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Starting a Poker Business

Do you want to know the ins and outs of starting a poker business? If starting a poker business has caught your attention, here are valuable hints on managing this profitable business and creating one without hassles.

Because of the millions of poker players worldwide, starting a poker business for live and online audiences is in demand nowadays.

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Starting a Poker Business for Live and Online Audiences

But starting your own poker business is difficult because certain states have strict regulations in giving licenses to any gambling business, particularly the live poker business. For you to run a live poker business, the first thing to consider is the location of your poker room. The poker room is the place where the poker players are playing at. As mentioned earlier, your target location must acquire a license to run the business legally with no hassles from the existing laws within the state. This reality puts some burden on the live poker businesses. Some tend to operate an online casino game for poker because the internet is accessible to everybody, and they don’t need to go out to play their favorite game. This is the reason why online poker is gaining popularity at present. Additionally, both options require sufficient funding to run the businesses.

Whether you choose offline versus online poker, we will give you valuable hints on how to operate the business legally.

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Practical Hints on How to Start a Poker Business Legally

Let’s start with the live poker business. To get a license for practicing a live poker game, check with the existing rules and regulations of the state where you want to establish your poker business. If the state allows you to operate the business and you have complied with their rules, look for a suitable location where your poker players can conveniently play. Aside from the site, a poker business also needs a lot of tools and equipment, such as poker cards, tables, chairs, and other supplies, to complete the operation and maintenance. You might also need to hire employees for the reception and house players as backups in case there will be a shorthand of players to keep the games going. Advertise the business to draw the attention of all the players in your area.

The same thing also goes with starting an online poker game. However, the difference is that you need to hire expert web developers to create your online poker site. But before doing so the project, seek advice from an attorney for legal matters in running the business online, and you need to obtain an account from a reputable bank for fund transfers. Intensive planning and research should be done to attract online players since you will compete with more than 200 poker sites on the net.

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2 Comments

  • subhodip said on February 24, 2013
    Business plan required for starting online poker site like pokerstars.com/ fulltiltpoker.com/ ZyngaPoker. Please advise.
  • zay said on March 26, 2013
    I live in Sydney Australia and want to know where I can license my new website for poker online as I think it is illegal here? And who do I talk to about everything?

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