Netherlands classifies Poker to be a Game of Skill
Netherlands joins 11 other IFP member nations by a recent court ruling in Amsterdam where poker was classified as a game of skill.
The Netherlands was one of IFP’s founding nations and we are delighted with this ruling.
A total of 12 IFP National Federations now consider poker to be a skill game, and not a game of chance.
These are:
- Belarus
- Bosnia
- Brazil
- Costa Rica
- France
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lithuania
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- Romania
- Ukraine
More information on the dutch court’s ruling can be found here – http://www.pokernews.com/news/2014/01/amsterdam-court-rules-poker-a-skill-game-17340.htm