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1968 Book 1 Texas Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (1968)

handle is hein.sag/sagtx0113 and id is 1 raw text is: THE ATTORNEY GENERAL onAWrFon C. MAnRTIN ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AusTi, TEXAS 78711 January 4, 1968 Hon. Henry Wade District Attorney, Dallas County Dallas County Government Center Dallas, Texas 75202 Opinion No. M-176 Re: Whether the driving into a service station by a person, who may or may not make a purchase and who is given a free card which is distributed by the station entitling the holder to win a prize, if by chance he thereby becomes a recipient of a similar card, constitutes a consideration for the prize, so as to be in vio- lation of the lottery statute, Article 654, Vernon's Penal Code. Dear Sir: Your opinion request on the above captioned subject, refers to the memorandum brief attached thereto for a de- tailed description of the questioned give away plans used by various oil companies. It is stated in such brief that the plans used by the various companies are substantially the same and the dino dollars plan is presented as an example of the other plans used in Texas. This example is as follows: When a customer comes into a Sinclair station, he is furnished a Dino Dollars card, The bottom half of the card has to be rubbed gently with a coin in order to be read. Each card will give a dollar amount along with the statement, Drive With Care. Any customer or person who gets two cards which contain the same dollar amount and which complete the other half of the slogan, And Buy Sinclair, is paid the face amount shown on the cards. The cards are not distributed at any location other than at Sinclair stations, It is not necessary for the customer to make a purchase to get a card. -847-

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