Australian Gambling

Online poker in Australia has been under intense scrutiny from the media in recent times. Since the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has tried to enforce the Interactive Gambling Act (IGA) a blacklist has been leaked to the public. Many of the largest online poker sites were on this blacklist. However, this does NOT mean that Australians cannot play online poker at these sites.

Poker in Australia has really started to take off since Australian poker player Stewart Scott won the 2009 Aussie Million Main Event. Since then Aussies have been flocking to the tables. This is the surge that poker needed in Australia since things started to die down after Joe Hachem won the 2005 WSOP Main Event.

When it comes for the best places to play online poker for Aussies there are a few rooms to consider. The biggest and best is PokerStars. They have the best software, most amount of players and great customer support. They have massive tournaments but the competition is quite tough here.

The next option that a lot of Aussies tend to go for is Full Tilt Poker. The games here are wild and the players are plentiful. Hold on to your hat because big pots are the norm and aggressive poker is how they play.