Non Gambling Poker

by Jerry "Jet" Whittaker
Aug 21, 2006

What is non- gambling poker?

To understand the term non-gambling poker, you must first understand the term gambling. Gambling is a wide term. It virtually includes all of the wagering activities. Gambling can be defined as any wagering activity, in which the bets are placed on the happening or non-happening of any thing. The chances of winning and losing totally depend upon the luck of the gamblers. Poker is also one of the gambling activities, because the chances of winning and losing also depend upon the cards dealt by the gamblers. In the game of poker, the gambler in whose favor the cards are dealt wins the game. But, poker can also be played without gambling any money. If poker is played without putting any money on gamble, the poker played in this manner is called non-gambling poker.

How to play non-gambling poker

There are many ways to play poker without wagering any money. First way is that you can play poker in your home with some of your friends without wagering any money. You can use the point system instead of money. This is the most popular form of playing non-gambling poker. Another way of playing non-gambling poker is that, you can log on to one of the free gambling websites. On these websites you don’t have to wager any money. Another method is that you can download some of the poker software's. With the help of these soft wares, you can play non-gambling poker at anytime you like on your personal computer.

Advantages of the non-gambling poker

There are many advantages of the non-gambling poker. The best thing in the non-gambling poker is that there is no chance for a gambler to loose money. According to a study, there are very less chances of the person playing non-gambling poker to develop the disorder of compulsive gambling. According to some gamblers non-gambling poker is less interesting than the normal poker, because there is no excitement about the results of the game, but this is not true. Non-gambling is equally interesting to the gambling poker. It is advisable to play non-gambling poker instead of the gambling poker considering the side effects of the pathological gambling.

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