Supreme Court ducks ruling whether poker is game of skill

[royalpat]

well with no jobs and stuff and all this what are we supposed to do make money gambling come on do it already

[brokenlung911]

of course they make money off the casinos so thats where they want us

[brokenlung911]

not a surprise they don't duck voting to give themselves raises though huh

[dspade]

Tournament poker is a game of skill ring games are not. And in terms of comparing to chess poker sits at about 78-82 % skill whereas chess is 100% ONLINE poker may diminish significantly if the house cheats with its technology which I suspect they do.

[buonafide]

There is more than a plethora of empirical evidence to support the game is as much a game of skill as chess or backgammon - this is an epic failure! We've elected blind rats

[GOODmAn]

thanks god i dont live in US i wouldn`t enjoy these absurd laws that can only be changed by some gman :|

[greengiant]

Gotta expext this from them. I like poker alot and it is a skill game but most people just click buttons and hope to win.

[HopsBar28]

Gotta expext this from them. I like poker alot and it is a skill game but most people just click buttons and hope to win.

Yes, but this case was not about online poker and the easy point/click/pray theme. It was about live poker - a guy running a simple home game with a rake.

[bilbo63]

Yes, but this case was not about online poker and the easy point/click/pray theme. It was about live poker - a guy running a simple home game with a rake.

Well the government with its confiscatory tax policies reminds me a lot of the house in a poker game. Tax when you make, tax when you spend, tax property forever so that you never truly own it......

The government doesn't want its taxpaying serfs moving in on their racket (not w/o their rake that is).

[capnjim]

if they cant tax it they dont want it just like pot they need to get in touch with the real world