N.Y. GOB Law § 5-417
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Contracts, agreements and securities on account of raffling, void
Official statutory text
§ 5-417. Contracts, agreements and securities on account of raffling,\nvoid. All contracts, agreements and securities given, made or executed,\nfor or on account of any raffle, or distribution of money, goods or\nthings in action, for the payment of any money, or other valuable thing,\nin consideration of a chance in such raffle or distribution, or for the\ndelivery of any money, goods or things in action, so raffled for, or\nagreed to be distributed as aforesaid, shall be utterly void.\n
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