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?
According to Britannca definition, gambling is said to be the betting or staking of something of value, with consciousness of risk and hope of gain, on the outcome of a game, a contest, or an uncertain event whose result may be determined by chance or accident or have an unexpected result by reason of the bettor's miscalculation.
Therefore whether it involves staking money or not so far it requires you to make predictions about an event then it's also considered as gambling however apart from online casino, money is not the only requirement for staking on games or events, in rural areas most people who play draft stake their valuable items over who would win the game.
Whether you are betting with money or with valuable goods, it is still considered gambling because there is at least something at stake, and when there is something valuable at stake, that becomes gambling no matter what the game is, but when you are only making predictions and not making any bets on it but you are still going to get a reward if your prediction becomes accurate, that cannot be considered gambling because if you lose, you lose nothing.
So people need to understand that a game that you play to win some reward and lose nothing if you don't win can't be and shouldn't be considered gambling but it is just a game that you play for some reward, even if it involves making predictions on real life events like sports matches, etc.