   How is different between gaming and gambling?
  as topic says. what's the most structural difference between gaming and gambling? -except betting cash-can you pick out any element that are only in gambling and not in gaming?for some start question. is dice gaming element or gambling element?any feedback would appreciate   
  Plenty of games have been based on gambling, so pretty much every element of gambling will be featured in games. I'm not sure if that's what you meant, though.   ;  Gambling generally involves some type of forfeit if a player loses. This does not have to be cash.   ;  Some gambling games would be very boring without anything on the line. So that itself is a pretty big difference. Recreational games are generally a lot more fun because of it. It's a blast to bet money on a Tekken battle, for example, then beat the crap out of your opponent. Much more fun than watching a ball roll.   ;  I would seperate them by the reliance on randomness. Most gambling relies on some type of random outcome. Players look at the chances that their winning condition will come up and then wager some form of resource on it (usually money). It is the heavy reliance on a (semi)random/unpredictable outcome that makes it gambling.If the outcome relies on skill (mental and/or physical) then it is not so much gambling, but a game or contest.Gambling is attractive, because no matter how skilled you or your opponetes are, you will always have a chance (however slim). Whereas a game (say chess), a player that is not skilled will not have a chance against a good opponent.One can bet on the outcome of a "game", as you don't have complete knowledge of the skills of the players, so the outcome is not certain and therfore unpredictable, and as your own skill in the game is not a factor, even a player unskilled in the game can still win by a lucky geuss.   ;  I think "gambling" is a subset of gaming. If you play poker you're "gambling", but you're also playing a game of cards. And while it is true that any form of gambling relies on randomness to determine the outcome of a single game, in the end it will always be the bank winning at roulette or blackjack and it will always be the better player winning at poker. So when you play cards against other people skill is a huge factor, especially in the long run.   ;  I think we're all forgetting that there are items which aren't quite so random, such as betting on a sports event (basketball, football, cricket, etc...).  While they have some random factors, the ability to gamble and win on these activities is based upon knowledge of the sport and education.  Most other gambling activities (including cards, to a certain extent) are dependent upon largely random chance.The huge difference between the two is that when you're playing games, you're trying to achieve a goal, defeat an opponent, overcome an obstacle, etc.... Gambling, you're doing it for the adrenaline rush, that chance that you're going to win this time.  I play games a lot, it's a challenge of skill.  I never gamble because it's random chance and I can guarantee that 95% of the people who gamble lose money eventually and while those who win are usually very, very good, they also know that there is a decent chance that they're going to lose today.  Those that don't are probably cheating in some way.The basic differences though is that gambling is really about the money, gaming is about winning.  Of course, the two commonly overlap, so there are a lot of similarities also.   ;  You can gamble on anything, with anything. You could bet a button that the moon will fly into the sun before the earth does. You could just bet (with no stakes) that the USSR has never fallen and has only been faking it to get the better of America - which will [supposedly] be proven in the near future. What you wager is irrelevant, as is what you wager on; however the act of gambling requires a prediction of outcome upon which the wager is placed.Gaming is the act of partaking in some game. A game can be virtually any activity, the most common of course being an activity which is governed by a set of rules to achieve an outcome (usually either a win/loss state, or final score). You can play a game of cards, through following the rules of the game a final state of win/lose will result. You can play Tetris, which has a different set of rules: to align blocks in order to fill horizontal lines, which will result in a final score (perhaps a high score will even be considered the 'win' state as well). The point is, gaming is engaging in an activity with set guidelines/rules which causes some outcome. Gambling is the act of wagering upon the outcome of some event.;Quote:I think we're all forgetting that there are items which aren't quite so random, such as betting on a sports event (basketball, football, cricket, etc...). While they have some random factors, the ability to gamble and win on these activities is based upon knowledge of the sport and education.I also used unpredictable, not just random. A sporting event is unpredictable and not nessesarily random (the better team/player should win). Also the fact that the gamblers do not have control over the outcome is another aspect that makes it gambling.   ;  What games and gambling share is what life shares, taking risks.  You don't usually get anywhere without risking something.   