Poker as a skill(Need help)

[TheProdigy]

Hello,

I have posted this before and if you feel it is inappropriate please just delete.


I am writing a research paper on poker, and it will include a couple things about recent legislation.

The thesis will be something like:
"Poker is a skill that can be used as an effective investment vehicle that may be utilized to produce a controlled rate of return despite the recent legislative restrictions pushed against it."

I have done a lot of searching for the topic. I have found a lot on the legislation, and a lot on the investment. I am going to get a couple players to turn over some of their stats to prove the "investment + return" part. What I need is a good and reputable author that has written something on the subject of "Poker is a skill and not gambling"

Does anyone have anything like this? Many of the sites(bet-the-pot.com, etc) don't really show up on my searches but are still written by reputable players. These guys don't have to be professors, but it has to be written by someone other than me.

Thanks! I am also searching up the couple sklansky threads where he talks about this, but I don't know how or if I can ever cite these things.

Edit: Forgot to add why I am putting this on here. Afterwards I would plan to e-mail this paper(8 pages or so) to my senators and other people in the struggle. I could also post this to people here so they could forward it as well.