OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS

**AUSTIN**

monorable aDbert 0. cherry County Attorney, &osqllecounty, meridian, Texas

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. Cherry - page 2

an analysis Of tbla question would be the Constltutlon of foxas, which in Art, 3, Sot. 47 **states** as f0110*0: rllheLegislature shall **paam** lawm prohlblt**lng the**  **ef+ablimkxnolt of**  lotteries **and gfft**  **euter** prlses In thin State, as veil as the **male** or **ti~okmts** in lotterleg gist enterprises or other **evamlonm ln**  mlriag the lot* principle. establishedor **mxlet** lng Inother 6tatea' (Vornon'a **Annotated** conetitutlon, ArLrt.

3, sea 47). In oonmtrulag this article, th0 Supraae Court Or Texas has held in City ofWlnk 7. Orlffltb bmusewtlt co., 3OC S. W. (ed) 666, **that thl~pxvrla.lon**  mamaotlntended to condQmmerely Zotterlem, but was &tenUed mlso to condtxmm

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**tatmd** mahenem which mere 

### wt lotteries but rhlch imolred tbe lottery prlncrlpleor chmnoe and **rhlch were**  **used** W **entiae the**  **oredtilous and**  **unwary.** ~Artlche 654 and658 of the Peual Coderefer to *lottery* and *raffles* and were mpparently paesed **by** the Leglalature in obedlenoe to Art. 3, Sec.47 of the Constitution as above referred to snd protides amfollm~~ Art. 6~4. *If any person **shall** establish a lottery or diepose of any estate, 

### real or perm0naJby lottery, he shall be fined not lemm than One hw-- dred nor **wre** thau one **th~uaand** dollars; 

### or If fray permoa mhall **mall,** offer for sale or keep for **male** any ticket or part ticket In any lottery, he ahall be fined not lees than ten nor nore than fll'tydollars. 

### l Xfnnypereon shall emtmbl1mharm#le foror **dim** poet I3yraffle oi any metate, real or personal, mxoeedlng five hundred dollarm In value, he mhallbe tined not less thmn one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars; or If any person shall estahliah a raSSle Sor or shall dimpose by raffle of may mmfate, real or personal, of the value ot five hcmdred dollars or less, he **shall** be fined not lees thaa riva pornwre thantvo hundred dollars. Whoever shall of**fer fvr**  **male** or h-p 

### for smle auy ohaaaq ticket or part ticket, **In any**  **raffle of**  **amy estate,**  **rmml or**  personal OS muy *us vboterer shall be tied wt lemm then ten nor wre than tiPty dollars.*
l IIIooamtmlng theme articles of the Penal 

### Code and the Conetltutlonol pr0rimlon above referrod to, the courts have variaualy defined *lotteries0 and *r~fflos* as folloverlion.IiobcrtF. Cherry -page 3

*AIRYmcheaue for the cllstribntionof prlaea by chanoe isa lottery, and itmatters not by what nme much a l aheauemay **be** born, It mea within theprohibition of **this** article. State v'.Randle, 41 T.202 and Rde v- State, 42 1. ti80. It la 110lema a lottery because the aehena includea no blanka If the prices are of unequal value. Randle t. State 42 f. -5 Iloloaanv. State, 2 Cr. R. alO. bay 8Uhwe for the distribution of prizes is a lottery, though thore WUWPDblW. We's guilt of eatabllahlng a lottery does not depend on advise recclved amto the innocent characterofthe dtxlae, nOr~nhlaombellef that It 1pa not a riolatlon Of the lam. Qeen v. State, s48 8. v. 3sc
*The **CQWtB** have diBtiq@ahed lott8rlea and raffles by defYal.nglottery am a gane lnwhich there is a keeper or exhlblfor,‘and agalnat ahornthebetter mtmkea him money, while a raffle d.8said tobe a gwe of perfect ahawe ln ahlch every participant **Is** OWJUd With '?V8rJOther in thepl.OpOrtiOnOf hi8 risk azaiprospect of gsin, the raffle having no elea8nt of km8perordealer andnotbelng abanklng gazae. Sttanem v* State, 21 T. 69% Rlmein ~0 State, 71 S-V. 976
aThe 1-g same, relating directly t0 a gxvup Of I!I~GhantB **UBhg** a plan which appprentiy iUWlve8 a 'lott8ry prLnolple' a. an advertialng **8Ch5.3, 88CmB**  to be Feat&u-stone v* Indepaadent Serrloe Station AmsoclatlonoSTexa4 lnrhich the o~ortheld that where **mm amamcimtion**  of dealers aold tlcketi t0 its neabmrm, mhlch ticketa were then @maa by the **dealers** to cam**tOWr8** andothera for thepurpomeof attracfingpatronag8, the tickets entitling the holders to a chanoe W rln sn aatamobile ptrrchruedby the ameoclation with theprooeeda of the males of the tloketa, much **a** mehma was held tobe a lottery wlthin themeaning of the **Bt.tUt8.** &d Itwas further held that much loftery 

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ubjwf W be enjoined by a 05petifor U&OBe -8. **warn Injured**  thereby, under the rule that equity mill enjoin an **act** which awunta to a orime where property right. are Injured thereby= FeatheraWne T. Independent Sal-riceStation Aaaoclatlon of Texas, (Clr.

### 4p.) IO 6. U. (2d) l24. 28 lox. Jur. 414.&Ion.liobortF'.Cherry -pogc 4

lThC plan **UBOd ilY**  **IiOsqUC ~UI** **’ Ity**  does Ilotrequire any paraon topay dlrootly any consldcratlon inorder toobtain a chance at the drauln& but It does do **80** indireotly in thatmOrChrudi8e awst be purchased ln order to ontitle the purchaser to the U&et vr chwoe, and it aeaPa to this writer are baaed upon the *lottery prinoiple' rcifXV?d to in the conatltution and under any reaeonable conatructIon or the statutes and the opinion or the courts, are unlawfuLm

Xou hare **tborOUf@y** beefed the question BUbZIitted, 

### for ahlch ae espf?ma our apprOCiatiOn* After oarefully eonmiwlerlng it,we hare concluded there la no neoemalty for any further **~~BCUBB~OII** of the subject. It iB Our O'piniGnthat you hare correotl7 mnmwermd the question In the affirmative.

Verytrulypura
ATTCRRlUllrP

GRRERAL OF TEXAS

Bruce W. Bryant 

### APPROVED **OPINION** BUB=XR 

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APPROVEI‘AUO 10, 1939