Back to the Beginning

Back to the Beginning

            A couple of weeks ago when I discussed the notion that skill based gaming has existed in casinos for many years, I received numerous comments from readers.  One that I found to be particularly interesting was because it seemingly relegated video poker into the same category as slot machines.  Maybe, even worse.  He basically said that video poker "gave the casinos a license to steal and plain irons people out."  I wrote back to the writer explaining why I disagreed strongly, but I never got a reply.

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Skill Based Games

         Recently, I listened to an industry leader talk about some upcoming changes to casino games.  More specifically, he was talking about the proliferation of regulatory changes that were beginning to allow 'skill based' slot machines.  One of the first things he mentioned was that we've had skill based games for many years, namely video poker.  Okay, so I'm not fond of video poker being called a slot machine.  But, to regulatory agencies, this is the category they generally fall under.  The focus for this week is that this speaker so casually described video poker as a skill based game.

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