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In the discussion thread: Judge rules that poker isn’t gambling under federal law [View all]

Wed Aug 22, 2012, 12:01 AM

defacto7 (3,367 posts)

9. Poker is not gambling but

online poker is as gambling as you can get! You think there is skill in that? Online? Think again.

Play with friends, play in a professional surrounding... but online gambling of any kind is worse than playing the big wheel in a casino.

'wouldn't trust it.

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37 replies	Author	Time	Post
Judge rules that poker isn’t gambling under federal law [View all]	Newsjock	Aug 2012	OP
what?	DJFrey	Aug 2012	#1
Actually makes sense	kurt_cagle	Aug 2012	#5
How do you define gambling?	lunatica	Aug 2012	#16
I say those definitions don't fit poker	wysimdnwyg	Aug 2012	#20
Blackjack is also a game of skill	William Seger	Aug 2012	#18
In poker, you're not playing the cards.	AtheistCrusader	Aug 2012	#13
How does gambling not fit poker?	lunatica	Aug 2012	#17
Dictionary definition and legal definition are not always the same thing.	AtheistCrusader	Aug 2012	#27
Which you then fold. Duh.	cthulu2016	Aug 2012	#25
Poker is about betting. nt	ZombieHorde	Aug 2012	#31
Playing ANY card games should not be illegal.	kestrel91316	Aug 2012	#2
Far-reaching implications	oberliner	Aug 2012	#3
One can hope.	ManiacJoe	Aug 2012	#24
I've got mixed feelings	oberliner	Aug 2012	#33
Still a damn FELONY in Washington State.	AtheistCrusader	Aug 2012	#28
That's crazy	oberliner	Aug 2012	#32
About frigging time someone figured that out.	OnlinePoker	Aug 2012	#4
The "free" bit is usually read as "free to impose a puritanical way of life on others."	harmonicon	Aug 2012	#11
"Free" meaning "you are free to make 1% casino corporations rich."	closeupready	Aug 2012	#23
If he hadnt ruled that way the NYSE would have to be closed	DJ13	Aug 2012	#6
Good ruling. Poker is great highly intellectual game if skill.	Lucky Luciano	Aug 2012	#7
this judge is going rogue in his old age	Mosby	Aug 2012	#8
Thanks for your post. I didn't know that about Judge Weinstein...	Proletariatprincess	Aug 2012	#12
Poker is not gambling but	defacto7	Aug 2012	#9
You can do online poker against human opponents.	AtheistCrusader	Aug 2012	#14
Reminds me of the W.C. Fields quote	TrogL	Aug 2012	#10
Yes it is gambling...	awoke_in_2003	Aug 2012	#15
Excellent news. n/t	JTFrog	Aug 2012	#19
Pinball didn't used to have flippers. They were added purely to turn it from a game of chance to...	Poll_Blind	Aug 2012	#21
Ditto the elimination of the "free game"	brooklynite	Aug 2012	#34
All gambling requires some level of skill.	Javaman	Aug 2012	#22
Slot machines?	GodlessBiker	Aug 2012	#29
Modern slots no, but the old ones (non-electronic) yes. nt	Javaman	Aug 2012	#30
Pulling a lever on the side of the machine takes skill?	GodlessBiker	Aug 2012	#35
The old non-electronic machines weren't based on Algorithms as they are today.	Javaman	Aug 2012	#37
Some of gambling requires no skill.	ManiacJoe	Aug 2012	#36
I'm all in on this one	Kingofalldems	Aug 2012	#26

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