Are Games Like Monopoly, Chess, Poker, Uno, and Blackjack More About Skill or Luck?

People have been rediscovering lots of board and card games during the pandemic. So now that our memory is refreshed, a new survey asked if winning a bunch of popular games requires more LUCK or more SKILL. Here are the results for the most popular games:

1.  Chess . . . 82% say game of skill, 4% say game of luck, the rest don’t know.

2.  Checkers . . . 77% say skill, 10% say luck.

3.  Scrabble . . . 76% say skill, 9% say luck.

4.  Poker . . . 54% say skill, 28% say luck.

5.  Connect Four . . . 49% say skill, 21% say luck.

6.  Clue . . . 46% say skill, 23% say luck.

7.  Monopoly . . . 42% say skill, 46% say luck.

8.  Blackjack . . . 35% say skill, 44% say luck.

9.  Uno . . . 26% say skill, 52% say luck.

10.  Cards Against Humanity . . . 15% say skill, 19% say luck.

The survey also found 3 out of 10 people will quit a game in the middle to avoid losing and one in five people sometimes CHEAT to win.

[Source: YouGov]