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It's both gambling and a skill game. If it's over 50% gambling over a long run like one year (a tax year) then it rates to be gambling.

At limit holdem that long run, if played at least part time, is a couple of months with a win rate like one big bet per hour per table. While at nl holdem with a similar marginal win rate the long run is easily one year and even more and additionally the game type can change for one reason or the other and one will start losing, while at limit holdem that is not too big of a problem.

At nl holdem one can easily lose like five extra huge pots to some long shot when one should have lost just one, and counting all that money together it can be months of profits, in cases over one year's profits. And things can easily go worse.

When playing other skill games the long run is often shorter, and so they are considered skill games, while when playing or betting on sports the long run is generally again too long for it to be considered a game of skill, even if it's tennis, that's still gambling. Though not that playing those games are considered gambling when one is a professional. The same is true when one is considered a professional poker player. If one is not, then it's gambling.

I think there are enough stats and math to prove that limit holdem is not gambling. So, it's something I expect to happen, that may again make limit holdem the main game. Though I am just speculating but it could happen.