Is playing games for cash gambling?

Carter Edstrom: yes - if you play for cash than its gambling...definition:1. a. To bet on an uncertain outcome, as of a contest.b. To play a game of chance for stakes.2. To take a risk in the hope of gaining an advantage or a benefit.3. To engage in reckless or hazardous behavior: You are gambling with your health by continuing to smoke.v.tr.1. To put up as a stake in gambling; wager.2. To expose to hazard; risk: gambled their lives in a dangerous rescue mission.n.1. A bet, wager, or other gambling venture.2. An act or undertaking of uncertain outcome; a risk: I took a gamble that stock prices would rise.*** - Mr. Sunshine...Show more

Maria Devenney: If there is a chance of losing your money, then it constitues as gambling.'The act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)'You are outlaying money in the hope to win more money, whilst at the same time you are risking your own. This is gambling.In sayin! g that, off the topic whether or not it is gambling, because their is no doubt there, it doesn't mean you shouldn't do it. If you are sufficiently skilled and confident in your chosen game, then there is no reason why you shouldn't play for money, IF you are good at it.Many people around the world gamble with games successful to make a living, most notably Texas Hold'em Poker....Show more

Cherlyn Tefera: Hmm.. would it be like eSports? Like CSS. Or is it a game where you bet money? Betting is the keyword here.If it is only winning cash due to competitive gaming then I would think not.