Games Management, Inc. v. Owens

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• small amount of skill required to play video poker and video blackjack was overshadowed by pure chance
• video games of “Double-Up” and “Twenty-One,” variations of poker game known as blackjack, because dominated by chance are games of chance, and are “gambling devices” when something of value is received as prize
• small amount of skill required to play video card games of “Double-Up” and “Twenty-One,” a variation of poker game known as blackjack, was overshadowed by pure chance; “Double-Up” and “Twenty-One” are games of chance
• ”[t]he small amount of skill required to play [video games of ‘Double-Up’ (poker) and ‘Twenty-One’ (version of blackjack) ] is clearly overshadowed by pure chance” where the winner is determined by random appearance of cards over which the player has no control

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