Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

TEE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS GERALD C. MANN AUSTIN aa,TEXAS Honorable R.T. Burns June 6, 1939 County Attorney Walker County Huntsville, Texas Dear Sir: Opinion NO. o-659 Re: Is the mach~inedescribed a gambling device? Your request for an opinion on the above stated question has been received by this office. Your letter reads, in part, as follows: "Article 619 of the Penal Code of Texas prohibits the exhibiting of machines for gambling purposes. "We have a party here in Huntsville that has a machine where the player places a nlckle in the machine and if h,e strikes a lucky hole he gets more…