Texas Business and Commerce Code - BUS & COM § 621.105. Prohibited Acts Relating to Matched Contest

(1) use the term “prize” or a similar term in a false, misleading, or deceptive manner;

(2) represent in soliciting a person to enter or participate in the contest that the person is a “finalist,” “major award winner,” “grand prize recipient,” or “winner” or that a person has “won,” “will win,” or “will be awarded” or use words or phrases of similar meaning unless the representation is true;

(3) represent that a prize has a sponsor, approval, characteristic, ingredient, use, benefit, quantity, status, affiliation, connection, or identity that the prize does not have;

(4) represent that a prize is of a particular standard, quality, grade, style, or model if the prize is of another;

(5) misrepresent the odds of winning a prize;

(6) misrepresent the rules or terms of participation in the contest;

(7) represent that:

(8) fail to obtain a person's express written consent before using that person's name for a promotional purpose;

(9) use or distribute simulated checks or currency or other simulated items of value unless the words “SPECIMEN--NON-NEGOTIABLE” are clearly and conspicuously printed on those items in at least 18-point type; or

(10) use a word or phrase that: