N.Y. GOB Law § 5-423
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Money paid for lottery tickets may be recovered by action
Official statutory text
§ 5-423. Money paid for lottery tickets may be recovered by action.\nAny person who shall purchase any share, interest, ticket, certificate\nof any share or interest, or part of a ticket, or any paper or\ninstrument purporting to be a ticket or share or interest in any ticket,\nor purporting to be a certificate of any share or interest in any\nticket, or in any portion of any lottery, may sue for and recover double\nthe sum of money, and double the value of goods or things in action,\nwhich he may have paid or delivered in consideration of such purchase,\nwith double costs of suit.\n Any person who shall have paid any money, or valuable thing, for a\nchance or interest in any lottery or distribution, prohibited by the\npenal law, may sue for and recover the same of the person to whom such\npayment or delivery was made.\n
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