Why does 2+2 call poker gambling?

[Skallagrim]

Most folks instinctively understand the difference between playing chess or bridge for money and playing craps or slots for money. They have no problem with the former, and think people who play the latter for anything more than "fun money" are fools, degenerates, or addicts.

To get legislative change we need to show the average person who does not really understand the depth of the game of poker that playing poker for money is more like playing chess than it is like playing craps.

Having a word change will hardly accomplish this on its own, but it will help. When people unfamiliar with it say "poker is gambling" they are thinking its just like craps: you need to know what you are doing, but your results are due to chance. By saying in response "poker is NOT gambling its [whatever word you choose]" we begin the education process that moves poker in that average person's mind from the bad connotation/category (risking money on your luck) to the good connotation/category (risking money on your skill).

Skallagrim