Mc Bride v. New York City Off-Track Betting Corp.

In an action to recover a sum of money due on a certain wager, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County, dated March 30, 1977, which denied its motion for summary judgment. Order reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and defendant’s motion granted. On April 21, 1976 plaintiffs purchased a ticket from defendant, OTB, on that day’s Pick-Four, which is a pari-mutuel bet in which the better attempts to select the winning horse in four consecutive races. The plaintiffs did correctly name the four winners in the Pick-Four, but upon presentation of the…