Is poker a game of skill or a game of chance?
If the President of the United States can go on television picking March Madness brackets, including even the women’s NCAA bracket where he picked UConn, haven’t we admitted that picking games involves some skill or knowledge? Sure, there’s a ton of luck involved, but you don’t randomly pick #1 seeds to fall in the first round of the men’s bracket and you probably have to have UConn and Notre Dame in the Final Four for the women.
If that’s the case, does it really make sense that there’s a Federal law blocking New Jersey from adding sports betting to their casinos? Why does Las Vegas get to have all the fun along with the mob?
There’s little rhyme or reason as to why things are the way they are. How did we get to this place?
Meanwhile there are always new developments and trends in the world of gaming, to things like the Billion Dollar Bracket that got so much attention for Dan Gilbert and Warren Buffett to cool card game trends, like Omaha Hi poker is a growing trend online. Fantasy sports games keep evolving, and now you have daily fantasy games for cash and survival pools, but don’t try to pick a game against the spread!
As all of this stuff becomes a bigger part of everyday life, we realize that most of it is harmless fun. Instead of being grumps to stop people from enjoying themselves, why not put programs in place to help those who get all compulsive about it?
Meanwhile, the NCAA bracket marches on with tons of great games and exciting finishes. Nobody won a billion dollars, but there will be plenty of happy winners in pools around the country. And in Las Vegas, the casinos get rich, while the ones in New Jersey are empty. Pretty strange . . .
