Texas Business & Commerce Code

§ 621.105 — PROHIBITED ACTS RELATING TO MATCHED CONTEST

BC § 621.105Title 13. CONTESTS AND OTHER PROMOTIONS · Ch. 621. CONTESTS AND GIFT GIVEAWAYS · Art. C. MATCHED CONTESTS AND DRAWINGS

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A person engaged in the preparation, promotion, sale, distribution, or use of a matched contest may not:

(1)use the term "prize" or a similar term in a false, misleading, or deceptive manner;

(2)represent in soliciting a person to enter or participate in the contest that the person is a "finalist," "major award winner," "grand prize recipient," or "winner" or that a person has "won," "will win," or "will be awarded" or use words or phrases of similar meaning unless the representation is true;

(3)represent that a prize has a sponsor, approval, characteristic, ingredient, use, benefit, quantity, status, affiliation, connection, or identity that the prize does not have;

(4)represent that a prize is of a particular standard, quality, grade, style, or model if the prize is of another;

(5)misrepresent the odds of winning a prize;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.