2006 New York Code - Property Staked May Be Recovered.

 
    § 5-419. Property  staked  may be recovered. Any person who shall pay,
  deliver or deposit any money, property or  thing  in  action,  upon  the
  event  of  any wager or bet prohibited, may sue for and recover the same
  of the winner or person to whom the same shall be paid or delivered, and
  of the stakeholder or other person in whose hands shall be deposited any
  such wager, bet or stake, or any part thereof, whether  the  same  shall
  have  been  paid  over  by such stakeholder or not, and whether any such
  wager be lost or not.