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Message: [QUOTE="arahel_jazz, post: 2122977, member: 19189"] Gambling does not include the choice of the player deciding to intentionally win or lose. With Poker, you can intentionally make a decision to lose (fold), or make a calculated determination of the opponent's hand to win (bluff or raise). The "house" cannot influence the outcome of the game. Good fortune to get a hand to play with is like picking a good stock that goes up huge the next day. Is that gambling or just well played? ;) Other Casino games - the outcome is pre-determined by the house through the odds on craps, roulette, blackjack, even 3-card poker... there is no real choice needed on the part of the player, hence you are gambling on the outcome against those odds. [/QUOTE]