With the introduction of new legislation surrounding online gambling in the United States, online poker sites are becoming increasingly popular. Below the legal situation surrounding the matter is discussed, and sites where residents in the states where online poker gambling is legal, are listed below.

US LAWS SURROUNDING ONLINE GAMBLING

Until 2012 online poker was considered to be illegal due to the Wire Act and the Illegal Gambling Business Act. This understanding changed when a New York federal judge dismissed a case against a man charged with conspiring to run an underground poker club. The federal judge decided that poker was a game of skill, not chance, and the current laws did not cover skill-based games. With this decision, Nevada, Delaware, and New Jersey began to allow state residents to play online poker. Nevada stipulated players had to be physically located in the state, and be aged 18, while Delaware requires the same – players had to be residents of the state. New Jersey, on the other hand, offered online gambling to not just residents, but also visitors. Further, eventually, all three states joined together under a poker agreement to allow residents in all states to play online poker in another state’s games. As of September 2020, only Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Michigan are the states to have also legalized online poker games. Other states are believed to be headed towards introducing legislation to legalize online poker.

TOP X SITES TO PLAY ONLINE POKER IN THE UNITED STATES

For those allowed to play online poker, there are numerous sites available for games. Below are listed INSERT HOW MANY sites that allow gamblers the opportunity to play poker.

888 (WSOP)

For poker players in New Jersey, Nevada, and Delaware, 888 (WSOP) is the best place to play online poker. The site is home to the World Series of Poker tournament, a competition to find the best player. It is also the only site that currently allows New Jersey, Nevada, and Delaware to play all together. Allowing all three states results in larger pots and wins. 888 offers No-Limit Hold-em, Omaha, and Stud Cash Poker games.

If you want to take part in the World Series of Poker, you can find 888 here and WSOP here.

PokerStars

Currently only offering online poker games to residents of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, PokerStars is one of the most popular sites for online poker. New Jersey and Pennsylvania residents can find PokerStars here.

For those just wanting to have some fun, or just to practice their poker skills, PokerStars also offers a .net website that does not involve legal currency. It can be found here.

Party Poker

While currently, only New Jersey residents can play online poker on Party Poker, it still offers a great opportunity to play. You can find Party Poker here.

Global Poker

Sweepstakes Online Poker is a special sweepstakes-style model that gets around the laws, by offering cash prizes for winning sweepstakes, not the actual online poker games. Because of its unique form, the games are open to players in all 50 states.

Global Poker can be found here.

Check out the sites above and find out which site you love the most to play online poker.