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What's the consequence if a Quebecer participates in/wins a non-approved overseas contest? Clearly Loto-Quebec can't actually do anything to the contest runner; would they bring charges against the contestant, confiscate the prize money, what?


They wouldn't win. When going to claim the prize money, the contest runner would see where they are from and likely invalidate the win.


That doesn't answer my question. A non-Canadian contest runner how no legal reason to ban Quebecers, correct? Obviously it's not good practice to let people into your contest if their government forbids it, but some contest runners might lack integrity and others might lack the legal knowledge/experience to even be aware of the problem, so it's certainly possible for someone to at least attempt payout to a Quebecer. What happens then?




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