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Consolidated Laws of New York
CHAPTER 24-A
General Obligations
ARTICLE 5
Creation, Definition and Enforcement of Contractual Obligations
TITLE 4
Contracts Relating to Wagering; Forfeiture and Recovery of Certain Property
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SECTION 5-411
Contracts on account of money or property wagered, bet or staked are void
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SECTION 5-401
Illegal wagers, bets and stakes
General Obligations (GOB) CHAPTER 24-A, ARTICLE 5, TITLE 4
§ 5-401. Illegal wagers, bets and stakes. All wagers, bets or stakes,
made to depend upon any race, or upon any gaming by lot or chance, or
upon any lot, chance, casualty, or unknown or contingent event whatever,
shall be unlawful.