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A game of chance is a game
Game

A game is a structured wiktionary:activity, usually undertaken for enjoyment and sometimes used as an educational tool. Games are distinct from Manual labour, which is usually carried out for wiktionary:remuneration, and from art, which is more concerned with the expression of ideas....
 whose outcome is strongly influenced by some randomizing
Randomness

Randomness is a lack of order, purpose, Causality, or predictability. Randomness as defined by Aristotle is the situation, when a choice is to be made which has no logical component by which to determine or make the choice ....
 device, and upon which contestants frequently wager money. Common devices used include dice
Dice

A die is a small polyhedron object, usually cubic, used for generating Statistical randomnesss or other symbols. This makes dice suitable as gambling devices, especially for craps or sic bo, or for use in non-gambling tabletop games....
, spinning tops, playing card
Playing card

A playing card is a piece of specially prepared heavy paper, thin card, or thin plastic, figured with distinguishing motifs and used as one of a set for playing card games....
s, roulette
Roulette

Roulette is a casino and gambling game named after the French language word meaning "small wheel". In the game, players may choose to place bets on either a number, a range of numbers, the color red or black, or whether the number is odd or even....
 wheels or numbered balls drawn from a container.

Gambling
Gambling

Gambling is the wikt:wager#Verb of money or something of material Value on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning additional money and/or material goods....
 is known in nearly all human societies, even though many have passed laws restricting it. Early people used the knucklebones
Knucklebones

Knucklebones also known as hucklebones, dibs, dibstones, jackstones, chuckstones or five-stones, is a game of very ancient origin, played with five small objects, originally the knucklebones of a sheep, which are thrown up and caught in various ways....
 of sheep
Sheep

#REDIRECT Domestic sheep...
 as dice. Some people develop a psychological addiction
Addiction

The term "addiction" is used in many contexts to describe an obsession, compulsion, or excessive physical dependence or psychological dependence, such as: drug addiction, video game addiction, crime, alcoholism, compulsive overeating, problem gambling, computer addiction, pornography addiction, etc....
 to gambling, and will risk even food and shelter to continue.

Some games of chance may also involve a certain degree of skill
Game of skill

A game of skill is a game where the outcome is determined mainly by mental and/or physical skill, rather than by pure Games of chance.One benefit of games of skill is that they are a means of exploring one's own capabilities....
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A game of chance is a game
Game

A game is a structured wiktionary:activity, usually undertaken for enjoyment and sometimes used as an educational tool. Games are distinct from Manual labour, which is usually carried out for wiktionary:remuneration, and from art, which is more concerned with the expression of ideas....
 whose outcome is strongly influenced by some randomizing
Randomness

Randomness is a lack of order, purpose, Causality, or predictability. Randomness as defined by Aristotle is the situation, when a choice is to be made which has no logical component by which to determine or make the choice ....
 device, and upon which contestants frequently wager money. Common devices used include dice
Dice

A die is a small polyhedron object, usually cubic, used for generating Statistical randomnesss or other symbols. This makes dice suitable as gambling devices, especially for craps or sic bo, or for use in non-gambling tabletop games....
, spinning tops, playing card
Playing card

A playing card is a piece of specially prepared heavy paper, thin card, or thin plastic, figured with distinguishing motifs and used as one of a set for playing card games....
s, roulette
Roulette

Roulette is a casino and gambling game named after the French language word meaning "small wheel". In the game, players may choose to place bets on either a number, a range of numbers, the color red or black, or whether the number is odd or even....
 wheels or numbered balls drawn from a container.

Gambling
Gambling

Gambling is the wikt:wager#Verb of money or something of material Value on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning additional money and/or material goods....
 is known in nearly all human societies, even though many have passed laws restricting it. Early people used the knucklebones
Knucklebones

Knucklebones also known as hucklebones, dibs, dibstones, jackstones, chuckstones or five-stones, is a game of very ancient origin, played with five small objects, originally the knucklebones of a sheep, which are thrown up and caught in various ways....
 of sheep
Sheep

#REDIRECT Domestic sheep...
 as dice. Some people develop a psychological addiction
Addiction

The term "addiction" is used in many contexts to describe an obsession, compulsion, or excessive physical dependence or psychological dependence, such as: drug addiction, video game addiction, crime, alcoholism, compulsive overeating, problem gambling, computer addiction, pornography addiction, etc....
 to gambling, and will risk even food and shelter to continue.

