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N.Y. General Obligations Law § 5-401: Illegal wagers, bets and stakes

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General Obligations Law
Article 5. Creation, Definition and Enforcement of Contractual Obligations
Title 4. Contracts Relating to Wagering; Forfeiture and Recovery of Certain Property

§ 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.

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