Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFPlCE OF THE ATTORNE” GENERAL. STATE OF TEXAS JOHN CORNYN February 2,200O Mr. Brett Bray Opinion No. JC-0174 Division Director Motor Vehicle Board Re: Whether a promotional contest that requires Texas Department of Transportation entrants to take a “test drive” constitutes a lottery 200 East Riverside Drive, Building 150 under Texas law (RQ-0106-JC) Austin, Texas 78768-2293 Dear Mr. Bray: You ask whether an automobile dealer’s promotional contest that requires an entrant to participate in a test drive as a condition of entry constitutes a “lottery” under section 47.03 of the Penal Code. For…