{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-621.105","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 621.105","heading":"PROHIBITED ACTS RELATING TO MATCHED CONTEST.","body":"A person engaged in the preparation, promotion, sale, distribution, or use of a matched contest may not:\n(1) use the term \"prize\" or a similar term in a false, misleading, or deceptive manner;\n(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;\n(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;\n(4) represent that a prize is of a particular standard, quality, grade, style, or model if the prize is of another;\n(5) misrepresent the odds of winning a prize;\n(6) misrepresent the rules or terms of participation in the contest;\n(7) represent that:\n(A) a number, ticket, coupon, symbol, or entry form confers or will confer an advantage on a person that another person does not have or has a value that other entries do not have; or\n(B) a person is more likely to win a prize than another person;\n(8) fail to obtain a person's express written consent before using that person's name for a promotional purpose;\n(9) use or distribute simulated checks or currency or other simulated items of value unless the words \"SPECIMEN--NON-NEGOTIABLE\" are clearly and conspicuously printed on those items in at least 18-point type; or\n(10) use a word or phrase that:\n(A) simulates or causes confusion with a document issued by an officer of a court or with the seal or name of a real or fictitious governmental entity; or\n(B) implies that the offeror is sending a court document or legal document or that the offeror is a governmental entity.\nAdded by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 13. CONTESTS AND OTHER PROMOTIONS","CHAPTER 621. CONTESTS AND GIFT GIVEAWAYS","SUBCHAPTER C. MATCHED CONTESTS AND DRAWINGS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.621.htm#621.105","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"7ab7f6a7e15393f442a21b8396b58e0d700bdd6305e956b791a1ec412d49fba2","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-621.104","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-621.106"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}