Results Of Any Skill vs Luck Court Cases?

[The Big Sleazy]

this is my state's definition of gambling
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(2) "Gambling" means risking any money, credit, deposit, or other thing of value for gain contingent in
whole or in part
upon lot, chance, the operation of a gambling device, or the happening or outcome of an event, including
a sporting event,
over which the person taking a risk has no control, but does not include:
(a) Bona fide contests of skill , speed, strength, or endurance in which awards are made only to entrants
or the owners of
entries;
(b) Bona fide business transactions which are valid under the law of contracts;
(c) Other acts or transactions now or hereafter expressly authorized by law;
(d) Any game, wager, or transaction which is incidental to a bona fide social relationship, is participated
in by natural
persons only, and in which no person is participating, directly or indirectly, in professional gambling

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by you enterpretation of this definition of gambling, would i have a legitament defence for opperating a poker room?