Game of skill
A game of skill or game of wits is a game where the outcome is determined mainly by mental or physical skill, rather than chance.[2]
Alternatively, a game of chance is one where its outcome is strongly influenced by some randomizing device, such as dice, spinning tops, playing cards, roulette wheels, or numbered balls drawn from a container.
While a game of chance may have some skill element to it, chance generally plays a greater role in determining its outcome. A game of skill may also have elements of chance, but skill plays a greater role in determining its outcome.
Some commonly played games of skill include: collectible card games, contract bridge, backgammon and mahjong.[3]
However, most games of skill also involve a degree of
Legal meaning
The distinction between "chance" and "skill" has legal significance in countries where chance games are treated differently from skill games. The legal distinction is often
In Germany, whether a game is considered of skill has legal implications with respect to whether money bets on the game's outcome are considered gambling or not. For example, poker is legally considered a game of chance in Germany[4] (thus only allowed in casinos), whereas a tournament of skat is considered a game of skill and competitions with money prizes are allowed.[5] Alternatively, poker has been ruled by a United States federal judge as a game of skill[6] rather than chance.
Examples
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Games of skill requiring special equipment (selection)
- Air hockey
- Billiards
- Pinball machine
- Skee ball
- Snooker
- Table football
- Table ice hockey
- Whac-A-Mole
With the increasing spread of
See also
- Casino game
- Game of chance
- Game of dares
- Mind sport
- Matching game
- Memory sport
- Strategy game
- List of types of games
References
- ^ Solly, Meilan. "The Best Board Games of the Ancient World". Smithsonian Magazine. Archived from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ^ Dervishi, Kay (2019-06-18). "Other games of chance and skill on Albany's agenda". CSNY. Archived from the original on 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
- ISBN 978-0-8047-7679-0.
- ^ "Poker". Administration of Saxony. Archived from the original on 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
- ISBN 978-90-04-17218-0.
- ^ Secret, Mosi (21 August 2012). "Poker, a Game of Skill, Is Not Truly Gambling, a Judge Rules". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
- ^ Rainer Koch-Möhr: Computer in der Kinderpsychotherapie. Über den Einsatz von Computerspielen in der Erziehungsberatung. In: Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie, Year 47 (1998), Issue 6, pp. 416–425.
- ^ "Computerspiele zur Förderung der kindlichen Entwicklung". Archived from the original on 2022-11-03. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
External links
Media related to Physical-skill games at Wikimedia Commons