Online Poker In Italy - Skill or Gamble?

An announcement is forthcoming from the Italian Government about whether or not online poker is a game of skill or luck, a question that has been getting a lot of play in many governments and court rooms around the world in recent years. The question often is important to the online poker industry, due to many laws that ban gambling but would allow a game of skill. In Italy the general consensus always seemed to be against online gambling, but recent developments suggest that a trend toward legalizing and regulating online gambling is occurring, and that this could include online poker.

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Poker lexicon:

STUD - Any of several poker games in which some of each players' cards are exposed.
NICKEL - Five dollars, usually represented by a red casino check.
DRAW - [1] A class of poker games characterized by players being dealt 5 cards face-down and later having the opportunity to replace some of the original 5. "Draw poker" and "Five-card draw" are examples of usage. [2] In stud and Hold'em games, the set of cards that will be dealt later can be collectively called "the draw". [3] To discard some number of cards and have dealt an equal number of replacements.
BLANK - Used in describing stud and Hold'em games. Refers to a dealt card that does not offer any value; stating the actual rank and suit would detract from a description of the hand. "The last card was a blank.".
POCKET PAIR - Generic Hold'em term for 2 hole cards of the same rank.
OFFSUIT - Not of the same suit. "I held A-Q offsuit" or "The flop was 10-6-2 offsuit". When speaking of 5 or more cards, not all/ of the same suit, i.e., no flush, as in "button had A-K-10-8-7 offsuit."

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