What is the difference between gaming and gambling?
Gaming and gambling are two fundamentally different activities. While gaming has a non-real approach, with only fictional ties to the physical world, gambling involves the risk of real financial loss or gain. Psychologically, this results in two very different modes of play: If one loses a round of Counter-Strike, one can always chalk it up as ‘just a bad day’ and return tomorrow for a rematch, while the fear of losing your very real life savings on a bad judgment in a round of poker triggers another set of emotions.
