No Chance Games

It is universally accepted in the United States that gambling must have three elements: 

1. Prize
   
2. Chance
   
3. Consideration.

Case law also requires that those three elements be present to condemn a device as illegal. A game in which players know whether or not they are going to win, including the size and order of allfuture prizes, contains no element of chance. It is thus not gambling under even if there is a fee to enter and valuable prizes are awarded.

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More Reading...

• Legal Opinion Florida ( Link )
• Legal Opinion Michigan ( Link )