Assertion: pinball | /r/HasProperty | a game of skill
Facets:
value: most definitely
type: DEGREE
value: than chance
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Gottlieb’s game was the first to use flippers; this new tool gave players more control over where to shoot the ball, which eventually led to its legalization as state courts decided that pinball was a game of skill, not chance.
text: Reminiscent of another New York sporting legend, he declared that if he could make the ball go through the middle lane on his next turn, then he would have proven that pinball is a game of skill- essentially, he was calling his shot, and staking the future of pinball on it.
text: Their strategy: prove that pinball was a game of skill, not chance, and thus should be legal.
text: The California Supreme Court ruled in 1974 that pinball was more a game of skill than chance and overturned its prohibition in Los Angeles.
text: To prove to skeptical councilors that pinball was most definitely a game of skill and not chance, the Amusement and Music Operators Association recruited one of the top players in the country, writer Roger Sharpe, to demonstrate it on a machine set up in the Manhattan courtroom where the city council met.
text: Gambling often relies on luck, but Roger was here to prove that pinball was a game of skill.