What casino games are sports in your country?
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I think that is the point in question, the competitive nature, you have said it well, study the game, do physical activities, have a healthy mind, sit down to play for hours and do it for the simplicity of being designated the best or the number one of your country or maybe in an eventual world championship, that is does it with sports characteristics.
Billiards isn't a gambling game. It's a game where the most skilled ones win. If it were a gambling game we would see a larger variety of players on top positions, since they would rely on luck, instead of skills.
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Billiards is a betting game, if you have not done it, I have bet, on 8-ball and 9-ball, two variants that I like a lot, and believe me the variance exists, but without a doubt it is a game that skill counts and a lot, it is also a game of a lot of strategy.
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Just because people gamble on billiards' results, it doesn't mean it can't be considered a sport. Billiards is a sport people bet just like soccer, basketball, tennis, boxing and so on.
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It is not the point in question, I think you are dispersed in the idea, it is not a question that you bet on who wins, that is another thing or topic.
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I understand you but it is about sportsmanship and basically we would not be competing for money.
And beware, it seems that I am promoting casino games to be a sport, not at all, that is what the debate is about, I am in the same position as you, perhaps, but if you look at it from the point of view of the field of competition simple and the fact of being number 1, is the simplicity of amateur sports.
Perhaps we will have some non-traditional version xgames-casinos
, as happened by chance with these so-called x-games.
What casino games are sports in your country?
chess isn't really a gambling game but I grew up seeing people bet on it. it is also considered a sport in my country.
seeing poker recognised as a sport immediately reminded me of chess. also, It's kind of funny how the United Kingdom recognize poker as a sport(specifically "mind/mental sport") but does not recognize chess as a sport despite chess being more of a mental sport than poker, I wonder what are their reason for not recognising chess as a sport.
It is the heart of the matter, depending on the culture and the country in its adoption this also influences, if more people practice it I suppose that this leads to having positions in positive reference depending on the game in question.
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It's a bit confusing how you conflate a more active sport, like billiards where you at least have to get up, be a bit flexible and navigate around the table with poker which is purely a card game. It would be better to compare it against something like chess. Poker is definitely a game for geniuses at the highest levels but it does already have many large scale tournaments and offerings for all sorts of players. You could throw "esports" out there as a better and more similar example, which takes dexterity and plenty of practice to become the best - but for most games it is not really strenuous physical exercise and they should both be acknowledged for different kind of effort.
I don't know who says that, nobody is comparing them...
...the only thing here is that Poker and the game of billiards are organized in sports federations, and even billiards has Olympic intentions to Paris 2024, whether or not you consider it a physical exercise, in the development of the game itself, It is not conclusive to say that it is not a sport, look at the sources or the information provided.
There are many things today that for the simple fact of putting on a flannel and a bib with the number 10 already feels like a sport, there are many examples, take a look at video games or Drone competitions.
There is definitely a fine line separating gambling from so called games of skill. Some say fantasy sports should be categorized games of skill rather than gambling. In the USA some states have outright banned fantasy sports platforms like fanduel and draftkings which some view as a controversial policy.
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That's right, we are at a point where, as there is an audience for everything and entertainment is the one that commands any thing or event that is organized, seeks to "entangle" or dispose of that fine line as you say.
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Since you have already done some research, can you name more casino games that are considered sports?
I hope that the technique of throwing the dice does not reach the extremes of the situation of cataloging a sport... as I said that is the debate, I asked first...
In any case, some Casinos their special halls where they bet, therefore many qualify e.g. Backgammon is one, and in fact there are world circuits, etc. In several countries it emerges as a mental sport or alternative sports.
This seems way more ridiculous than calling poker a sport.
