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Amsterdam Court Calls Poker a Skill Game

Is poker a skill game? Well, it scored yet another goal in Holland in a match against the state’s punitive Gambling Act. In 2010, poker player and tournament organizer Steve van Zadelhoff won a case in court stating that poker is not a game of chance, but a game of skill. Four years later, ‘the game of skill’ has won another battle against ‘the game of chance.’ According to NL Times, three men were acquitted by the Amsterdam court after being charged of violating the Gambling Act. Seven years ago, the three men were caught organizing a live poker tournament….