Annoyances

[Tommy]

Stupid tourists who block the streets assembling to take pictures of fuckn' NYU student films.

On the same token, production assistants who try and block me from walking through the street. freak your movie, I'm busting right through the scene. I got a job too.

[JFIF]

Draftkings and Fanduel's obnoxious amount of over advertising

read my mind. They're everywhere.

Funny how ESPN and the NFL pump it up. It's gambling. Finally after all these years they've managed to circumvent things.

 But somehow sports gambling is still frowned upon?

Quite a trick they pulled off.

[Miamipuck]

read my mind. They're everywhere.

Funny how ESPN and the NFL pump it up. It's gambling. Finally after all these years they've managed to circumvent things.

But somehow sports gambling is still frowned upon?

Quite a trick they pulled off.

Amazing isn't it?

[Tommy]

On that note, how in the hell is it legal? What loophole did they find?

[SixFeetDeep]

On that note, how in the hell is it legal? What loophole did they find?

Fantasy sports is considered a "game of skill", not gambling. As far as I can remember.

[SixFeetDeep]

In 2006, the federal government passed a law called the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act that established fantasy sports as a "game of skill" and not a "game of chance." The law says it's legal if it:

(I) is not dependent solely on the outcome of any single sporting event or non-participant's singular individual performance in any single sporting event;
(II) has an outcome that reflects the relative knowledge of the participants, or their skill at physical reaction or physical manipulation (but not chance), and, in the case of a fantasy or simulation sports game, has an outcome that is determined predominantly by accumulated statistical results of sporting events, including any non-participant's individual performances in such sports events

[Miamipuck]

Fantasy sports is considered a "game of skill", not gambling. As far as I can remember.

Poker is and that's still illegal, online at least.

[Tommy]

Poker is and that's still illegal, online at least.

Well it's still a game of chance since the flop can be any random combination of cards.

[Miamipuck]

Well it's still a game of chance since the flop can be any random combination of cards.

It isn't a game of chance not by a longshot, unless you're talking short term. In that case everything is a game of chance.

[Tommy]

It isn't a game of chance not by a longshot, unless you're talking short term. In that case everything is a game of chance.

Your mom is a game of chance.

[Ignatius J Reilly]

POKER.  MAD SKILLS.

[Miamipuck]

Your mom is a game of chance.

You got that right, she's a crazy bitch.

[Johnny English]

Well it's still a game of chance since the flop can be any random combination of cards.

Don't get into this with Puck, I've made that mistake before. He's convinced that it's all skill rather than just playing a long game of chance.

[Tommy]

Don't get into this with Puck, I've made that mistake before. He's convinced that it's all skill rather than just playing a long game of chance.

I know dick about poker strategy and almost finished in the money at a tournament at Caesars Palace a few years ago. I don't think I could kick my way through a golf tournament the same way.

Then again some people can totally luck through fantasy football, so I'm still confused how it can be considered a game of skill.

[SixFeetDeep]

I know dick about poker strategy and almost finished in the money at a tournament at Caesars Palace a few years ago. I don't think I could kick my way through a golf tournament the same way.

Then again some people can totally luck through fantasy football, so I'm still confused how it can be considered a game of skill.

The outcome is out of your control. Even if you have the best fantasy team ever assembled, they could get shut down on a given week or your opponent can outscore you.

That being said, I've played enough FF (one league with the same friends in particular) to know that there are people that are good at it and people that are bad at it.