game of skill
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Santa Anita says because the mutuel pool is not held in-house but between bettors that it is a game of skill and allowed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2026
"That largely explains the success of these machines," said Bottos, who describes them as "somewhere between a vending machine, a game of chance and a game of skill".
From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025
Sharpe — no pressure — needed to play so expertly that he would convince a panel of antagonistic bureaucrats it’s a game of skill, not chance, thus overturning a decades-old citywide ban.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 26, 2023
At the same time, on the other side of the world, mahjong — a Chinese game of skill and luck played with dominolike tiles — was emerging in the Yangtze River Delta.
From New York Times ● May 13, 2022
Is he to be punished and deprived of his game of skill because in large towns it bears evil fruit?
From The Toilers of the Field by Richard Jefferies
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