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### ua end w wlll h6re our judges %ake the %w+r46, or 70% oallappoint your oun j~u4468.= Seation 47 o? artlole 3 of the 

### TexasConstitution reai$aa6 follo*rsr

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### sstabltahwat of lotterioe an4 &% entarprlsea~ in this St&u, a6 w6l.la% 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~onof prize6 by lot Or chance unonff those Vho htV6 YeId Or -64 to p3y a conslderatlon for the 

### rightto part:cI';atetherein, or 

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*A raffle is distfaffi6hable from a lottery. Qdle, ta lo the oa6e oi a lottrrg, them I6 

### no at~tutory doiInItlon

of thet6lm# the Su~m~e Court ha6 defined it; and this 

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by thskurt OS Grr&na~~~ e;le;ugeh de?inI!Ion-I6 %J#folL , UO). **A game.@ p0rlPeatcrhsnoo; In nbtah every participant I6 equal rlth ovtry othar, la 

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### me auoceesfupart7take6 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 anyperson6hal1sell, offer for sale 

### OX keep'iOr

66lt6 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 ribs11ba 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.~ iiaatlon4, 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 

### theseoirww~tanaea. 00 listed, tha following have bean held to ba lottaria8a pymh boards; slot or vand~ 

### maehInes; the aale of boxoe of candy 

### someof rkioh oontaia prizea; 'auft olubaEon. 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.276R 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 

### theoptafoa ot this ~epartasant that a WWt Club" oouduotad end operated as aeaarlbea in "ExMbIt A* above, Ie alion. sk~i T, Eolt, pa&e 7

lottery and in tiolatiOu of km.



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### ATTORNEYGENERALOl? TEXAS