SB1346

The final law reaches attempts to acquire all or substantially all possible winning tickets. It does not define a numerical percentage for substantially all. A buyer need not successfully acquire every combination for the text’s attempted-purchase condition to be relevant, but the sales agent must knowingly sell or allow the sale in the stated circumstances. Final law.

Revocation is mandatory after the required hearing, and applies to each of that agent’s licensed locations—not just the location of a particular sale. The person whose license is revoked cannot apply for a sales-agent license before the first anniversary of revocation. That is a one-year application bar, not automatic reinstatement on the anniversary. Final law, sections 466.1555(b)–(c).

The introduced bill covered attempts to buy all possible winning tickets. The Senate substitute added substantially all, closing the gap between buying every possible winner and attempting to buy nearly all of them without specifying a numeric cutoff. The Senate-passed, House committee and final versions preserve that wording. The official amendment index lists no separate amendments. Introduced bill; Senate substitute; Senate-passed text; House committee text; Text index; Amendment index; Final law.

The March fiscal notes refer to the then-existing Texas Lottery Commission. The codified chapter’s definition of commission was separately changed by SB3070 to the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation, and the codified SB1346 sales prohibition remains in section 466.1555. That agency-name change should not be attributed to this two-section bill. Earlier agency definition; Definition reflecting the separate 2025 change; Codified prohibition.

Compare the published text versions in the official text index. A change is not attributed to a specific amendment here without a verified record.

Licensed sellers face a substantial business consequence for knowingly facilitating these purchases: loss of every location’s license and at least a year before reapplication. Ordinary players may benefit from a restriction on attempts to cover nearly all winning combinations, but the bill does not promise better odds for a particular ticket, a refund, or a guaranteed prize. It does not specify a new dollar fine in its operative text. Final law.

The March 9 and March 13 fiscal notes say state revenue effects cannot be determined. They cite unknown penalty amounts, violation counts, timing and number of reapplications, and associated fees. Their reference to possible penalty revenue is not a dollar penalty newly set by SB1346. Both anticipate no significant local-government fiscal impact. Neither quantifies changes in lottery sales or player winnings, and the act makes no appropriation. Introduced fiscal note; Substitute fiscal note; Final law.