{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-general-obligations-law-5-401","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. General Obligations Law § 5-401","heading":"Illegal wagers, bets and stakes","body":"§ 5-401. Illegal wagers, bets and stakes. All wagers, bets or stakes,\nmade to depend upon any race, or upon any gaming by lot or chance, or\nupon any lot, chance, casualty, or unknown or contingent event whatever,\nshall be unlawful.","path":["General Obligations Law","Article 5. Creation, Definition and Enforcement of Contractual Obligations","Title 4. Contracts Relating to Wagering; Forfeiture and Recovery of Certain Property"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/GOB/5-401","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"9192bd07b1567f8d8cff49793f5eceeda541dafc2e6a991b2a2615490e754d8c","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-general-obligations-law-5-337","next":"us-ny/n.y.-general-obligations-law-5-411"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}