skill game
Ability-based contest
A skill game is a game where the outcome depends primarily on the player's ability, knowledge, or dexterity rather than chance.
Arcade games, chess, and darts are skill games; slot machines and roulette are not.
The distinction matters legally, since gambling laws often exempt skill games from restrictions: The court ruled that poker is a skill game, not pure gambling.
- GoTerritory-capturing board game
- MinesweeperGrid-based bomb-avoidance puzzle
- video gamesInteractive electronic entertainment
- billiardsCue-and-ball table game
- trick shotsDifficult, showy athletic feats
juggling · Scrabble · quoits · darts · archery · spelling bees · mental agility · bowling · carnival games · shuffleboard · cornhole · fencing · chess · board games · marksmanship · sudoku · bridge · card games
- claw machineclaw, plush toy, stuffed animal, prize, crane arm
determinant of outcome
skill gamegame of chance
Contest decided by randomness
lottery · gambling · slot machine · roulette · dice game