The State of New York tends to define gambling broadly enough that any form of gambling not specifically authorized by the state would be considered illegal. However, in terms of penalties, every single line of the code would apply to operators and none of them would apply to players.

Most online casino operators would not be operating a non-licensed and non-regulated Internet Casino from within the borders of the United States because that would not be a very wise thing to do.
The State of New York...
...provides a legal remedy for any monies lost via any illegal means of gambling, but again, even a successful lawsuit would be pointless because the State of New York would have no legal reach to enforce payment of any judgment levied.
Again...
...in terms of penalties, this state focuses entirely on operators and you can read more detail about that on our restrictions page.
We seriously doubt that there is even any theoretical punishment for participating as a mere player in any form of gambling in the State of New York, but even if there were, we can certainly find no instance of anyone being arrested for same.
For this reason, the bulk of online operators who service players in the United States at all are also willing to serve residents of New York, and here are a few below:
The State of New York tends to define gambling broadly enough that any form of gambling not specifically authorized by the state would be considered illegal. However, in terms of penalties, every single line of the code would apply to operators and none of them would apply to players. Most online casino operators would not be operating a non-licensed and non-regulated Internet Casino from within the borders of the United States because that would not be a very wise thing to do. The State of New...