OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 
*Trocwura mnt.' For th6 acrchents, it wad be 

t3C hZCt50 in thr LtiPC Of YiSitOlFC FCX' day. 

@I murs~ the rl5ltor rmst flna hln particular 

nuzbor tmn~ the xamch~Clco cuia caLI atto~tlm 

to t!lc faot tc the rem~mxt .* 

Eaotlcm &7 OS Artiole IJf OT the aolmtitutlon of 

l5xcs redt3I 

'The X.&S~aturS 6hau. &MS6 lcW# pmhfb 

1tln& tAs 8sstablish7aent of lott%rier and gift 

entarp in this State, ati roll a* th* 8d.o 

of tfokets in latteriee, f$ft entmrprisaa or . 

other oYaslonr inYolY~ the &bt?iotg prineipla, 

sstabllthed or ndstiw:, in other sta8aww 

yurarorrnt8Qoc -a, the ~m.ttturb3 95135d 

Artlole 6% of the Peaal co&e, T.&L& lvsds an zolbwsl 

-xi any 

F 

011 shall establish u lot 

or diepese 0 any estate, nwil or ptmonal, '"& 

lottery, h* du3.l be fined not l~sci ttmn Ona 

l9mamtd* (&OO) oOllar6 nor mn than Gaa Thotm- . 

and (@l,OOO) Dollnm; or if anypumn diall*ell., 

orsu for oa.m or keep ror 8410 enr tlokot8 8~ 

part tiiekatr in UI lottmy he &hall be fiad 

not ~leaa than TIDI T $10) Dolfefil nor mwo thaa 

FirtY (b50) Doll.am.' 

-' In Cole vs. stfh (Ot. or Cr. App. 19371 U2 8. W.- 

(ea) 725, th0 00120twbg o&icm or ha+30 khdns eat.@ ttmt, 

“Them lr nat now nor sru bar been, an 

atOemptlnthlsmtate&o def3.m bg8tatuWrrbat 

oonstltutas a lottery. The tam is 6eXlnul by 

the etatutes o? only a-tm of the atatw. Oorpus 

Jbl6, vol. 38, p. 288, note lo, llotr anly four, 

but say-8 'tied auah defln.Itiooo amldom vu'y in 

mubotanoe fmxnthoso eatablIah.4 by'ths oourt~.' 

m~~~10aOsbltion inot~statuto ~5nasttc 

sort to the m Alden the term iy papukt 

uswe LW datanxlned by tho~tious ao~rta. 13ha 

that is dons it 1s aleaS that m ""taTAt 

amour to m c abl%ah a thlq M a lotte 

prhe or riz05f (2) the EWQ~~ or distr bution 

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of tie p ze or prizes by ohanos; (0) the paynat 

either direotly 01‘ LndimOtly by the WrtiOipCnt8 
::OC. %crl ccyton. I’~J’P 3 

of 0 00n5~atmt:0ll Tar t?:e.ri&A or prlrilo(;a or 

pcrtlolp,stllq. ?urcc JUT., vol. 20, p. &09, 1 2, 

deauoeo from. OUT OwLl Oa3CE the ml4 atctaa, o&a 

it appa2lra that in ovely ocis8 from our awn aourt 

whan a sahsne has bee21 aumtiama u a lottery 

thnt the threa olemwts cwtlolzad are chown by 

the fwte to hiye bem ;rostmt. CM8 Eciftale v.

Stats L2 Tax. 

R. &cJ, ll.2 s. i':'f"i&iyslyL"t2 #.T: if& 

lyrl Am, St. Rap. 837, 14 Ann. ca0. ti#* mEna& 

caet t. state, 4.l Tu. Or. H. 58, 57 A. F. a50; 

XolaAan t. 1mh0, 2 ax. AQp. ii 10 26 AIL Rap.. 

439, ena other Texan OMQB oit8d & Tu88 hr., 

mqma. Tha eema rule demand- the vaaoo ot 

the tbme alenmnt~ zmad will be lbuud stated 

in 17.~ahg a- Lm, p. u22, and 38 0013~~8 

Jurls, p. 286 rith Innumerable support- aanes 

oltsd undu t&a tszt ln eaah of t3d.d voluBIw 

Irma your latter, we g&her It Is oonooded that at 

leaattro of thedmanta esssntlaf, forth. ulatsnoeoia 

lottaxywa prssant,-aprIwor~css aro~SYtwed bytho 

newapapu ln oon$mctlonwlth the lima1 moMb8nt.s partlolpat1~ in the plan, and the dlatributlon of the prism is by 

ohanoe to prfsona Pox'Wn#Aa ubow to l-ea.ita a OODp Of the 

cowapepertith galuakynumbu* eppsarbg tbemon. Tha amwu to yaur tlrat cpeutlon than depend upan whether or nat 

the elmsent a$ consIaeratIon is prssant. Ve hold that It 18. 

