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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Ron. Paul T. Rolt 

cost&y Attaraey 

‘kari6 htl%tj irust In, Texar 

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prlu conte%t 

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to pay you ~ts,oo e#h week SO? 14 week% (tow 

WMO) on bade that oath m geta one e3a%% 

AorChn#A46titr 

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selebt the best elqgatt an4 an*rd the it& 

reek*e prlse of #%6&O in bra40 t&the titer 

or the prl%rb rigaing sloga& tThereS0~ WB 

pert7 &@6 hbt %Uit ft%? all17 $&we) 

"m IlWODd Wtkdi the judm6 - th0 

*At tho cab OS .X4 uWk% you' have (t b638tWe 

l&t of S7 ment rho hate ptid you the full prlee 

of @t3,00 -ah ior Wmlr b9jt. 8~0 16 a tab& 

of 801le&lcn6 shcdsg how the plaa work%:- 
non. Paul T. Rolt, rag0 3 

Each. scln Toted Colleo- Coet 

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$100;00 

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cost You $950.00. Therefore your prom% fQur6 

66 f0ihG: 

Total Uolleotloru co%t Of so stlltr 

IOOR RET PItom 

"Ru, big feature ot this &an i6 that'it 

%llmInat%a the ~lottery a%glo 4% t I6 objwtIonable In %cme locelltiea, a%4 mkea this PrIae 

COate6t plan %triot&' 0li0 O? eklll: TOUr p~'Ia% 

oonterrt entrlw 5~17 be cent in to ua end w 

wlll h6re our judges %ake the %w+r46, or 70% 

oall appoint your oun j~u4468.= 

Seation 47 o? artlole 3 of the Texas Constitution 

reai$a a6 follo*rsr 

-'b b$#6l%tUl'8 %ha -6% bW% QTOhibiting the sstabltahwat of lotterioe an4 

&% entarprlsea~ in this St&u, a6 w6l.l a% 

ths sale or tiakste in lotterfee, $Ift WIterprima or oth%r srasicum iavolring the 1otterJr 

prInaIp10, tmtablfshul or eriatlng in other 

6tatO%." 
The tsar lctttry has no tochtioal 

sipiriaetion in the Ian, and aI.nce our statute does not provide 6 dtfInitIOn, It6 IMUIq must De dtternined from popular u6%p. 

Accordi% to that tt6t a 1OttaTy 16 % 6-e 

for the ilI6t~iDut~on of prize6 by lot Or 

chance unonff those Vho htV6 YeId Or -64 

to p3y a conslderatlon for the right to 

part:cI';ate therein, or the OistrfbutfCm itseY." 3s 'i'extcl ;Tuxlsprudence, pama 4094lO. 

*A raffle is distfaffi6hable from a 

lottery. Qdle, ta lo the oa6e oi a lottrrg, 

them I6 no at~tutory doiInItlon of the t6lm# 

the Su~m~e Court ha6 defined it; and this 

detinitioPl ha6 botn adopted by ths kurt OS 

Grr&na~~~ e;le;ugeh de?inI!Ion-I6 %J# folL , UO). 

**A game.@ p0rlPeat crhsnoo; 

In nbtah every participant I6 equal 

rlth ovtry othar, la the pmportlon 0C 

his risk and &W0%mt Of &A&. 'i'he 

prl%e 16, a acwmn f'u64, or that *hIoh 

16 pumhase4 97 a ccareCa ?und. E6oh 

1% an equal aator In devslopIng thll 

ohanaor, In proportion to h16 rI%k. 

imetbtr the7 be developad rith 4106, 

maf*rIal. 

or 6~~0 otb6r iaatr~entl,la~,nOt 

me auoceesfu part7 take6 

the whole prlte, end all the rest 

lose.** (2.9 Tex. Jur., 410) 

Artiole 654, Panal Code of TeXa6, made a6 id-.. 

