transfer of a lottery ticket. Althoughthe ac=i :saleorepossessionof lotteryticketsin Texas is au offeuse. see Paaal Code 4547.03(a)(S),47.07(a).we deal here cmly tith the Gov question of whether the PAT-2000'is a "gsmblbg device"per se.
Cousequeutly.based 01,.theinformationabout the PAT-2000 sub- mitted in couuectiouwith :rouropinion request,we concludethat the .esseatialelement of chaacc:is not present in the PAT-2000termfual. We uote that'althoughthe elameutof chancemay be temporarilyremoved by "disabliug"a device, this will uot prevent it from being a "gamblingdevice." See Attmney General Opinion E-940 (1977). This is not, however, re&t to the case at hand because the PAT-2000 containsPO elementof chance aud~needuot be "disabled."
We do.uotbelieve that ,thelegislatureintendedto includewithin "gaubliug device," a termlaal which IS capable only of dispensing tickets. The legislatureyintended section47.01(3)to reach devices
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such as slot pachiuesaud roulettevheels. See PracticeComeutary to section47.01 (suggest* that a "sachauical~ontrivauce" may also be requiredby the deff.nitf.on),
In light of this couclusion, ve do not reach your secondquestion of whether the void-for-vzgueness doctrine prevents applicationof section 47.01(3) aud (a) and (b) of section47.06 to the PAY-2000terminal.
SUMMARY
A "gambling device," as defined in section 47.01(3) in coujrmctlonwith subsections(a) aud (b) of section 4,7.06~, does not apply to the Syntech PAY-ZOOO,, a ticket-vending terminaluhlch awrely dispensestickets.TFz device lacks the eleawxtt of chance essentialto a "gamblingdevice"uuder section47.01(3).
JIM WATTOX Attorney General of Texas
TCMGNNEN First AssistantAttorney General
DAVID B. XICDAXDS ExecutiveAssistantAttonwy General
RCBXXYCSAY SpecialAssistantAttomey General
RICX GILPIN Chairman,OpinionCosdttec:
Preparedby Jenniferluggs Assistant AttorneyGeneral
APPROVED: OP7.DIONCOMMITl'gE
Rick Gilpin.Chairman Coliu Carl Susan Garrison Tony Guillory Jim Moelliuger JenniferXiggs Nancy Sutton Sareh Woelk
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