Texas § BC.621.105 - PROHIBITED ACTS RELATING TO MATCHED CONTEST

§ BC.621.105. PROHIBITED ACTS RELATING TO MATCHED CONTEST

PROHIBITED ACTS RELATING TO MATCHED CONTEST. 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; (6) misrepresent the rules or terms of participation in the contest; (7) represent that: (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 (B) a person is more likely to win a prize than another person; (8) fail to obtain a person's express written consent before using that person's name for a promotional purpose; (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 (10) use a word or phrase that: (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 (B) implies that the offeror is sending a court document or legal document or that the offeror is a governmental entity. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278 ), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.