Topic: GAMBLING: Skill-based vs. Chance-based - page 12. (Read 2408 times)

Once you get enter into any gambling platform in online like this, whatever you stated here dude, for the bankroll owner of the gambling site there is no fair game play to each players to their platform whatever category of games it is. You just enumerate in which category is good to play for the players.

I know it, some beginners can have a bigger chance to win, but surely not all beginners. This cannot determine if beginners mostly have better luck, no research or data can explain it clearly. In my gambling history, I didn't think my luck was better once I was a beginner. I think there is no significant difference, what I feel is much better after I have more experience. Although winning luck-based games cannot rely on experience, having experience will be very helpful. At least, I know which one is better to choose, or a suitable game to play for me.

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Nope, I don't think so, I think it's a combination of both even if it's mainly skill, I mean if you're against a player who's equally as good as you, you won't be relying on just skills because you're needing those probability in the cards to favor you.

most games that we bet on need skills for the gambler to really have a good result and also, luck is another factor that can help in winning more than what we had imagine or could think. Luck had helped many gamblers to wi bets and at the same time they might lose it back if the fund is used to bet again making then lose on a bigger scale. Gambling is luck most times, and I know there is one or two time we had win bets with having any skill.

Skill may be required for few cards game etc. But have seen many getting it by luck, at times some are betting say 1000x multiplier and results is 970x etc so close yet so far. If had a good luck could have made that cross 1000x under such circumstances skill is not much needed.

A better example is sports betting.

There's those luck based that you've mentioned such as dice and as well as roulette too. Poker is a combination of luck and skill? I think it's still mainly all about skills.

You can say that. But I still believe the beginners are lucky because many people who do not know about gambling can win the game without a problem and stop gambling with their money or product. But if they repeat it in the next days, that will not be their luck anymore because luck will move to the other people. Some people feel that this day, they can win based on their mood, but the fact is they will not win easily and even some of them are losing their money. Maybe you already heard about that

It's a myth and there's no data to back it up that if you are a newbie you will likely win, we are all in equal chances once we are in front of the dashboard, yes there's such a thing as beginner's luck, but you never know when it will strike on one beginner, it's not the rule it never the rule, I don't want to invite newbie to gamble and deposit more than they can because of his of chances as a beginner is good. 

Updated 05-27-2020
As we are now under community quarantine because of this pandemic virus, we tend to play online games to lessen the boredom we feel at our home, so I wanna know your preference on choosing what gamble to play.

There are two types of gambling for me, the skill-based and the chance-based.
1. Skill-based - these are gambling that requires our skills and techniques for us to win, such as playing poker, betting on races, and playing blackjack but the odds of winning are still different for people and it is always in favor of the owner of the gambling.
Poker
Blackjack
Pai Gow
Texas Shootout
Horse Race Betting
Sports Betting
2. Chance-based - these are gambling that you will only wait for the result, you don't need to do something or to think so deep for you to win because all of you have an equal chance of winning such as roulette, lottery, and other gaming machines.
Casino games:

Slot machines
Progressive bonuses
Bingo
Roulette
Sic Bo
Baccarat

Lottery products:
50/50 raffles
Pull-tabs
Scratch’n win tickets
6/49
BC/49
Lotto Max
Keno
Pacific Hold’em
Source: https://www.bcresponsiblegambling.ca/understanding-gambling/types-gambling

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For me, I will choose the skill-based gambling because I am not hoping for the luck of life, I want to take action to make my life great. It is still better to think logically and analytically at any time.

But if you are only a beginner, I think the chance-based gambling would be suitable for you, but do not stick only on that, you should improve yourself, acquire skills and knowledge through experience so you will be able to play skill-based gambling soon.

Exactly my point. Normally every Gambler should have a knowledge about what type of betting he want to involve in, so there is no doubt that he or she is not grounded in betting. Since the outcome of a bet depends solely on the program setup and not on your selected mode. Chance-base is more preferable for busy people.  You will have time to attend to other things and just put little time on the gambling. Less stress and enough rest of mind. There would not be any be any stress trying to go through any manuals or practicing any form of gambling page in chanced-based gambling when you are a very busy person. You will just go to the bet and allow the chancing play for you.

The advantage is "relaxin your brain" with playing some lucky-based game and not thinking too much... after a long busy day! It's like that in my case, and in that time it's more likely I will choose to spin some slot, or play dices... usually, I will select a lower bet and just spin it, as I mentioned, without thinking too much, without forcing too much, just brain relaxation! When I have more free time I tend to play more seriously, I have fun with changing bets from lower to higher while chasing some big payouts!

You can say that. But I still believe the beginners are lucky because many people who do not know about gambling can win the game without a problem and stop gambling with their money or product. But if they repeat it in the next days, that will not be their luck anymore because luck will move to the other people. Some people feel that this day, they can win based on their mood, but the fact is they will not win easily and even some of them are losing their money. Maybe you already heard about that

Luck doesn't determine by your status as a newbie or experienced gambler. It is something unpredictable, it can happen to anyone, whether a newcomer or an experienced player. That's why we call it a "luck-based game", it doesn't require experience or certain knowledge to win it. If we can win it with certain tricks, we must call it a "skill-based game". For me, luck didn't always relate to feeling, if we are unlucky, our feeling cannot work well. 

Chance based for a beginner is a disaster waiting to happen, remember that beginner's luck can happen and we know what happens after that, losses after losses because they want to replicate their win,

skill based should be the go to because you're more likely to win there since miracles don't happen often.

Sometimes, a beginner can have better luck than a regular gambler as they do not think about the game and only play based on their feelings.

Yes that is certain, using fake players that actually have a budget paid by for the house or even worse, the bots, may kill the whole purpose of trying to get better progressively or just trying to play with people of similar skills so that the game is fun and unpredictable. I think that eventually, customers of sites that abuse the system eventually go somewhere else.

I agree about online poker - the dominance of bots plus grinders who, with the help of special software, play simultaneously on 20 tables, completely kills the spirit of the game. I would love to play live poker, but most of my friends are not into it and poker itself is prohibited in my country.