Surge Of Online Poker Players In Chile

February 24th, 2010

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The population of the South American country of Chile is almost 17 million and it has a growing market of online poker players. All forms of gambling in Chile is legal and widely popular. Chileans
are able to enjoy land-based casinos, sports betting, horse racing, and even online gambling.

Gambling was legalized in 1990, but their were land-based casinos operating in the country before then. Any laws that had banned gambling were often ignored by law enforcement up until it was legalized. Poker has not always been a popular game in Chile but it is gaining momentum with a recent surge in new Chilean players at the online poker rooms. Sports betting and horse racing have always been the strongest forms of gambling within the country, but online poker continues to gain momentum with it’s television exposure, spanish WPT poker tournaments.

The Chilean government does not license online casinos or poker rooms within its borders, but players are not prohibited from gambling online at online casinos, poker rooms, or sportsbooks. They can also gamble at one of the fifty-seven land-based casinos within the country that accept bets in US Dollars. The gross revenue from gambling at land-based casinos is hovering at $24.8 million per year, while plenty of citizens are gambling at the online casinos & poker rooms.





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