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The conclusive results of some recent studies are providing a bit of cheer to the online casino gambling industry this week as they yet again face the weighty task of taking on the US government and other governments that unfairly classify poker as a game of chance versus skill. Recent research out of the University of Hamburg indicates that across a lot of hands skill dominates chance. The study was conducted to take into account the two main ways that poker takes place – on land and at the online casinos. By studying actual players rather than using computer models the researchers were able to come up with some pretty conclusive results that looked like they will be backed by a second study currently in the works at the Delaware based Ohio Wesleyan University.

The game of poker has faced pretty intense persecution by lawmakers because of its perceived similarity to games of chance like slots and roulette. The US has banned online casinos because they are internet-based games of chance; poker gambling was also included in the ban and research studies suc as the most recent one give overwhelming support to efforts by the PPA and others interested in legalizing the game of poker in the US.

The study was quite simple really and was designed to specifically look at whether chance or skill dominated each individual player’s game across 55,000 hands of land and online casino poker. The theory was that if chance played a huge role in the game the a player’s wins and losses would vary wildly throughout the game. Conversely, skill – either terrible lack of skill or very skillful players would more consistently lose or win the hands of poker. The outcome showed that skill noticeably prevailed after only 1,000 hands of land or online poker.