Australian online poker ban may be too harsh

ABC – Poker site pokerasiapacific.com is reporting that the Coalition plans to ban online poker in Australia. Technically online gambling is illegal already but this is not enforced. However, the main issue appears to be that poker is being equated to pokies and is therefore a game of chance and not skill. However, anyone who has played poker knows that this is far from the case. To the uninitiated It’s easiest to understand the game if we break the elements of playing poker in to three categories. A third of the game is based on blind luck. Anyone can get…