How closely aligned are skill games and softer casino games such as slots and video poker?
TR: Skill games share one particular feature with soft casino games: small stakes. The fact is that no matter how good they are at a game, most people have low self-confidence, and they don’t want to back themselves to win a game of pool against an unknown opponent for £20. And what’s more, we don’t want to give hustlers incentives to try and lure people into high-stakes games. I know a lot of our customers play on sites such as cyberslotz.com SK: There is an overlap, but people visit our site with different emotional needs. The difference between playing solitaire and video poker is small, but when people play here they are playing against someone else. In traditional solitaire it’s about getting all the cards in the pile. Here it’s about ‘can I play faster, better and quicker than the person I am playing against?’. Our games only last a short time and we view this as entertainment as opposed to gambling. Our deposits average about US$1.25 and our winnings average US$4. When you look
