N.Y. General Obligations Law Section 5-417
Contracts, agreements and securities on account of raffling, void

All contracts, agreements and securities given, made or executed, for or on account of any raffle, or distribution of money, goods or things in action, for the payment of any money, or other valuable thing, in consideration of a chance in such raffle or distribution, or for the delivery of any money, goods or things in action, so raffled for, or agreed to be distributed as aforesaid, shall be utterly void.

Source: Section 5-417 — Contracts, agreements and securities on account of raffling, void, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/GOB/5-417 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Oct. 18, 2025).

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