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Old 04-15-2005, 12:05 PM   #1
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When is a product considered online gambling?

When is something considered gambling online? If you pay money to enter a madden tourney and the winner takes it...is that gambling? Anyone know where the US Gov. draws the line on stuff like this?
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Old 04-15-2005, 12:13 PM   #2
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A game of chance is gambling and a game of skill is not. A video game with a prize based on you getting to a certain level is a game of skill.
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Old 04-15-2005, 12:14 PM   #3
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If you exchange money for a chance to win something with no guarantees, that is gambling.
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Old 04-15-2005, 12:32 PM   #4
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Google's "define" is great

http://www.google.com/search?num=30&...efine:gambling

the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize); "his gambling cost him a fortune"; "there was heavy play at the blackjack table"
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Old 04-15-2005, 12:59 PM   #5
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A game of chance is gambling and a game of skill is not. A video game with a prize based on you getting to a certain level is a game of skill.

Well you could say that poker IS NOT gambling if that were the case....
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Old 04-15-2005, 01:10 PM   #6
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Technically, if you pay money for any sort of chance, be it a raffle ticket, a pool, bingo, anything like that - you're suppose to have a license and abide by the rules in the area where you live. Even a contest where you don't pay anything has all sorts of legal issues attached, but as soon as you start taking in money the government is going to be interested.

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