Our Turm Court of Orlmlnal &~~.alo had boSo&m lt 

aproblam+eryaimiLar to the Instantono Intho oueoisldth 

~0. stat0 (ct. or cr. ~pp. 1939). l27 s. r. (a) 297. In tat 

ease aefwamt reooIvea a rb39 frw retdlxmrahwm ?xkr tha 

prlvh *of Johlqz a "IloPih~a &WorganiutIon. 'IhoxmarChantS Tn turn dl8tribut.d aids of etaqm to the 

e 

ubllo, opontho ooqlatIonofwhIoh oardaaporsonwar ait1 led to PIP 

tiei@. in a e&M. to ~oaiVe a 8ubattmtlal @Ze. 1210 

court h&3 that payaeat OC thmae llasneo fee6 to dstcadant by 

the merchants ~apuatea as an lnalreot ooflnlderfLtIot farall 

oontutants. latutb ~b5um0th0 ~OUUDB rwptiabrth0 

nuohuit8 to th qmrator of this eotmw* thm lnutumd ulvutiaing r03uitiw to the nampapu from pnrtlolptlne loadl 

lnerohluxta Ln your sltuatlon. Ear* 1s wImlauatlcJn Bc'vlnE 

inQlroat3.y fmm t&o rwiplont to the donor of the prim. Bd 

thatia mt al.1. The wurt In the smith oeme feud m aMItionai elanant 0f wnsid0ratIon. It salar 

-It is quite olear to us trcm the retard 
th6t soch bu6lnean satablisiuient uhlah aontrlbuted a 0srtal.n amount ot mfmey in ardor 

to join t2ls 'lioah's Ark' an6 by dam the 

prints i8 paid ra0eLVw a oarb or aarda and 

story ‘yxtbd0 of some axliael. Them3 oar68 

are fu.mlshe6 to the rmohuut or busirrssr me- 

..tabllshuwt, an6 by theis dlrtrf.buBmd fo 

ou8tcllcar8 orothers who eaam to the utabl.ia!mutt with m 

f""' 

auwna. or aolltenera 

of ooaxremlitiu ti ah aau eolA by any made 

of tale- ‘5arh’ls Ark.’ xt 1s ObTlous that tha 

in 0tde.r 

one of tha 

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so aleo In the oasu at hank 

to dmtarrflne wbthsr or not hIa5 frma 

luaky tlzsnbera, is lldueas to rlsit pmot thm p4lslOlpatlng 6ealaJl-s’ lwrehalA5.80. An inarmud paa-ma$m l8 thm 

apmot86t!bonmdtmf 0rhhti8tt. At&%hLm iaarmamd 

0gm to@h*r with thm auvortlmaont or hks w8.m ramlt 

to thm -x&ant *l.# M lnA%rmet bmamfit to thm opmrator of 

the aabamu, an4 enables ata sontim%. his geau OS abUlb*.* 

flrnharm~~tthe*ahswm~rorthLa~~k~ 

ter monstitutoa a lattmry suoh QS 10 oori6mm.U by Artiolm 6% 

0r th0 pond ~0th 0r tht8 at6tm. wmaapa8atoyoursmeoo4 

question ar uhmthmr or nat thm rqulfrblo rmw6y of lajPnotioa 

18 arailablo to the Stat% Thb ldultioal quaa.lon w4a t&ore 

the court in Stotm-va. Sabb C Roulmy Walted (0. CL-A. 1938). 

ll8 6. IL (26) 917 axi4 Robb & Rodlm Unite6 Ino. et d. V& 

state (c. c. A. 19;9), l.27 6. )I, (267 221. in bat& o? theme 
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arms It we6 held tht lottsrloe am B opbclen Of ~acxixq 

aad nulsunas whiti the Stc'.e lc autkkoriee6 t0 SUQ~IWOS 

by 1nJunattoa under hrtlale l.667, Pa~fsed Civil Stetuteo. 

AFFROVXTJWY 3, 1940 

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kTTORNEY GENERAL OF T1::-'.F