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[QUOTE="MediaBLITZ, post: 1830058, member: 77190"]
What outsiders consider gambling (and rightfully so) is any "game of chance".  Usually this means betting on the outcome of an event of which you have control, whether it's the spin of a wheel, a horse race, or roll of the dice.

The real argument would be is poker a game of chance?  Certainly not like roulette, nor even like betting on the Packers to beat the Chiefs.  What makes poker different?

#1 - Player has some control of his fate.  What other gambling game in the casino gives the player that?  There may be some (blackjack, to a limited extent) but not to the degree poker gives you.

#2 - Poker is heavy on strategies beyond mere betting.  I say it that way as there are those that would contend there are betting strategies in roulette.

#3 - There is an element of chance as to how the cards will fall, but this is not the determining factor of winning or losing as most hands will not make it to showdown.

#4 - You are not playing against the house - everyone knows that one so I won't detail it out.

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