1OW: 

*If an7 person shall establish a lottee 

or,dIspo%e of ang e%tate, real or personal, 

by lottery, he Shall De fine4 not 1866 than 

one hixndmd nor nom than one thoueand dollar%; 

or If any person 6hal1 sell, offer for sale 

OX keep 'iOr 66lt 6 

Y 

tlokat or part tlokst In 

eny lottery, he shy 1 be fined not leee than ten 

nor core than.fifty dollar6.' 
Hon. Paul T. Xolt, Yaga 5 

Artiale 655, Penal Code of Texas, reeds as 

f011oas1 

*If any person shall eatabllah a ?aSfle 

for or dlapoae by raSfle of any estate Teal 

or personal, exceeding Sire hundr6a aoilrrm 

In due, he shall bo sinod not leas than 

oae hundred nor Dora than arm thoueand dollars; or 1s say parson oball aetabl$ah a 

rafile for or dispose of by rsffle of anf 01). 

tats, ran1 or parsonal, of the value of five bundrcd dollars or 1688, he ribs11 ba fined not 

leas than five dollara nor more than fro bundred a0i~a~ Rho6ver shall offer for aala 

or ksep for aals any ohano6, tlokbt or part 

tloket, la -any ratfla of any estate ml 

or peraaaal of aat value wbatevar a hall be flmd 

not lese than tan nor ama than fifty d01lars.~ 

iiaatlon 4, Letteri.8, 28 Taxaa Jurlaprudanae, 

pages 4le, 4W aad 414, raada aa followme 

*lawi and aahenoe oonatituting 

Lattariaa - & polntod out above a lottery, 

ganarall~ apaaklqg is a aohama SoI' the 

tiatributlon of p&a by lot or obuioo 

amng thoaa who have paid some ooaaidaratlon 

ror the right tq partloipats, In partlaular 

it is a gaming aahama In rbiob one or mma 

tickets hearlag partloular numbara draw.prlaee 

and the rest are blank. Rowaver, any devioe 

or aohema may constitute a lottery'rhara the 

elammta of oonalder6tion, prize and ohaaoa 

are praaeat. Thus a devioe or tranaaotlon 

rhioh la ordinarfly lawful may ba randerad 

unleatul.aa a lottery by tha aoautat6aaation 

of these oirww~tanaea. 00 listed, tha following have bean held to ba lottaria8a pymh 

boards; slot or vand~ maehInes; the aale 

of boxoe of candy some of rkioh oontaia prizea; 

'auft oluba 
Eon. Faul 7. Zolt, ?uge 0 

The case OS Waat vs. Ztate, lu! SW 106B Is 

In point. Appellant Grant was convicted of the oS#enee 

of ortiuctlng a lottery by cenductlne a Suit Club. The 

facts in tha Grant case are similar in tory reapeats to 

the facts stated In your V3xhIbIt A* quoted abow. 

Three elamuta are e5aential to constitute a 

lottery: (II A prize In money or ctber thip, of value; 

(2) Its dIatrIbutIon by ohanoe; aad (3) payment, either 

dlreotly or Ihdireotly, of a vcluable oonsiEeraticn for 

the ahnnca to win the ~rlm. 

?iiiiissme2ltcwyafiy,m Cl 

+2,~I;;,y,;~k vs. Grlffm 

Chance at a prlse give5 Vreew with a purohaae 

Is not In faot Vree*, but payment for it Is eabraoed 

In a part of the purchase price. City OS Kink vs. Orlfflth 

Anmoment Co., aupra; 

The-Qmk Xight" scbemb, or Wlsk we. 

CrISfIth .@tuaamant Conpeny, 100 SW 69s. ~7011, the 

wEuok RIeht" aoheam {Robh 6 Rowley, et. al is. state 

l.27 6R 2nd 22l land *Hoah*s Ark" soheme (%Ith vs. 

129 SE 2nd 297) have all been held tc be lotteries, 

&ate, 

Opinlan No. O-U00 or this Department holds 

thet wAOe5 Quiz liIghl" aoheme or plfin (Under the facts 

aubmIttedl Is a lottezy. 

Opinion Ro. 011329 of this Zepartnent holds 

that TYwerprint night" aoheme or rlau (under the raota 

sub&tit&d) Is a lottery. 

Ke enoloae horeuIth ooples OS apInIons Ran. 

O-1200 and O-1529 OS this Department. 

Under the authorities above aIteE and under the 

autborItIe6 alted In opIniou5 Roa, 011200 and O-1329 Of 

tbIo lhpartwmt, you are respaatfullp advised thnt It la 

the optafoa ot this ~epartasant that a WWt Club" oouduotad 

end operated as aeaarlbea in "ExMbIt A* above, Ie a 
lion. sk~i T, Eolt, pa&e 7 

lottery and in tiolatiOu of km. 

mmtbg tht .thfs satloraotly answ-8 yoour 

Iuqulry and with beet rw&ards, we are 

ATTORNEY GENERAL Ol? TEXAS