Xoriorable ?rod Srtmman
Crir.inal Dlrtrtct httomey
Qrseg County
Sm&rrr, Taxu
xhrrr sirr Attaatianl ?&. Xl
3.
*on the 8tqp ~111 be pl6oed a large beard on
$azh will be Lx.p8ed the 8~8 dlel (on lampr
oacle) m reprebsented in Mlblt *A* - but the
n.sr&xil nutibera till at ffrst be UOtSZWd by a di50
ertendin(: just over the parlphsry of the 4ia.I. ?%a
&JO ia resvvable and 1s atteahod only to II. oento?
pin w?iioh pnu1ts it to revolve.
"On the dleo there 1s an am head pa1nt.d
to the outer rim,
5.
i8 thenpleaedovarthe bid aab byapmmhro
ahlohmayv~ln detnll,btai ~efYamoaloul.a-
tlon, the dleo la mdo to ?twolm btiefly. Iha
it 6ome8 to rest the arrwhe8d till, %rlelo8to a
point on the dial ah1031 ia thml(hntlWbyt
ao&red 8tirker v ialblm to Oh. 1rpblQLB0, th0 the
cctuel dial nglnbu $8 not tl8lb
and rearkin& ie ropeeted uatil tPto d8&% lex-
Me era ehown.
dpFhlt3
pr00dlI'8 18 6 Drelude t0 th0 OORtWJt,
but not 0.pert %hereof.
The oQato5t itsa1r now beml8. .Fuu Ii&ma
ax-8 put oh intheaudltariwaand aaalloted tlrao
is announoed during wblo!~ the audlenee may etpdy
the markam on the stage dial and bf aoarparlsoa
with thy replloa, tilah aaoh tme has (Exhibit *h*)
tkQX-6 xw~~lne the o&leuhtthn OS dial numbera to
t~~rreapond with the mrketrs on atage dial In whlab
there i.~ only to be gauged the-de@ee of variation
from the four oardinal. nwsbera, viz: lt 30, 60, 90.
Tnc castestent sdtars the five numbers s*
lected 1x1 $16 aelculct;nrps (a) on the die1 mu!ad
part or hi8 car&, (5) cc the etub beari:x eauae
ccrial xuraber.
9.
'Ooriteotent detechoe end kcepa the stub, but
the m&i%6 aarC i8 *%ek%n up by ti:a u6her and all or
th-0~ toltea to the etw,e.
10.
._.
70
nuabered ar;d E tioktt ie seleet& or dm hraa
c s?&txboror ticketa cortalnlng all the numbers
m tt;t teats and e money award or other thing of
re.lut is ,~lren to ths pamon sittiw in the ssat
thnt has n corrueqmndingnumber wltb the number
drum is c wlottnrp cm! the opamtion thereof
la 0 violntion or Artlole 6% of the Penal Code.
(2) Onhion O-967. that a schme WherebY. in
subot&e,-a ths&& &nor &Ives3 a pri2e to -%ne
patron oft:?* theatra preaant after a 4rawing from
which mm patron*s autambbI1.r llaence~ntaabsr nraf
bo wleoted, undar the facts prwsentod, oonsti-
tutcua A violation or the lottery law8 or thl8 state.
(3) oppinion 01ll74, that ib is t violation of
the law for the mm&ante of a elrmn town or oopb
mun1t.p to p;lr*tholr sruam btakats dth la &
purcheee of nxerohandlea iran th6m whl6h ticket6
try emad f'~rahanose UWP muo ludlss or money glvtn
azy ;; zdw;~ bald periodiotllyin *ho ttld
.
(4) o$nion cl-lmo, ?&let w&o *AtaB Qlis Itight*
sehemt or plan bder the iseta at&t4botticlo of-
rtoe) ?8 a -lettry* tnd in violttion,o? nrtia1*
t&or thomt%c1cod*ef thiarrtate.
(51 Bplnlon O-1329, thtt a eohaa wbroby, ia
tfubctazce, t theatrs bum the flqerprintcl of a
altiean of the aomunlty by mltitlon-a? one flwp
crgrtnt frcm tht fllsa of the thmtm, is t rtola-
tion of the lottery lcws of this etato.
(6) Opfnlon O-1336, that a aohamt whereby,
LE subctanoc, e weuPt a&b* ei~ee credit6 in trattr~
to wb&.3g conteete.nts fm ooapleting a mntanae,
etc., ooruvtitutee e.violation 0r the lottery lawc
or tl.& stata.
(7) opinbn D-1789; that E theatxe ~xxaxtta
featurirw t?ie %mtor I.%.* m&Lo brocdceat over
a netmrk fs not a vlolction of the lottery ctat-
Ut6S 3f t!liS 8tEt.h
(E!)0;inioz O-1619, that +a tAuctr6 OpWt!tor
aonduotbq~ n a;a!mm~ whs~~by quesitions aubdtted
by the p.dzona 02'tSei thtatxtset drawn frOm a
ba, end the ,ya-ont whose questiona, are drawn
63% msked reoelve brie Ebllor sooh, 119p.Utp or
OpeTetir~ h lottory in rlolotim or AlMals 6%
of tile i‘f3A01coda.
