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An Eternal Debate for Online Casinos: 1

The internet and poker gambling industries are hardly settled on the debate about whether poker is a game of skill or chance. The Danes and some U.S. states have weighed in on the matter, and the U.S. government on the whole has also given a tacit opinion on land and internet poker. The fact is, most governments are hesitant to officially rule that poker is a game of skill rather than a form of gambling because of the wide sweeping effects of such as decision – classification as a game of skill would put land and online poker games under new and different legislation – no longer clumped in with gambling at the land and online casinos but a category of its own. The Czechs are the latest group to offer up an opinion – it’s a sport!

The Czech Association of Poker Clubs are rallying that the Czech government should reclassify land and online poker as a game of sport. The theory behind classifying poker as a sport apparently comes from some online casinos and the Association theorizing that the game would be safer from criminal activity if classified as a sport. The current campaign is directed at new legislation that is in the drafting process.

As the Czech government begins to truly lay out specific regulations for the land gambling companies there are many in the land and online casino poker gambling industries hoping to exclude poker gambling from the new regulations and laws. According to recent media coverage the government officials are proceeding with caution when it comes to issuing statements regarding the planned legislation changes.