Editing Game of skill (section)

==Legal meaning==
The distinction between "chance" and "skill" has important legal implications in countries where games of chance are treated differently from games of skill. For instance, games of chance (such as lotteries) are often more heavily regulated by the state, if not prohibited altogether, in order to protect consumers from addiction issues. However, the legal distinction between games of skill and games of chance is often [[vague]], and varies widely from one jurisdiction to the next.<ref>{{Cite web| title = The Dominance of Skill in Online Poker | author1=Jérôme Hergueux | author2 = Gabriel Smagghue | year = 2023 | publisher = International Review of Law and Economics, 74(2), pp. 106119 | url = https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0144818822000758}}</ref>

In [[Germany]], whether a game is considered of skill has legal implications with respect to whether wagers on the game's outcome are considered [[gambling]] or not. For example, [[poker]] is legally considered a game of chance in Germany<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lds.sachsen.de/gluecksspiel/?ID=12356&art_param=825|title=Poker|access-date=2019-12-07|publisher=Administration of [[Saxony]]|archive-date=2021-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624081623/https://www.lds.sachsen.de/gluecksspiel/?ID=12356&art_param=825|url-status=live}}</ref> (thus only allowed in casinos), whereas a tournament of [[Skat (card game)|skat]] is considered a game of skill and competitions with money prizes are allowed.<ref name="SpapensSpapens2008">{{cite book|author1=A. C. Spapens|author2=Toine Spapens|author3=Alan Littler|author4=Cyrille Fijnaut|title=Crime, Addiction and the Regulation of Gambling|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=78rijh7zAtAC&pg=PA143|year=2008|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-17218-0|page=143}}</ref>  Alternatively, poker has been ruled by a United States federal judge as a game of skill<ref>{{Cite web| title = Poker, a Game of Skill, Is Not Truly Gambling, a Judge Rules| last = Secret| first = Mosi| work = [[The New York Times]]| date = 21 August 2012| access-date = 2018-06-25| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/22/nyregion/poker-is-more-a-game-of-skill-than-of-chance-a-judge-rules.html| archive-date = 2018-06-26| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180626001550/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/22/nyregion/poker-is-more-a-game-of-skill-than-of-chance-a-judge-rules.html| url-status = live}}</ref> rather than chance.