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Message: [QUOTE="8bod8, post: 5006337, member: 283417"] So, you're calling governments and lawyer hypocrits:eek:. They are not hypocrits, but they apply a basic rule: - poker has two aspects a) skill and b) luck: select the one that makes most money/is better for your carreer. The high court just confirmed that the whole line below him made the right decision. I live in The Netherlands where the government uses option 3 (luckily not for me:D): - when the winning from poker become substantial: check if it can be classified as work, as income tax becomes higher than gambling tax if the winnings are enough. And they use option 4: Online poker is illegal, so you pay tax on 100% of monthly winnings, rather than have a 500euro free of tax like in the state-run casinos. [/QUOTE]