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Message: [QUOTE="LotharMcDowner, post: 5006187, member: 383099"] I believe that the US is working it's way toward legalizing poker especially, but most forms of gambling. Sports betting and OTB are essentially legal. The argument can definitely be made that poker is a game of skill with elements of chance. Similar to backgammon. There was an interesting case a few years ago involving and backgammon tournament in Oregon. Eventually by demonstrating the true odds vs math of backgammon, the defendant was able to prove that if Player A makes the mathematically #1 decision every roll, and Player B makes the mathematically #2 decision every roll; the chance element of the roll itself is completely negated over a certain period of time (less than the length of a standard game). The case was State of Oregon v. Barr, you can find a nice writeup in the backgammon times -Sorry, it wont let me post the url here :( [/QUOTE]