Taking bets is taking bets, and slapping a fancy "prediction market" label on it doesn't rewrite New York law. Platforms cashing in on wagers while skipping licensing are preying on vulnerable people and starving families of the services those licenses fund. States hold the authority to shut this down, and enforcing that authority is exactly right.
Event contracts are federally regulated financial derivatives, and a state attorney general with a long anti-crypto streak doesn't get to override that with a recycled lawsuit. Demanding forfeited profits, refunded losses and triple fines is an attempt to bankrupt a legal business for political gain.
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