Texas Business & Commerce Code

§ 622.101 — CONNECTING SWEEPSTAKES ENTRY OR OPERATION TO ORDER OR PURCHASE

BC § 622.101Title 13. CONTESTS AND OTHER PROMOTIONS · Ch. 622. SWEEPSTAKES · Art. C. PROHIBITED ACTS OR CONDUCT

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(a)A person conducting a sweepstakes may not use a mechanism for entering the sweepstakes that:

(1)has any connection to ordering or purchasing a good or service;

(2)is not identical for all individuals entering the sweepstakes; and

(3)does not have printed on the entry form, in a font size at least as large as the largest font size used on the entry form, the following language: "Buying Will Not Help You Win. Your chances of winning without making a purchase are the same as the chances of someone who purchases something. It is illegal to give any advantage to buyers in a sweepstakes."

(b)A person conducting a sweepstakes may not:

(1)require an individual to order, purchase, or promise to purchase a good or service to enter the sweepstakes;

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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.