“Poker was officially recognized as a sport three months ago by the Federal Agency for Physical Culture and Sports, said Dmitry Lesnoi, head of the Russian Poker Federation. This status will allow poker to be played — for fun, not for money — in sports halls around the country even after 2009.
Lesnoi insists these post-ban poker games will not involve gambling, stressing the intellectual nature of the game.
“It is a game of skill, not chance,” he said. “Like chess.”
Lesnoi saying the new law is a chance for poker to change its image.
“Twenty years ago, billiards had a reputation as a sport for con men,” he said…”
The Moscow Times (06/29/07)
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