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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to prohibited sales to persons attempting to purchase all |
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or substantially all possible winning tickets in a lottery drawing. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 466, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 466.1555 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 466.1555. PROHIBITED SALES TO PERSONS ATTEMPTING TO |
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PURCHASE ALL OR SUBSTANTIALLY ALL POSSIBLE WINNING LOTTERY TICKETS. |
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(a) A sales agent may not knowingly sell or allow the sale of |
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tickets for a lottery game involving a drawing to one or more |
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persons attempting to purchase all or substantially all possible |
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winning tickets for the drawing. |
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(b) After a hearing, the commission shall revoke a license |
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issued under this chapter to a sales agent who violates Subsection |
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(a) for each of the sales agent's licensed locations. |
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(c) A person whose license is revoked under Subsection (b) |
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may not apply for a sales agent license under this chapter before |
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the first anniversary of the license revocation date. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |