PokerStars was originally a Costa Rican company, Rational Enterprises, part of Canadian company The Stars Group which was majority owned by the Canadian Scheinberg family. The company was subsequently moved to Onchan, Isle of Man.

Part of the Flutter International division, we first launched in 2001 and have since become the largest poker site in the world, with more than 225 billion hands dealt and more than 1.85 billion tournaments hosted.

You can win real money in cash games and tournaments\n\n Although many people play poker for the joy of doing so, even more play real money poker at PokerStars to win more money!

Since then, several states have created gambling rules that allow some operators (including PokerStars) to offer real money poker games online to US players.