Some games of chance may also involve a certain degree of skill
Game of skill

A game of skill is a game where the outcome is determined mainly by mental and/or physical skill, rather than by pure Games of chance.One benefit of games of skill is that they are a means of exploring one's own capabilities....
. This is especially true where the player or players have decisions to make based upon previous or incomplete knowledge, such as poker
Poker

Poker is a family of card game that share betting rules and usually List of poker hands. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bets and how many rounds of betting are allowed....
 and blackjack
Blackjack

Blackjack is the most widely played casino game banking game in the world. Much of blackjack's popularity is due to the mix of chance with elements of skill, and the publicity that surrounds card counting ....
. The distinction between 'chance' and 'skill' is relevant as in some countries chance games are illegal or at least regulated, where skill games are not.

Examples

  • Dice game
    Dice game

    Dice games are game that use or incorporate a Dice as their sole or central component, usually as a random device....
    s
  • Casino game
    Casino game

    Games available in most casinos are commonly called casino games. In a casino game, the players gambling casino token on various possible random outcomes or combinations of outcomes....
    s:
    • Sic bo
      Sic bo

      Sic bo , also known as tai sai , dai siu , big and small or hi-lo, is an unequal gambling played with three dice, and of ancient China origin....
    • Slot machine
      Slot machine

      A slot machine , fruit machine , or poker machine is a casino gambling machine with three or more reels which spin when a button is pushed....
      s, spinning tops
  • Lottery
    Lottery

    A lottery is a form of gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize. Some governments outlaw it, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing a national lottery....
    , Bingo
    Bingo (US)

    Bingo is a game of chance played with randomly drawn numbers which players match against numbers that have been pre-printed on 5x5 matrices. The matrices may be printed on paper, card stock or electronically represented and are referred to as "cards." Many versions conclude the game when the first person to achieve a specified pattern fro...
    , Keno
    Keno

    Keno is a lottery-like or Bingo -like gambling game often played at modern casinos, and is also offered as a game in some state lotteries. A traditional live casino keno game uses a circular glass enclosure called a "bubble" containing 80 ping pong-like balls which determine the balldraw result....
  • Board game
    Board game

    File:Game_of_life_board.jpgA board game is a game in which counters or pieces that are placed on, removed from, or moved across a "board" . As do other form of entertainment, board games can represent nearly any subject....
    s (e.g. "Candy Land
    Candy Land

    Candy Land, or Candyland, is a simple Race game board game. It has become a cultural icon in the United States, where it is among the first board games played by children because it requires no ability to read and only minimal counting skills....
    ")
  • Pull Tab Tickets (e.g. Cherry Bells, Jar Tabs, Nevada, Popp-Opens)


See also

  • Card Game: War
  • Probability theory
    Probability theory

    Probability theory is the branch of mathematics concerned with analysis of Statistical randomness phenomena. The central objects of probability theory are random variables, stochastic processes, and event s: mathematical abstractions of determinism events or measured quantities that may either be single occurrences or evolve over time in an a...
  • Poker probability
    Poker probability

    In poker, the probability of each type of 5-card poker hand can be computed by calculating the proportion of hands of that type among all possible hands....
  • Psychology
    Psychology

    Psychology is an academic and applied science discipline involving the science study of human mental functions and behavior. Occasionally it also relies on symbolic hermeneutics and critical theory, although these traditions are less pronounced than in other social sciences such as sociology....
  • Stochastic process
    Stochastic process

    A stochastic process, or sometimes random process, is the counterpart to a deterministic process in probability theory. Instead of dealing with only one possible 'reality' of how the process might evolve under time , in a stochastic or random process there is some indeterminacy in its future evolution described by probability distribu...
  • Game classification
    Game classification

    Game classification is the classification of games, forming a game taxonomy. Many different methods of classifying games exist....
  • Monty Hall problem
  • Game of skill
    Game of skill

    A game of skill is a game where the outcome is determined mainly by mental and/or physical skill, rather than by pure Games of chance.One benefit of games of skill is that they are a means of exploring one's own capabilities....