Lots of gambling like blackjack involve some skill.
Arguably, even the slots involves skill, because you can chose which slot
machines to use, and you can wait for the jackpot to go up, before you start
gambling. Also, what about sports where a coin is flipped to determine which
side goes first. If players have contracts that are dependent on performance, is
that gambling?
Gershon Bialer
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 1:37
AM
Subject: Re: [math-fun] An illegal
California lottery game
Thane
writes:
<<
I have an indistinct memory that the reason the
challenge to this game was successful was that one's ability to calculate a
'better' play amongst possible presented options made the game into a "game of
skill," and not a "lottery."
>>
I know there are many
state laws against various games of chance where money is involved. But
it seems so bizarre, if true, that a game involving some degree of skill with
monetary prizes is illegal!!! Awards for skill are given All The Time in
California as elsewhere. Can the skill factor *really* be why a court
ruled this game illegal?
(Undoubtedly, Nevada gambling casinos were
behind the legal challenge. They are the ones most threatened by each
additional California lottery game, and they have the deep pockets to
challenge such.)
--Dan
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