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 If there can
be more than one outcome to an event and it is subject to chance, people will bet on it. Real money
online backgammon games are very popular.
Gin rummy, bridge, canasta, and Sheepshead are often played for significant amounts of money. And like poker, these card
games are primarily games of skill. Unfortunately though, they are seldom played in an organized casino-like environment.
Variations of the Asian game pai gow are popular with gamb00lers who like coin-flip type action with very little skill.
Some types of fantasy sports competitions offer opportunities for skillful play, but they are also subject to extreme
random chance where a person's entire team could be rendered worthless by the forced absence of a single player.
Multiplayer video games loom as a large gambling territory someday but at this point hacks and cheats
predominate too much for these to be taken seriously as genuine skill, or even pure gamble, opportunities.
Game shows are becoming more gambling-like all the time. Contestants wager tens of thousands of dollars on one
question on Who Wants to be a Millionaire, and other game shows like The Price is Right have online
versions where players can gamble in ways that they never would be able to on television, and where results tend
to be decided by the skill of contestants.
The gamble in other gambling games |
