State v. Amvets Post Number 80

GUITTARD, Justice.

The district attorney brought this suit on behalf of the State under Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat. Ann. art. 4667 (Vernon Supp.1975) to restrain Am vets Post Number 80 and its officers and members from operating bingo games in which the participants pay for the privilege of playing and prizes are determined by chance. The trial court granted a temporary injunction restraining the defendants from operating the games insofar as persons other than Amvet members and their families are allowed to participate, but the court otherwise denied the relief sought. From this denial the State…