{"id":137885,"date":"2020-06-05T12:31:49","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T19:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=137885"},"modified":"2020-06-05T14:05:40","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T21:05:40","slug":"lotto-quebec-faces-class-action-lawsuit-over-fauly-poker-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/lotto-quebec-faces-class-action-lawsuit-over-fauly-poker-software\/","title":{"rendered":"Loto-Quebec Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Poker Software That Showed Hole Cards to iOS Players"},"content":{"rendered":"

A glitch in Loto-Quebec\u2019s<\/a> online poker software could cost the province-owned operator hundreds of millions if plaintiffs in a potential class-action lawsuit get their way.<\/p>\n

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Loto-Quebec\u2019s Espacejeux and OK POKER platforms have been dealing thousands of players a raw deal, according to the lawsuit. (Image: Espacejeux)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The lawsuit, filed this week by Canadian poker player Elisabetta Bertucci in the Quebec Superior Court, claims that all customers who played on Loto-Quebec\u2019s Espacejeux or OK POKER platforms using a PC or Android device up until May 18, 2020 were put at a serious disadvantage to those who were using iOS devices.<\/p>\n

According to documents filed Monday, at the end of each hand the winner\u2019s hole cards were exposed to the iOS players via the \u201chand history\u201d records, but not to the PC players. This was regardless of whether the winner had chosen to reveal them or not.<\/p>\n

Unfair Advantage<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In poker, a player is only required to show their cards if their bet is called by an opponent or opponents, or all players check during the final round of betting. If one group of players were to have this extra information for free — and their opponents were oblivious to this, as the lawsuit asserts — then they would have a huge edge in the game.<\/p>\n

They could easily discern a player\u2019s bluff frequency, for example, and quickly build up a picture of their opponent\u2019s other tendencies and strategies.<\/p>\n

It also means the games being played on the two platforms were not adhering to the rules of poker.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy failing to provide group members with a secure platform that respects the integrity and rules of Texas Hold’em Poker, group members were deceived and their consent when they agreed to contract with Loto-Qu\u00e9bec was tainted,\u201d the lawsuit asserts.<\/p>\n

Customers are gambling and spending money and time on the Defendants\u2019 platforms under the false belief that the regular rules of Texas Hold\u2019em apply and that nobody can see their cards.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

According to the filing, the plaintiff had played on the platforms for years before she discovered the glitch on May 13, 2020, when she happened to log in to her account from an iPad.<\/p>\n

Bertucci contacted Espacejeux customer service that same day. A technician acknowledged the problem existed, but no action was taken, prompting repeated call backs.<\/p>\n

$15 Compensation <\/strong><\/h2>\n

The issue was finally fixed on May 18. Three days later, Bertucci — who says she has lost around $13,300 playing on the two platforms since July 2010 — was offered a compensatory $15 payment to her account, which she refused.<\/p>\n

Instead, she is demanding the court order Loto-Quebec to reimburse all the money lost by all poker players on platforms over the past decade, plus a punitive $300 damages for each player.<\/p>\n

She is also asking that the operator change the screennames of all its players so that any information gathered unfairly during the period is rendered useless.<\/p>\n

Loto-Qu\u00e9bec, which operates a monopoly<\/a> on online gaming in the province, said it was \u201caware of the allegations,\u201d but declined to comment further.<\/p>\n

Bertucci\u2019s legal representative, LPC Avocat Inc., is asking anyone who believes they may have been impacted by the glitch to add their name to the suit via the firm\u2019s website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A glitch in Loto-Quebec\u2019s online poker software could cost the province-owned operator hundreds of millions if plaintiffs in a potential class-action lawsuit get their way. 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