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Message: [QUOTE="PoKeRFoRNiA, post: 2323478, member: 51710"] Entrance fee = rake. Rake = hosting fee because casinos collect rake to cover the cost of running the tables and their workers. Poker is gambling because you are reliant on fall of the cards you have no control over. I go 1 on 1 against Lebron James right now for one game, I'm gonna get schooled big time, no questions asked. I'll gather up my friends and play against Miami Heat and we'll get schooled big time, whether it be 1 game or 100 games. I go 1 on 1 against Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan, Daniel Negreanu, I have a good chance of crushing them or beating them in one game. They would only beat me over long period of time, if we were to play mass volume of hands. See the difference? If you're betting or putting money into the pot over something where you are no guarantee of winning the pot regardless of good decisions you make, then it is gambling. Since blackjack also requires skills too, such as card counting, bet adjusting, etc, are you going to say blackjack is not gambling also? I read that craps can require skills too since you can toss the die in certain way where you'll get consistent number of what you seek over the long run. So i guess craps must not be gambling also. Sportsbetting must not be gambling also since you can research the teams and athletes before you make your bet, right? Slot machine must not be gambling also since there's supposedly a book where it advices that you can scope around, look for a "sucker" who loses lot of money in a certain machine and then after that person leaves, use that machine and you have high chance of winning. So I guess if you do that for over period of time, you will profit compared to other people. So no. I don't believe what you said is correct and those are the following explanations why. [/QUOTE]

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