General Obligations Law 5-423 — Legislation

Legislation Search OpenLegislation Statutes Search Term Search icon Search previous SECTION 5-421 Losers of certain sums may recover them up TITLE 4 Contracts Relating to Wagering; Forfeiture and Recovery of Certain Property Viewing most recent revision (from 2014-09-22) View historical revision as of: -- Choose a Date -- 2014-09-22 Share Facebook Email SECTION 5-423 Money paid for lottery tickets may be recovered by action General Obligations (GOB) CHAPTER 24-A, ARTICLE 5, TITLE 4 § 5-423. Money paid for lottery tickets may be recovered by action. Any person who shall purchase any share, interest, ticket, certificate of any share or interest, or part of a ticket, or any paper or instrument purporting to be a ticket or share or interest in any ticket, or purporting to be a certificate of any share or interest in any ticket, or in any portion of any lottery, may sue for and recover double the sum of money, and double the value of goods or things in action, which he may have paid or delivered in consideration of such purchase, with double costs of suit. Any person who shall have paid any money, or valuable thing, for a chance or interest in any lottery or distribution, prohibited by the penal law, may sue for and recover the same of the person to whom such payment or delivery was made.