N.Y. General Obligations Law § 5-419: Property staked may be recovered

§ 5-419. Property staked may be recovered. Any person who shall pay,

deliver or deposit any money, property or thing in action, upon the

event of any wager or bet prohibited, may sue for and recover the same

of the winner or person to whom the same shall be paid or delivered, and

of the stakeholder or other person in whose hands shall be deposited any

such wager, bet or stake, or any part thereof, whether the same shall

have been paid over by such stakeholder or not, and whether any such

wager be lost or not.