Texas Occupations Code 2002.054 – Restrictions On Raffle Promotion and Ticket Sales
(a) The organization may not:
(1) directly or indirectly, by the use of paid advertising, promote a raffle through a medium of mass communication, including television, radio, or newspaper;
(2) promote or advertise a raffle statewide, other than on the organization’s Internet website or through a publication or solicitation, including a newsletter, social media, or electronic mail, provided only to previously identified supporters of the organization; or
(3) sell or offer to sell tickets for a raffle statewide.
(b) Except as provided by this subsection, the organization may not compensate a person directly or indirectly for organizing or conducting a raffle or for selling or offering to sell tickets to a raffle. A member of the organization who is employed by the organization may organize and conduct a raffle, but the member’s work organizing or conducting a raffle may not be more than a de minimis portion of the member’s employment with the organization.
Terms Used In Texas Occupations Code 2002.054
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) Except as provided by § 2002.0541, the organization may not permit a person who is not authorized by the organization to sell or offer to sell raffle tickets.