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i would guess the fact that gambling is legal, in sweden atleast, plays some part in it.
- Theres about three government casinos where its legal to play, so theres a bunch of underground clubs there aswell. In Norway there is no place to play legally.
I cant belive not one person commented on my previous point :P.
Being from Norway, and having at one point run an underground game myself, I would say that a huge factor is just that to play on a regular basis you have to seek out a criminal environment - which means casual players are far fewer, and people get better by playing vs good opponents. Plus everybodys pretty open about strategy and gives advice and stuff, but I would imagine this is common most places in the world.
Temperature might play a part also off course. ATM its -20 celcius where I live, no idea what that is in fahrenheit but its freakin cold I can tell u that much..