A man who lost a rock-paper-scissors and had a mortgage of over 50 million yen and had to mortgage his house.
A trial was held in Canada over a man who was in debt of more than 50 million yen because he lost three games of Rock Paper Scissors. On April 17, 2020, a decision was made to see if the rock-paper-scissors-backed contract was valid.
$ 500k bet on 'rock, paper, scissors' ruled invalid by Quebec court | National Post
$ 500K bet on rock paper scissors ruled invalid by Quebec court | CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/500-k-bet-on-rock-paper-scissors-1.5543533
Canada news: Debt scrapped for man who lost $ 575k in 'scissors, paper, rock' game
https://www.9news.com.au/world/court-scraps-debt-of-man-who-lost-575k-in-scissors-paper-rock-game/a1dd843b-b673-42c9-9b9c-549301cf2de9
Edmund Mark Hooper, who lives in Canada, loses in three games of the rock-paper-scissors competition held in January 2011, and will pay $ 500,000 (about 56 million yen) to his opponent Michael Primor became. Hooper said he had to mortgage his home, and the mortgage contract was signed by a deed.
It was Michael Primor who beat Hooper. Primor argued for his rights and filed a lawsuit in 2017, but found the contract invalid. There, a new appeal was filed in the Quebec Court of Appeals.
Quebec law requires that betting must be related to 'activity that requires only skill and physical effort', not luck. In a 2017 trial, Rock-paper-scissors were judged not to be just a game of luck, but `` in certain precision situations, they may require skill and may require observation and strategy, especially in speed '' . On the other hand, the judge decided that the contract was invalid because the stakes were excessive.
The Québec Court of Appeals also ruled that the contract was invalid, but the content is different from the 2017 trial. Despite the fact that the rock-paper-scissors have been recognized as having some skill in this case, 'the majority of the game is due to luck, and it cannot be considered as' an activity that requires only skill and physical effort '. I could not do it '. In addition, the Quebec Court of Appeals upholds the lower court's conclusion that stakes are excessive.
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