(9i qdn.io~ O-Mgf?, that h su,lezu4 whereby,
In subeteaoa, a therare cives 0 yrlacs to 0 pfxx-
.son If :ie imwers B qmation aormatly, th zmm
of suck person balz~ dmm fAnx. 8:coctolnsr at
8l.pled oiltry bleAk8, la e tiolntior, or the lottmy
lmm of tide state.
(10) OplAloA n-2063, that a 6Chesm rrhwwby; in
aub5tanoe, e th%stm paps $25 to 0 piuaon who rllsr
hls ayplfoetion crahawith the theatrs and while oti
iaumbar Is thereafter aalleQ by mdmxc at'the rmdl-
ence, 16 43vlolatio~ of the lottery law8 0r thi8
ste&a.
In the aaee et GxWtith .Anwranent aonrplror
vs. Mmrgul,
9% s. k. (26) ftu, It was held thatthe olQaunts aoamtlalto
constitute a lottery axe (1) e xlcr in aon8y or 8h* or raluo,
(2) dlotrlbution by e-o% am3 P3) peymnt,eitherQlxootly or
IAdlTMtay, at a teluabloeoAalaeratloA ror tharhuruto will
the prhe. Eee al60 oity or WlAk T8. Oxirrith A5uamuAt oom
pacy, supra; Feathex6tano v5+ baOptUUbAt SCWlOr stathA A&80-
alstloA, 10 s. i?. (26%)loct Peak VII. united fealms,61 f.4. (2&j
973; lrxsnt t8. The Stste, 112 8. W. l&L In Stat* vs. Randall,
&l Tux. 296, and Xola5n t8. The State, 47 9. W, 850, it wa#
h&l that ang eohme for tibrdlatTlbutloA Ot grit&m by ohmae
iaa tilottery. hmmdine;Ly the *BanL: AQhta 6ehqma (Olty ,ai
?aAk Pd. Grirrlth hza3aFaeal ccmp%Ay, supa), the -ok K
s~hccm (Robt and Rowley, et al. ~50 The State 127 6. OF.
221), emI the %~&'a Aike @ahum (Szith TB. +ii. 3tat.8, I.27 2.. W.
(2d) 297) have all. bson held to be lotteries.
Be bellwe thet the essentirl ol.snmts 0r t&e lotimy
urn pxeeenfed by the S'sato set i'arth In m lettw% The the-
at= pmiaea t3 aa& mmrd Or pzlzu for ttmas putn>lu, fo*unate
emu$3 to 0rrlvc at the Qorxeot Amberm; 0~2 the aixculat diso
OA tine Bdtig6. SS ~0~3930, the clami&. of aonsldemtloa, the
%ketat or indireat furniehlng of w?%lcf;I.8 &so neoesaa~~ to
cor-0tltut% a lottsry, :a p-66ent. iika!i patroA h0e dfnct* .
p&d L?carmidcsrction by ~urehae~ kie tlaket to the thetr6,
whlc~ ~220 repxeaents oomidsration fox the xi&it to partici-
tLe grLaa, CQl% rs..8t0t% (Tam. ct. cxls!loApp.), u2
p.s&e I.22
L. \f* (2%) 725. It 10 t!iO LhfTd 6ltncant~ di@ZCb* that T6iS8S
tidtmbt IA your zn.liLnd
aa t;o w!mtcfieror net th.irm18 a lottery,
end In this eomeatlon you aita the 0~0~ of Boattt&ht vm*'
%0te, 38 5. +s. (24) 37, aid EcRae ~'9. State, 81 2% %. 7&l,
in m,tppo* of t&a pxopt30ftlon Mzt thee are aonteats of sklU
rather than chano%.
In the i?aetarIght o&se, the Court 0P CxIminal Ap-
peals held t!i&t e punoh 3o%xd, wh%reIn were plaaed eifrfmnt
ali%ukem problem, t!m sew to bo aoEapl.stedby the partiai-
pant afier p.syi.xqa fee for th% privllwe of partloIp%tlnF:,
did not oonstltute 0 lottery, rnrsnthou& prizes wer% awarded
thoee wx=kIn~ out the best eolutlon. Xowever, tte court %m-
phoaIW St;8 taut that the Only- el%mmt ol' c:iaaaethere in-
volv%d was the Aeture or thr oheoker problam to be dram. There
eny psroon sight partialpate In the pme, rind every parson who
p~rchasetl a eheaker problem stood on ariaqua1 foot-, b%md
upon his kno~~ledge or i.mptItuQo 5.n the salsnae of oheokere.
