Type of gambling and Intelligence

[Powerjumboo]

Does the type of game you play at a casino or sports you bet on show an individual's level of intelligence or how smart a person is?
Blackjack, Poker, slots, roulette, baccarat, sports betting, horse racing, betting on sociopolitical events, keno, etc.

Of course the type of games I play or bet on sports in the casino shows the level of intelligence of a person or how smart a person is because betting on sports or anything else definitely requires intelligence and enough skill if there is no good strategy skills and intelligence then one can never achieve success from gambling. When I participate in gambling I always analyze the sports I analyze the field I analyze each player due to which I can achieve a lot of success by betting on sports. That is why I say if a person is not fully intelligent and smart then he cannot achieve success by betting on sports. So betting in the casino shows the level of intelligence of a person or how smart a person is.

[terrific]

Not exactly. The game type or even bet a person goes for don't really determine if they are smart. Games, such as poker or sports betting, requires lots of skill, analysis, as well as strategy, but some like slots or roulette are nearly all about pure luck. Yet choosing one game over the other mostly shows individual choice, tolerance to risk, and the kind of entertainment one enjoys, not really about their intelligence.

The pure luck ones won't determine a gambler's intelligence. But with the skills based games that you've mentioned, that gives the idea on how smart a gambler is.
Because if they are not smart at all, they'll continue to lose but they can also blame that they are not lucky at that time.
There's still a consideration even if they're all skills based games about luck and we mostly talk about that when we gamble.
Smart or not, we should gamble with discipline and have to gamble only with what we can afford to lose.

[libert19]

I'd guess so. When I was a kid, we used to play cards amongst family/friends, my brother was really good at keeping track of cards — i.e, which ones are out of hands and which ones remain, and would play his techniques accordingly.

I wasn't smartest in shed, and would have hard time keeping track of cards, so this does make one smarter compared to other, yea?

[junder]

I'd guess so. When I was a kid, we used to play cards amongst family/friends, my brother was really good at keeping track of cards — i.e, which ones are out of hands and which ones remain, and would play his techniques accordingly.

I wasn't smartest in shed, and would have hard time keeping track of cards, so this does make one smarter compared to other, yea?

Some card games do require skill, and I'm familiar with the ones you mentioned. In my community, we call this game poker, where the first player to run out of cards wins, but the game doesn't end there; it continues until the last player is left holding cards.
I'm not very good at this game, but I understand a bit, so I sometimes play just for fun.

[Dunamisx]

Does the type of game you play at a casino or sports you bet on show an individual's level of intelligence or how smart a person is?
Blackjack, Poker, slots, roulette, baccarat, sports betting, horse racing, betting on sociopolitical events, keno, etc.

It doesn't, because if it does, then those that could have been wining are the most intellectual and experienced gamblers, but reverse is the case, in gambling, everyone is equal, even a newbie can try his luck and win big, that is gambling for you, depending on the game and how the luck works by his side, being intelligence in playing games is different from the normal classified intellect we have from school, there's need to also developed that of the gambling nature, which we often get from how we are able to understand playing a particular game in gambling.

[nullama]

Does the type of game you play at a casino or sports you bet on show an individual's level of intelligence or how smart a person is?
Blackjack, Poker, slots, roulette, baccarat, sports betting, horse racing, betting on sociopolitical events, keno, etc.

Not really, to be honest.

I mean, if you really think about it, and want to say that the "intelligent" person is only playing games with better odds, then you could extrapolate that and say that the people who are not in the casino are the smart ones, given that the expected return on any games in the casino is negative.

That is, you go to the casino to lose money, independent of the game you play.

[purple_sparkles]

Does the type of game you play at a casino or sports you bet on show an individual's level of intelligence or how smart a person is?
Blackjack, Poker, slots, roulette, baccarat, sports betting, horse racing, betting on sociopolitical events, keno, etc.

Not really, to be honest.

I mean, if you really think about it, and want to say that the "intelligent" person is only playing games with better odds, then you could extrapolate that and say that the people who are not in the casino are the smart ones, given that the expected return on any games in the casino is negative.

That is, you go to the casino to lose money, independent of the game you play.

I think this is a very questionable indicator, at least because a person can choose several types of gambling, such as slots, poker, or sports betting. How can you evaluate their intelligence in that case? Another question is what their purpose is in doing so, how much of their main income goes into gambling, and what gambling means to them overall, what level of importance and interest they attach to it.

[hedgeh0g]

Does the type of game you play at a casino or sports you bet on show an individual's level of intelligence or how smart a person is?
Blackjack, Poker, slots, roulette, baccarat, sports betting, horse racing, betting on sociopolitical events, keno, etc.

It's not that simple, because everyone comes to gambling or betting with their own goal. And if a person's goal is to simply relieve stress, and he sat down to spin the slots, this does not mean that he is stupid or dumb, it means that most likely he earned money at his main job or on investments. And now he just wants to throw off this stress that has accumulated in him over the week.
After all, it is not necessary to prove to yourself and others every moment in life that you are the smartest.

[dimonstration]

I'd guess so. When I was a kid, we used to play cards amongst family/friends, my brother was really good at keeping track of cards — i.e, which ones are out of hands and which ones remain, and would play his techniques accordingly.

I wasn't smartest in shed, and would have hard time keeping track of cards, so this does make one smarter compared to other, yea?

Some card games do require skill, and I'm familiar with the ones you mentioned. In my community, we call this game poker, where the first player to run out of cards wins, but the game doesn't end there; it continues until the last player is left holding cards.
I'm not very good at this game, but I understand a bit, so I sometimes play just for fun.

Actually most PVP card games require skills because the winning chance depends on your move on handling your card until you win. Of course it still require luck to win since it’s gambling but it’s very hard to win on card game if you don’t know how to properly play it,

There’s a lot of card games requires skills variation available and most them is I already play on my country version.

It always requires me to critically think just to win.

[Orpichukwu]

Not exactly. The game type or even bet a person goes for don't really determine if they are smart. Games, such as poker or sports betting, requires lots of skill, analysis, as well as strategy, but some like slots or roulette are nearly all about pure luck. Yet choosing one game over the other mostly shows individual choice, tolerance to risk, and the kind of entertainment one enjoys, not really about their intelligence.

Some people mistake skills for intelligence. There are also those who consider themselvesto be very intelligent and prefer to go for skill-based games, which is where they feel they fit in much better compared to playing games in which they will depend on luck to decide if they will win or lose, as being intelligent can help them understand a skill-based game more and build their skill around it over time.