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Originally Posted by Alawen Everywhere
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I'm not an enthusiast of games like this one, but I don't think that your definition of a game is general usage. For this meaning, a game is usually defined as a contest with rules to determine a winner, which this game, the lottery and slot machines all certainly have. In the case of simple games like these, the decision-making involves choices like when to play, who or what to play against, how much to wager and how long to play. Even the seemingly simplest games can involve strategy and skill.
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I don't really have any response to your second half, because that's not really a point I'd contest with you.
Slot machines and lotteries I wouldn't define as games. The very simplest of games in most books is rock-paper-scissors. And of course, there are leagues and whatnot who play it competitively - for that very reason, it does involve choice and (optionally) strategy. Similarly, poker is a game; blackjack; etc.
Random 100 isn't a game to me. It's just luck. If there's no skill, no choice, nothing that can give me an edge on my competitor (or vice-versa) based on something that I do, you're more-or-less a spectator.