The elemmtof airill pmdodaated.
31 Sicts ‘Xx nl. Yraz;lt.trlok,
fs. fflobe-Demorat mb-
llE&Iqg Coqazy (5up. ct. :rsd.),llo 3. Xi. (s!d!a)
705, 11s I?. L; R.
IlO&,, Qefondcritnowqqmr cozduated a Tmotm I:onrse*contest,
tierein a lint of titlea wm prIot%d boabath b: series of oar-
toone, contestontx to adeat the 0m rm25t nppmpriate to aaah
of tke amtoom. 'Ikeaourt held that 5.?.no%mme t&m one tPtl%
would be equally agprcPpriate, the domIn&nt elemmt of a?mnce
nccesmry to n&e tie puaele aontsst a lottery %xist%d,
See also People 5x rel. HllLiGOl2ve. LWIA, 171 c. T.
l&1., 71 5. v. 753, 756, 46 I. R. A.. 601, 1 A?m. Case* 165,
wkere prizeo vreilwto 3e Rwlmded to ttxoiooa
w2.klAg the c1oeest
est.&mix 02 the nmbsr of C+WE on wl;ichtf;rUtit& state8
lzd,zw3-8laldin Iim.l.i~b..fe%
T8. LtoTdalghlin,264 IY. 23.
370, 373, u sup. ct. 362, 363, 68 L 8~. 7&?,
'F&it a maa dO65'n#t k00W Ond 06ixO0f -9t&d Out $8~
I$.lQ statbd in Psaprs ta* Lnvin, kl? u. Y. 170,
71 I?, 3. 755, 66 L. R. A. &car
74
The tast of tks character of th0 g8snb
is, net whether ?t uo7itains
sn elsTssnt0r
chsnce or a elenentof ti~klll,
but which is
trro Ganinntkq~ elcmmt that aetemlnes the
rssclt @f tiisglm%.-
. h Iiudslso?-,
vn. State (1%83), 94 Snd. 426, 4% Am.
Rep. 171, the cmteot wee ta gmss nearest to thb aumber ai
beans cor,trlited
in c Q:laasElobs; it VW aonttwdrd thet tbm
olm%nt of skill here predominnted ov(rr tie ehaent at ehanoo.
Tke court heM the contest to be a lottery and aal&
*The conLentiauol"appem$a* 6OUXl661
Is, thet the anterpriae, as set aut In tha
publlimtLsn,:o not 8 lottsrg, wr in th@ ae-
ture 0E R lottery or @t entsrjMao4 That
to arrlvs ct the ooqmt nmber of.@aaam ia
the &me e.lobs Is not Q matter oi sIhaB66, bu%
a nathaaatlaal oalWl4itIaat. Fe 0UlUOt 00)5OUT
in ,$is$lJv'cw. Is 3xp6rt lzwibmltia1ur Hipiht
Qasjut6 th0. dinonrions Of the &blIYI &Obb With-
a mtmoneble d&&We Of 06wty. ih36,sS@Z'i33,
the result could bo but appmztmrrtolr co
To be Plathomtioklly oorreot thr,uaet WA ? ok-
nc88 ot the glass would hnrr to be kmm. 39x10
exaotnene coul.8 net be attelaed by an obsatra-
tlon of the sealed clobs. tiere rrrnuld&ea~amT-
Ilyb6 aJlelemeIlt0f @mL%I!w. IMd fiGhe Rx66
sloa of ths &ab WM lamm, it wllld bb utte-
ly 3aposslbls by tha apglloetlon~o? math-b
cal rules, ar'by any other -, tQ oalaulatb
the number of beans Qontahmd i.n it. Ths ai26
of the several beans, so Sor (1sthey oould ti
observ6d, tmulil be a m&tar of purr; m8ssIagl.
$md besides only thoee on the eurfeae mid xmxt
to the glass could be sbu~. Those in-the OWlfib?
ml&t be smiler or larger. In %hoti, there
could he m rlrsd or definite fact or quantity
upon whi& tn bese s mthwzz%tical onloulntion
or Ecterxlisatlon.Ths nurzbarof beana in th6
@ms enulE, be nothlnf; else Can a mttsr of
~uss;siaJy. .Lll
expert mthemti8Ian mi.ght ssclw
naerly Tix t3o fiim of the Elobs+thnn an -tire-
ly uneGuac;teU prson. And so he, er.d pemons
of better juUg.mat, ti+t aore nearly rix the
xitmber0:"bemns in t>s i7,Loba
t&n pereon or
. Yet t2:a exaot number waulU be
lesio.juGpsolit
0.530rpBmnttar Of ,glesa~;, T-".atanyons ahanl&
~umm tha corrmt~mmber would bs o oatter of
t&s mereat c:xxm, beauusb there are nb EWHII~
Y5
Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion