E.g.: a “bet” with an insurer on real money online poker whether one's house will burn down is not gambling, but rather insurance — as the homeowner has an obvious interest in the continued existence of his/her home independent of the purely financial aspects of the "bet" (i.e., the insurance policy). There is generally legislation requiring that the odds in gaming devices are statistically random, to prevent manufacturers from making some high-payoff results impossible. If only one hand is higher and the other loses, then the bet is a tie or push. Purists argue that alum-tanned leather is technically "tawed" and not tanned, as the resulting material will rot in water