Is poker gambling?

[Pog0]

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Poker is a game of skill. And, poker is a gambling game.

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Any event of which the outcome is not predetermined and there's money on the line is gambling.

Playing chess isn't gambling because you aren't risking money.

If you play chess for money, you are gambling though. No matter how much better you are than your opponent.

There's no question that poker is gambling. Any argument against this fact is based in a misuse of the concept of gambling.

As long as there's an element of chance involved and a wager on the line, the thing in question is gambling, whether there's skill involved or not.

[Merovingian]

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Any event of which the outcome is not predetermined and there's money on the line is gambling.

Playing chess isn't gambling because you aren't risking money.

If you play chess for money, you are gambling though. No matter how much better you are than your opponent.

There's no question that poker is gambling. Any argument against this fact is based in a misuse of the concept of gambling.

As long as there's an element of chance involved and a wager on the line, the thing in question is gambling, whether there's skill involved or not.


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Fair enough, poker is technically gambling, however, I think the whole issue comes from the fact that the skill element of poker is actually derived from the 'gambling' element of it. It's almost a contradiction in itself and somewhat obscure.

[candyman718]

The problem becomes, you can have too broad a definition of gambling. If I am playing the World Champion at chess, just because we are betting on it doesn't make it gambling. And why does 'betting' become the key factor. Aren't you gambling every time you get into a car or ask a girl out. All of life is risk taking for rewards.