game of skill

noun

1. a game in which the outcome is determined by skill rather than by chance, as chess.

Example Sentences

Kentucky purses have reached ridiculously high levels since the introduction of Historical Horse Racing, marketed as a game of skill using old horse races as content but is really little more than a slot machine.

From Los Angeles Times

Purses in Kentucky, in some cases, are almost double those in California, due to support from Historical Horse Racing, essentially a slot machine disguised as a game of skill.

From Los Angeles Times

It has the legality of being a game of skill , but all the trappings of a slot machine.

From Los Angeles Times

Sharpe — no pressure — needed to play so expertly that he would convince a panel of antagonistic bureaucrats it’s a game of skill, not chance, thus overturning a decades-old citywide ban.

From Washington Post

Writer-director brothers Austin and Meredith Bragg keep circling back to the tale’s wow moment, when Sharpe demonstrates to government officials that pinball is a game of skill, not a game of chance.

From Los Angeles Times