The critical issues underlying the current state of non-regulation of the live poker industry – Part.2
The observation of the critical issues underlying the current state of non-regulation of the live poker discipline has brought out what I called “structural misunderstanding”. It’s a fundamental step to understanding the need for an evolved form of poker discipline, at a professional level. Of a model that knows how to respond to the needs […]
The critical issues underlying the current state of non-regulation of the live poker industry – Part.1
After the encyclopedic-legal definitions of game and gambling , today I would like to draw attention to the current state of non-regulation of the live poker industry. For this purpose I propose the critical analysis of the report “The sport and the game of poker” by Prof. Crismani. The basics of Skill Poker Index I […]
Gambling
After talking about the components of Caillois, which determine the random or skill nature of the games, today we will see what is meant by gambling. The origins of gambling Gambling finds its etymology from the Arabic az-zahr, which means nut [Treccani]. By definition it is considered a ludic activity “in which the purpose of […]
Game Definition vs poker Texas Hold’em
I have elaborated the Skill Poker Index according to a course of regulation of the discipline and it has been necessary to start from the basics and understanding the difference between game and sport. The origins of game Etymologically the word game originates from the Latin iocus, and includes multiple meanings, from board games , […]
What Skill Poker Index are?
Theories of communication vs maths in poker Last week I left you with a brief overview of the contexts within which I developed the Skill Poker Index, which erase variance in live poker. The theoretical framework on which the logic of the game is based, has as a focus, poker Texas Hold’em and sport, with […]
Skill Poker Index, a concrete science-based contribution to the live Texas Hold’em poker regulatory theme
What if Poker needed new rules? I tried to give this answer with my research study, presented in May 2021 on the occasion of my Thesis, at the eCampus University of Novedrate (Co), entitled: ‘From Game to Sport. Enhancement of poker skills in the cultural change of live poker. The research goal Since the dawn […]