Like many players I agree that poker is a game of skill. If golf tournaments can charge you to enter and give a cash payout because it's considered a "game of skill", then so should poker. It's not luck of the draw. It's not the luck of the roll of the dice. It's a game involving strategy and mathematics.
Should that group have been arrested for gambling? No. It's illegal in the eyes of those who do the arresting in the state of Georgia, however the law states that it's not illegal *IF* you look at it as a game of skill and not just a gamble. What needs to be changed is the way is the way Georgia lawmen look at it.
I found some fun facts about poker at www.pokerplayersalliance.org that I wanted to share:
Fun Facts About Poker
Did you know that...
...playing cards were invented in China.
...a fifth suit was added in 1937 but never caught on because people had to buy all new decks.
...there are 2,598,960 possible poker hands with 52 cards.
...70 million decks of cards are sold in America each year.
...poker is now the third-most-watched televised sport on cable TV, trailing only auto racing and football.
...the four suits - hearts, diamonds, spades and clubs - originated in France in 1480. Spades represent nobility, diamonds represent merchants, clubs represent peasants and hearts the clergy.
...each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades - represent King David; hearts - Charlemagne; clubs - Alexander the Great; diamonds - Julius Caesar.
...poker initially was played with one round of betting.
*sigh*
Smiles, lulu
PS Read some more comments here- many like mine and many disagreeing
