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hick dead
11-12-2007, 06:04 AM
you hear luck vs skill argument all the time but has skill ever won?

JPFisher55
11-12-2007, 02:52 PM
Yes, Missouri Supreme Court in a case Harris v. Missouri Gaming Commission 869 S.W. 2d 58. Wasn't even a big contest, court ruled that poker had some skill and was thus not an illegal lottery under the Missouri Constitution. However, blackjack received the same ruling.