{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-466.404","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 466.404","heading":"PAYMENT OF PRIZE TO MULTIPLE WINNERS.","body":"(a) A specific prize as set forth by the prize structure of a specific lottery game may not be paid more than once. If the director determines that more than one claimant has been awarded a specific unpaid prize in a specific lottery game, each claimant is entitled only to an equal share of the prize.\n(b) The director shall pay the cash equivalent of a prize other than prize money if more than one person is entitled to share the prize as provided by Subsection (a).\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 107, Sec. 4.03(b), eff. Aug. 30, 1993.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE E. OTHER EXECUTIVE AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS","CHAPTER 466. STATE LOTTERY","SUBCHAPTER I. PRIZES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.466.htm#466.404","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"4322938c0f01479a52e7deb6a3afacfbc4edb5ab7e1fe0a6817c9b9e368db1f8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-466.403","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-466.405"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}