GGPoker Countries: Where You Can Play and Which Site to Use

There is no single list of GGPoker countries, because GGPoker does not run one website for the whole world. It runs a global site at GGPoker.com, a European site at GGPoker.eu, a set of locally licensed sites (the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Ontario, the Philippines) and regional brands such as Natural8. All of them run on one piece of software, and most of them feed one shared player pool. Which one you can join depends on where you live.

Real-money GGPoker is not available in the United States, France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland or Australia, among others. US players get ClubGG, a social poker app run on a sweepstakes model, instead. Everywhere else, the quickest test is the country field on the sign-up form: if your country is not in the list, that version of GGPoker does not accept you.

This guide explains which GGPoker site covers which market, why one country can appear “restricted” on one site and open on another, and what to do if you move or travel. For the poker side of things — games, traffic, software — see our GGPoker review.

GGPoker Countries and the Site That Covers Each One

GGPoker is one network with many front doors. Each door holds its own licence, and the licence decides who may walk through it.

Two practical consequences follow from this table. A local site is a separate account: a Swedish player, for example, cannot log into GGPoker.se with an old GGPoker.com username and has to register and verify again. And a local site follows local rules, so deposit limits, bonus terms and even the game list can differ from the global version.

Germany is the clearest example. German law sets a default deposit cap of €1,000 a month across all licensed operators combined, so €500 deposited on another German site leaves €500 for GGPoker.de that month.

A separate site does not always mean separate tables. Sweden’s local version, for one, keeps access to the global player pool, so Swedish players face the opponents everyone on GGPoker.com faces.

Countries Where GGPoker Is Not Available

The short list most players run into: the United States, France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland and Australia. None of these has a GGPoker real-money site, and none of them can use the global or European version.

The reasons differ by country:

• France, Spain, Italy, Portugal license online poker locally and let their players share tables only with each other. A site needs a licence in each one, and GGPoker does not hold them.
• Australia bars offshore online poker under its Interactive Gambling Act, which pushed most international poker sites out of the country.
• The United States licenses online poker state by state, and GGPoker has no real-money licence there (the GG-owned WSOP brand is covered below).
• Switzerland only allows poker through locally licensed casino operators.

Beyond these, GGPoker excludes countries under international sanctions and a long tail of smaller markets where gambling is banned or unregulated, from Afghanistan and Algeria to Yemen and Zimbabwe.

Why your country can look “restricted” when it is not

Here is the part that confuses most players reading GGPoker’s terms. The European site’s terms list close to 100 restricted jurisdictions — and that list includes Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden and the Philippines.

Those countries are not banned from GGPoker. They are restricted on GGPoker.eu because each of them has its own locally licensed site, and the law requires residents to play there. A Dutch player who tries GGPoker.eu gets turned away and should register on GGPoker.nl instead.

Before you decide GGPoker is closed to you, check the table above for a local version. A “restricted” line in one site’s terms means that particular site cannot accept you, nothing more.

The global site works the other way round. GGPoker.com’s terms state that it does not accept players from a number of jurisdictions but do not publish the list at all. That is why the sign-up form, not a third-party list, is the reliable test.

Can You Play GGPoker from the USA?

Not for real money. US residents cannot register on GGPoker.com, GGPoker.eu or any of the local sites. There are two legal ways to play GG-branded poker instead.

ClubGG

ClubGG is GGPoker’s US product: GG software run as a social poker app with a sweepstakes model rather than real-money deposits. You play in private clubs or in its “Membership Zone,” and sweepstakes rules decide what, if anything, can be redeemed.

ClubGG is not open in every state. Its terms of service restrict the site in 14 states:

The list has grown as states tightened rules on sweepstakes gaming. Michigan dropped off in 2025, and New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Louisiana followed, so check the current terms before you sign up.

WSOP.com

NSUS, the company behind GGPoker, also owns the World Series of Poker brand. WSOP.com, the brand’s real-money site, is open only in states that license online poker: Nevada, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Michigan. It runs a US-only pool and does not seat you against GGPoker’s international players.

Will GGPoker ever open to US players? Only state by state, and only where a state licenses online poker. Each state ring-fences its own players, so a single US-wide GGPoker site is unlikely without a change in federal law. Our piece on poker’s Black Friday explains how the US market ended up this way.

