Terms Used In Texas Business and Commerce Code 621.107

  • 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

A person engaged in the preparation, promotion, sale, distribution, or use of a drawing may not:
(1) use the term “prize” or a similar term in a false, misleading, or deceptive manner;
(2) fail to provide the prize as represented at the conclusion of the drawing;
(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; or
(6) misrepresent the rules or terms of participation in the drawing.