DraftKings Launches Real Money Online Poker in the US
There's a new player in the US.
And it's not BetRivers Poker yet.
WSOP, PokerStars, and BetMGM have a new competitor.
Sports betting and casino giant, DraftKings, has launched player-vs-player online poker (not the casino poker game). As of now, only Electric Poker is being offered (basically Spin & Go), but more games are expected to be launched.
Only available in Michigan for now but expect more states to be added.
“This is just the beginning” says DraftKings as it makes a major move into true player-vs-player online poker.
Later this year, BetRivers Poker is also expected to go live!
You understand of course that a skill game would attract bumhunters and other predators.
Not really - this format is the most accessible for recreational players (sports degens) and an absolute rake fest.
Marketed well, yanks will gobble this up.
A lot of Americans play poker with friends or at the casino but wouldn't play online for various reasons, even if they sportsbet. I don't think this is the solution as it's so different from what people are used to.
The first, of course, being when hold'em and stud were legalized in California in 1987.
Doubt that's what Isai and Dikshit think too.
No offense, but the "Golden Age of poker began when Planet Poker launched online, followed by several other offerings in Spring of 2001. (Even some guy named Doyle Brunson backed a startup site, Highlands Poker, which soon closed)
Legalization of table games in California was way less important than licensing of online poker by the Kahnawake Mohawk Terriotry, opening a rush of payment services, including one offered by Elon Musk's Paypal.
