Are there any laws online players need to be aware of when playing in the UK?

Although the UK is liberal with online poker laws, you must be 18 to play. In terms of tax however, you don’t need to pay a single penny on anything you win online, even if you consider poker to be your income. Overseas poker sites were expected to pay taxes to the UK voluntarily until the 2014 Gambling Bill, which made company taxes of this nature mandatory in return for renewed licenses. None of this has had any knock-on effect for players however, or liquidity.

Which online poker rooms are most popular with players in the UK?

PokerStars is top of the list as you might expect, with a 7-day average of 5,800. Perhaps surprisingly, GGPoker is next on the list with 1,350. Next is partypoker with 1,300, followed by 888Poker, which has a current 7-day average of 950 at the time of writing.