Opinion No.

Mr. C. Tom Clowe Jr. Chair, Texas Lottery Commission Post Office Box 16630 Austin, Texas 78761-6630

Re: Whether the Bingo TVNet Corporation may legally conduct BingoTV within the State of Texas (RQ-0198-GA)

Dear Mr. Clowe:

You ask whether Occupations Code chapter 2001, which provides for regulating bingo, authorizes or prohibits the operation in Texas of BingoTV1 as described by the Bingo TVNet Corporation in the letter attached to your request.2 You also ask whether the activity described by the Bingo TVNet Corporation is a legal "sweepstakes" under Texas law. See Request Letter, supra note 1.

Th…