89R9028 BEE-D
By: Hughes S.B. No. 1346
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to prohibited sales to persons attempting to purchase all
possible winning tickets in a lottery drawing.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 466, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 466.1555 to read as follows:
Sec. 466.1555. PROHIBITED SALES TO PERSONS ATTEMPTING TO
PURCHASE ALL POSSIBLE WINNING LOTTERY TICKETS. (a) A sales agent
may not knowingly sell or allow the sale of tickets for a lottery
game involving a drawing to one or more persons attempting to
purchase all possible winning tickets for the drawing.
(b) After a hearing, the commission shall revoke a license
issued under this chapter to a sales agent who violates Subsection
(a) for each of the sales agent's licensed locations.
(c) A person whose license is revoked under Subsection (b)
may not apply for a sales agent license under this chapter before
the first anniversary of the license revocation date.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.