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India High Court Says Poker is a Game of Skill

So poker is a game of skill? Officially? Well, there was some huge news last week for poker players in India. According to reporting from the Bangalore Mirror, the Indian Poker Association (IPA), in petitions filed before the High Court of Karnataka (a state in Southwest India), had alleged that police officers were “humiliating and harassing aspiring poker players by filing cases against them.” The court eventually came to the conclusion that poker is a game of skill, which is widely acknowledge in the United States and elsewhere, and that card clubs don’t have to have a license to offer…