The history of poker is still today a bit unclear. No one knows with absolute certainty where the game originated, or who invented it. What we do know is that the game of poker has been making its way around the world, one country at a time for more than 1000 years.Many different countries have claimed their part in the invention or evolution of the game in fact. It’s been said that poker was derived from a game played in 10th century China. There are those however that attest that the game of poker was originally derived from a Persian game called “As Nas”. Later on in the 17th Century in there was a game called Poque, a European poker game is said to most closely resemble the games we play today, that game travelled across the Atlantic Ocean to the United States where it was played aboard ships by French settlers that finally settled in and founded New Orleans. 1973i
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USA players, but don’t offer any valid deposit options outside of Click2Pay which no longer accepts USA customers. Needless to say, finding poker sites on the internet that still offer games in the United States has become a daunting task. Don’t worry though, we’re up to it.There are still poker sites that offer bonuses, rakeback and all the other perks that American poker players used to take for granted available online. In fact, there’s even progress on the American Poker front. Until very recently there were no poker sites licensed to operate online from within the United States. That has recently changed, with a casino in Las Vegas being issued the first ever online gambling license from the USA.
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European Poker sites without worry of tax or intrusive regulatory laws that could shut down UK Poker sites such as 888 Poker, Titan, and William Hill poker a freedom that Americans can only envy. In fact, in addition to those sites, there are actually dozens of poker sites available online for players in European countries and quite especially across the United Kingdom.That makes the UK, and pretty much all of Europe one of the most poker friendly places to play poker on the Internet, and in the entire world.
Canadian Poker Sites 2g2v6t
Canadian poker sites operating online to this day, with the exception of some of the most well-known poker sites in the world of course, such as those run by the Kahnawake Gambling Federation. Everest Poker and Bovada Poker are both well-known poker sites operating based in Canada. Both of which are operated by Native Canadian Indians on Indian reservations.
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Finnish Poker Sites.
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Irish Poker. However, given the ‘luck of the Irish’ and all, poker players located in Ireland actually have several poker sites to choose from.
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Looking for sites that accept and allow play with the Swedish Krona? Swedish Krona currency poker is available at a handful of European Poker sites using several online poker deposit options such as Click2Pay and EcoCard.
Norwegian Poker Sites 4m3k2p
Norwegian poker sites available, as well as deposit methods that will work for funding Norwegian poker s.
Spanish Poker Sites 2u3464
During 2012, Spain like so many other countries underwent a change in the way the country regulated online poker sites. Poker sites that are operating within Spanish poker law are able to offer stakes up to €5/10. They’re also able to offer most games. PokerStars was among the first poker sites to comply with the new Spanish law, intro-ducing PokerStars.es. The poker giant kicked off their foray into the realm of Spanish poker sites by offering stakes up to €0.5/1.
Mexican Poker Sites o7346
Spanish poker games, aren’t available to American residents.
Brazilian Poker Sites 19141v
Brazilian poker players to earn their seats in major tournament events including the LAPT (mentioned above) which sets down in Sao Paulo.
Belgian Poker Sites 2f1z6l
Belgian poker players with large cash balances at their favorite poker sites. In order to make sure that you’re not blocked from your poker , be sure to check out our Bel-gian Poker sites page for a list of white listed Belgian poker sites.
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Danish poker sites page.
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The Government in the Netherlands has made several attempts to regulate local online gambling in the past, and has recently announced that by 2013 the country intends to profit from online poker play participated in by its residents, to the tune of 29% of gross revenues. There are poker sites that have already begun setting up the new Dutch friendly versions of their poker sites.
German Poker Sites 31333j
German Poker Sites for further information.
Greek Poker Sites 2y4u55
Greek poker sites article.
Indian Poker Sites 2f4w48
Online poker sites in India are regulated by The Public Gambling Act of 1867 in India which prohibits players from being in charge of any public gaming operations… on land. In addition to that law, The In-formation Technology Act of 200 also regulates online poker sites by prohibiting the publication of things that could corrupt Indian People, like online gambling.There are still poker sites that welcome Indian poker players, check out our in depth article on the subject.
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Playing poker online in Indonesia is not legal; in fact it’s punishable by jail time, up to 10 years’ worth of jail time. There are still however various lotteries held Indonesia as well as both cock and bull fighting. Not to say that there aren’t poker sites online where Indonesians can play. If you’re looking for poker sites that accommodate Indonesians, check out our article on Indonesian poker sites. We’ll also share with you some factual information about arrests made within the country.
New Zealand Poker Sites 5g664a
New Zealand poker sites available to you where you’re able to play poker using NZD, the New Zealand Dollar.
Russian Poker Sites 456e5e
Russian poker players around the world quite a start!
South African Poker Sites 72193o
In South Africa, poker is predominately legal, so long as it happens in a casino or gambling estab-lishment that is legally operating under license. Online poker sites are legal so long as the players aren’t profiting from the rake (which could affect the legality of rakeback) and as long as the players bet only against each other and not against the house.
