State-operator Loto-Quebec and its subsidiaries have a monopoly over gambling in Quebec. Over the last few years Loto-Quebec's casinos have had to compete against new venues in Ontario and the northeastern US. The lack of Texas Hold'em poker rooms in those casinos has also prompted the Kahnawake Mohawks to fill the void and offer poker rooms of questionable legality. Recently, an interesting legal question arose out of a situation where a banned patron won over C$1.175m in the Montreal casino. As a large problem gamblers class action lawsuits against Loto-Québec gets under way, media reports of yet another legal action from a problem gambler have surfaced.