Former World Series of Poker Main Event champion, Jonathan Duhamel, has inked a deal to represent Société des casinos du Québec, and a bill proposed to censor online gambling in the state creates a few ripples

Jonathan Duhamel has inked a deal that will see him act in the role of ambassador for the Société des casinos du Québec (SCQ). He will represent the casino overseer in the forthcoming World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) event set to take part in the Casino de Montréal April 20 – May 1, and a selection of online games.

The SCQ is a subsidiary of Loto-Québec, the government led arm that manages the lotteries in the province and is the all-seeing eye established in 1992 to make sure the regions four government-run casinos don’t get up to any funny business. Those casinos are the Casino de Montréal, the Casino du Lac-Leamy, the Casino de Mont-Tremblant, and the Casino de Charlevoix.

In 2010, Duhamel came from absolutely nowhere to become the first Canadian to win the WSOP Main Event and win $8,944,310 (the fourth largest in the event’s history). He has since gone on to be one of the most successful WSOP Main Event champions of all time winning a further two bracelets and over $17.5m in live tournament earnings.