Oh hey that’s why they banned magic The gathering at my high school when I was a kid. It was less than a year after the game came out. Their argument was that because other card games, like poker, were banned for gambling that all card games were banned for gambling even games that made no sense for them to be banned for gambling.
Depending on when you were in high school Magic may have been a gambling game. In the first few editions of the game you “ante’d” the top card of your library before you played and some cards could cause you to ante others. Plus kids bringing things with monetary value that is flexible and hard to track is definitely a recipe for fights
Oh hey that’s why they banned magic The gathering at my high school when I was a kid. It was less than a year after the game came out. Their argument was that because other card games, like poker, were banned for gambling that all card games were banned for gambling even games that made no sense for them to be banned for gambling.
Depending on when you were in high school Magic may have been a gambling game. In the first few editions of the game you “ante’d” the top card of your library before you played and some cards could cause you to ante others. Plus kids bringing things with monetary value that is flexible and hard to track is definitely a recipe for fights