GGPoker in Canada: Ontario vs the Rest

Canada splits in two. Ontario runs its own regulated market, so Ontario residents register on GGPoker.ca under iGaming Ontario and play by Ontario’s rules. Players elsewhere in Canada use the global GGPoker.com.

An Ontario resident cannot pick the global site instead. Your province of residence, confirmed during verification, decides which site you belong on.

Natural8, OlyBet and Other GGNetwork Brands

GGNetwork runs part of its traffic through brands that do not carry the GGPoker name. Natural8 is the best known: it targets Asian markets, shares the network’s tables, and offers its own promotions and rewards. OlyBet Poker serves Estonia and Latvia on the same software.

For a player, a skin like Natural8 changes three things — the cashier and payment options, the bonuses and rewards, and the support language. The games, the software and the opponents stay the same. If your country is served by a regional skin, that brand’s sign-up form is where you check eligibility.

How to Check Which Version You Can Join

1. Look for a local site first. If your country appears in the table at the top of this page, go straight to that site. Registering on the global version from a country with a local site can end in a closed account.
2. Open the sign-up form on GGPoker.com. The country field lists just the countries that site accepts. If yours is there, you can register; our step-by-step GGPoker registration guide walks through the form.
3. Check a regional brand. In much of Asia, Natural8 may accept you where GGPoker.com does not.
4. Ask support before depositing if anything is unclear. A written answer from GGPoker beats any third-party list, including this one.
5. Verify early. GGPoker checks identity and address before withdrawals; on GGPoker.eu, residence checks are triggered once deposits reach €2,000. Our GGPoker verification guide covers the documents.

Don’t Use a VPN to Get Around Restrictions

VPN guides for GGPoker are easy to find, and almost all of them leave out what happens to the money. GGPoker’s terms treat hiding your location as grounds to act against an account, and list IP masking as a form of bonus abuse.

If GGPoker finds that you opened or used an account while living in a restricted jurisdiction, its terms allow it to close the account and forfeit the funds. Verification makes this easy to find: your ID and proof of address show where you actually live, whatever IP you connect from.

The same goes for “agents” selling ready-made accounts in countries where GGPoker is closed. The account is registered to someone else, so the operator can refuse to pay out any balance on it, and you have no claim to it.

Moving Abroad or Travelling

GGPoker accounts are tied to the country you live in, not the country you happen to be in today. If you move permanently, update your details with support, and expect that to mean closing one account and opening another on the version licensed for your new home.

Travel is less clear-cut. What you may do on a trip depends on your GGPoker version and on the law where you are at the time, and the rules are not spelled out in one place. If you plan to play abroad, ask support before you go rather than finding out at the table.

Before a move, withdraw your balance or ask support how to transfer it. Funds sitting in an account that no longer matches your residence are the hardest to get out.

One more rule applies everywhere: you may hold one GGPoker account, full stop. Opening a second one on a different version — a “duplicate account” in GGPoker’s terms — can get both accounts closed.

Quick Answers

Is GGPoker legal in my country?

GGPoker’s terms leave that check to you: you must live somewhere online gambling is allowed. The sign-up form shows whether a GGPoker version accepts your country, but that is not the same as your local law allowing online poker. Where GGPoker runs a local site, it holds that country’s licence; elsewhere, check your own country’s rules.

Is GGPoker available in the UK?

Yes, through GGPoker.co.uk, licensed by the UK Gambling Commission. UK players cannot use GGPoker.com or GGPoker.eu.

Can I play GGPoker in Canada?

Yes. Ontario residents use GGPoker.ca; players in the other provinces use the global GGPoker.com.

Is GGPoker available in Australia?

No. Australian law bars offshore online poker, and GGPoker does not accept Australian players. ClubGG is also restricted in several Australian territories.

Do I play against the same players on a local site?

Often, yes — Sweden’s site, for example, shares the global tables. It depends on the market’s rules, though, and US-based WSOP.com runs a separate US-only pool.

Once you know which site is yours, the next steps don’t change from country to country: funding your account, choosing between the GGPoker welcome offers, and knowing how withdrawals work before you need one.