PLAY OR FACILITATING PLAY BY TELEPHONE OR BY INTERNET OR MOBILE INTERNET APPLICATION.
Tex. GOV'T Code § 466.318.
in effect(a) A person may not by telephone or through an Internet application or mobile Internet application:
(1) purchase or order the purchase of a ticket for a lottery game; or
(2) for compensation:
(A) accept an order for a ticket for a lottery game from a player;
(B) sell a ticket for a lottery game to a player; or
(C) arrange:
(i) to purchase a ticket on behalf of a person playing a lottery game; or
(ii) for another person to purchase a ticket on behalf of a person playing a lottery game.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person violates this section.
(c) An offense under Subsection (a)(1) is a Class A misdemeanor.
(d) An offense under Subsection (a)(2) is a Class A misdemeanor.
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1160 (S.B. 3070 ), Sec. 37, eff. June 20, 2025.
SUBCHAPTER H. REVENUE