Have you heard of Superpicks on DSTV? where you can make predictions and win money without staking your money?
if you have not, check it out.
Superpicks.com My question is can it still be called gambling if it is not played with money?
Gambling is not just about staking money. You are also staking intelligence and time. It takes someone smart to make quality predictions and with a bit of luck, those predictions can become reality.
Superpicks is actually a marketing scheme cooked up by BetKing. They believe the reason why some people do not bet is because they don't want to put in their own money. So they thought about giving people the chance to make predictions without placing their money. Afterwards, they advertise the real betting platform and the conversion rate has been massive
OP, it still remains gambling as far as you are making predictions with the intent to win something.