Comments by "disgruntledtoons" (@disgruntledtoons) on "$100 Million Chess Lawsuit!" video.

Mark Twain wrote a short story about a man who was on trial for gambling. The law specifically banned betting on "games of chance". The defendant argued in court that the game at issue was a game of skill, and not chance, and therefore was not illegal. The jury was divided six vs. six on the verdict, and were hopelessly deadlocked, until someone proposed that the two sides play the game against each other. Whichever side won would return the verdict and the other side would go along. At some point in the deliberations there was a request by one side (the side claiming that it was a game of chance) to borrow some money from the court spectators. Eventually that side went bust and the defendant was acquitted.
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