BY SALES AGENT; RECORDS
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.353LIABILITY OF SALES AGENT
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.354DUTIES OF COMPTROLLER
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.355STATE LOTTERY ACCOUNT
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.357APPLICABILITY OF CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.358COMPENSATION OF SALES AGENT
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.359COMPENSATION OF SALES AGENT FOR PURPOSES OF CONTRACTUAL RENTAL PAYMENT
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.4001DEFINITION
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.401TICKET VALIDATION; DRAWINGS
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.402PAYMENT OF PRIZES GENERALLY
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.403PAYMENT OF PRIZE IN INSTALLMENTS
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.404PAYMENT OF PRIZE TO MULTIPLE WINNERS
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.405PAYMENT OF PRIZE AWARDED TO MINOR
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.406RIGHT TO PRIZE NOT GENERALLY ASSIGNABLE
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.407DEDUCTIONS FROM PRIZES
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.4075DEDUCTIONS OF CHILD SUPPORT FROM CERTAIN LOTTERY WINNINGS
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.408UNCLAIMED PRIZES
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.409TREATMENT OF PRIZE PAYABLE ON TICKET PURCHASED BY INELIGIBLE PERSON
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.410ASSIGNMENT OF PRIZES2 cites
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.411CHOICE BY CERTAIN PRIZE WINNERS TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.412REQUIRED FORM FOR PRIZE WINNERS
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.451MULTIJURISDICTION AGREEMENT AUTHORIZED
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.452REVENUE FROM MULTIJURISDICTION LOTTERY
Tex. Gov't Code § 466.453PAYMENT OF COSTS AUTHORIZED

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