Section 2001.552 - Fraudulent Award of Prizes; Offense(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly participates in the award of a prize to a bingo player in a manner that disregards, to any extent, the random selection of numbers or symbols.(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.(c) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that no participant in the game furnished anything of value for the opportunity to participate in the game.Tex. Occ. Code § 2001.552
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1999.