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This past Friday, Professor Ben van der Genugten, an expert in probability and mathematical statistics, challenged the Dutch Supreme Court’s classification of poker as a game of chance, citing how a formula he co-developed and is used by the courts pegs poker at a higher skill level than most fantasy sports, which the court rules are a game of skill. Because of this inconsistency, the Professor is calling for the court to revoke the classification of poker as a game of chance.

The timing of this challenge may greatly affect the outcome of an upcoming trial of two people who were arrested for organizing a poker tournament in the Dutch town of Bussum in 2007, which is believed to be the first poker trial in the Netherlands since the Supreme Court decided ten years ago that poker is a game of chance.

Van der Genugten has been actively involved in the application of the Dutch Betting & Gaming Act, and his formula has been used in court to determine the classification of fantasy sports games, reports Gaming Intelligence Group. However, the same formula has not been applied to poker.

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