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Poker, as well as its activists, has recently received a lot of painful defeats. All of them have occurred in the legal sphere. Local courts have often considered poker as a gambling. However, there was a small revenge last week.
SportAccord is the first stage before the International Olympic Committee. It received a recommendation to admit the membership of poker and arm wrestling as a part of this organization. It is noteworthy that a parallel request for eSports and parkour had been rejected and the membership of these games in SportAccord has been postponed indefinitely.
SportAccord has clear criteria for the classification of the nominee as "sports game". Here are five basic requirements for the candidate:
• This game should include an element of competition.
• This game should not rely on any element of "luck" specially added to this game.
• This game should not condemn players to unnecessary risk and safety or health problems.
• This game should not harm any living creature.
• This game should not rely on the equipment/uniform which is provided by one provider/provider.
The International Federation of Poker (IFP) plans to promote their product under the name «Match Poker» which implies a play on mobile devices without the cards, dealers and real money. The estimated date of acceptance the International Federation of Poker (IFP) to SportAccord is April 22, 2016.