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[QUOTE="WizOfAz, post: 5597611, member: 430378"]
Is Poker like the lottery? No as there is no skill whatsoever in the lottery. There also is no way to win the lottery without the winning #'s whereas you can win in poker with the worst hand. The similarities between the lottery and poker is luck and randomness and the format in poker that is closest to resembling that is tournament poker with large fields. But it's really not that close in comparison.

Who has a better chance of winning the person playing the lottery for the 1st time or a person who has never played poker and enters the WSOP Main Event? The new lottery player can only increase his chances by buying more tickets. There is no skill and he is simply playing the odds but he has the same odds as the field multiplied by the number of tickets purchased therefore he is playing on equal ground with his opponents.  The new poker player however is playing against a massive field of experience players and professionals that have been in these situations before and have an overwhelming edge on the new player.  Lottery player has a better chance.

To win a poker tournament is lucky but there are so many other factors and skills that increase the best players chances of winning.  Although luck cannot be discounted its factor is diminished as our skill advantage increases.
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