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Some readers might be surprised to hear that in Austria, sports betting is legally not a form of gambling but a "game of skill". I only know a handful of peopl
by rcbdev 3y ago
Some readers might be surprised to hear that in Austria, sports betting is legally not a form of gambling but a "game of skill".
I only know a handful of people who care for it, almost no-one at university did it and the only people I do know who did it were so obscenely good at it that they quit their jobs to pursue it full-time. (to alarming success - their algorithms earned more in a year than I would earn working full-time for 2 years)
The permissible and legal nature doesn't seem to hurt my country like it's hurting yours, make of this info what you will.
- tnecniv 3y agoIn the US, “daily fantasy” games were legal before general sports gambling because they were argued to be games of skill. In daily fantasy, you pick players you expect to do well that day and enter the line up into a pool of opponents with tiered payouts based on your rank at the end of the day. It’s different from betting money lines but I’m not sure it’s that different.
- tnecniv 3y agoIn the US, “daily fantasy” games were legal before general sports gambling because they were argued to be games of skill. In daily fantasy, you pick players you expect to do well that day and enter the line up into a pool of opponents with tiered payouts based on your rank at the end of the day. It’s different from betting money lines but I’m not sure it’s that different. At the same time, poker, which has a very clear skill component (I’d lose my shirt if I sat down at a table against World Series winners) is gambling.