Occupations Code §2001.207

The following persons are not eligible for a distributor's license: (1) a person convicted of criminal fraud or a gambling or gambling-related offense; (2) a person who is or has been a professional gambler or gambling promoter; (3) an elected or appointed public officer or a public employee; (4) an owner, officer, director, shareholder, agent, or employee of a licensed commercial lessor; (5) a person who conducts, promotes, or administers, or assists in conducting, promoting, or administering bingo for which a license is required by this chapter; (6) a manufacturer required to be licensed under this chapter; (7) a person who has had a license to manufacture, distribute, or supply bingo equipment or supplies revoked within the preceding year by another state; (8) an owner, officer, director, or shareholder of, or a person having an equitable or credit interest in, another manufacturer or distributor licensed or required to be licensed under this chapter; or (9) a person: (A) in which a person described by Subdivision (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), or (8) or in which a person married or related in the first degree by consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Subchapter B , Chapter 573 , Government Code, to one of those persons has greater than a 10 percent proprietary, equitable, or credit interest or in which one of those persons is active or employed; or (B) in whose application a person described by Subdivision (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), or (8) is required to be named.