In my opinion, games of chance also require a great deal of skill. It's just that once in awhile, despite your skill, it's inevitable that you don't get the best scenario thrown at you.

It's kind of repeats like this:

Outside stimulus --> Make decision --> Make action

With a game that has a luck factor, you might get some pretty tough outside stimulus thrown at you. If you are "unlucky", it can seem very difficult to win. But still, despite what you get from the environment, a good player can make a good decision and try to make the best action possible considering his situation.

There has to be some element of decision for a game to be fun, though. Having a coin flipping contest with a single (fair) coin doesn't really do much for me...

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