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Lets call poker and all other games that you play against other people for money or prizes "gaming."

Lets call all games that you play against a "house" for money or prizes (so called "banked" games) "gambling."

If we can get this linguistic change popular, just think how it will infuriate the FOF types and the casino interests who oppose us. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Skallagrim

PS - where in this mix you put betting on other people's games (like pro sports and animal racing), I will let others decide.

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So flipping coins with another person for money, or running a marathon (most major mnarthons put up prize money), the tour de france, and most olympic events are gaming now?

I'd rather work to try and get the games anc activities we care about, basically poker, legal, than engage in an almost certainly futile exercize in changing popular language usage, particularly to try and make such an inconsequential distinction.