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title: "What are games that are considered \"sports\", but in the same time, you scoff at the idea of it being a \"sport\" (i.e. eSports, chess, poker, and darts)?"  
description: "What are games that are considered \"sports\", but in the same time, you scoff at the idea of it being a \"sport\" (i.e. eSports, chess, poker, and darts)?"  
author: "Ronan Jone"  
published: 2018-03-03  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/36027/what-are-games-that-are-considered-sports-but-in-the-same-time-you-scoff-at-the-idea-of-it-being-a-sport-i-e-esports-chess-poker-and-darts  
category: "games"  
tags: ["games"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What are games that are considered "sports", but in the same time, you scoff at the idea of it being a "sport" (i.e. eSports, chess, poker, and darts)?

What are [games](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13085/the-most-famous-casino-games) that are considered "[sports](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23590/youth-in-sports)", but in the same time, you scoff at the idea of it being a "sport" (i.e. eSports, chess, [poker](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/167601/addiction-to-the-game-or-a-strong-desire-to-play), and darts)?\


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