$500,000 bet on rock, paper, scissors ruled invalid by Quebec Court of Appeal, latest for BC Courts dealing with COVID-19, and a replacement judge decides a family law case

In 2011 two men in Quebec wagered $517,000 on a best-of-three rock, paper, scissors game. The man the lost took out a mortgage on his home to pay the debt but was successful in having the gambling contract, and mortgage set aside. In Quebec, private contractual disputes are deal with pursuant to the Civil Code of Quebec, rather than common law principles of contract, that apply in other Canadian provinces. The Civil Code of Quebec specifies that gambling contracts are only valid i...