Dutch academic, Professor Ben van der Genugten has launched a scathing criticism of his government's decision to use the formula to determine which are those games of chance.

His declaration joins an expanding quantity of statistical evidence that shows that poker does indeed require elements of skill to be involved.

Professor van der Genugten who is a professor of probability and mathematical statistics has helped the Dutch Government to measure the various level of skill involved in many casino games. He used a straightforward method to assign each game a "skill" rating.

Working with Professor Peter Borm, the following formula was put forward:
Skill = Learning Effect / (Learning Effect + Chance Effect).

The "Learning Effect" was described as the difference between a season player and a new player. A game which only has elements of luck has a "Skill Rating" of nothing, whereas games which involve elements of skill are assigned larger numbers on the scale due to the effect of skill in the final result.

It was determined by the two professors that other casino games involved little or no skill, whereas poker had a high rating of 0.4 on their skill meter. This surpassed that of fantasy sports which was rated at 0.3 on the skill meter.

Due to poker's high rating, Professor van der Genugten has called for the game of poker to be reviewed again under the law of The Netherlands.