Play Money
Play Online Poker for Play Money
Are you looking to play online poker at poker rooms for play money? This is possible at every online poker room on our site. Every online poker room allows you to play for play chips but they don’t push this option on their .com site because they make money when players play poker for real money. They do however push the play money sites on TV where they have no choice because they have to abide by TV regulations and are only allowed to show their sites that are for play money chips.
Difference Between .net and .com Poker Sites
Online poker ads are common while watching poker TV shows. The ads are all similar, advertising a free play online poker site. In addition, professional poker players on the shows wear sponsored hats and shirts that advertise the same poker sites. You may have also noticed that the URL for the poker sites are .net or .tv. This may seem odd to viewers since the first web address people think of when going to a website is the .com. An even stranger occurrence is the poker sites own the .com but don’t advertise it!
Online Poker companies use this subtle trick to get viewers to remember the poker site name and hope that by habit they will type in the site name along with .com. This will bring players to the companies gambling website that allows players to play for real money instead of the .net version which only lets players wager “play” money. There is no reason for players to go to the .net because the .com has both a real money option and a “play” money option. This allows players who may wager real money in the future a chance to play for “play” money while only having to download the poker room one time.
Why advertise poker.net sites in the US?
One reason poker sites use the .net to advertise is because there are strict broadcasting rules on advertising gambling sites. This is a way for poker sites to advertise to US poker players and brand themselves all within broadcasting regulations. With this advertising tactic they are able to get new players to both their .com and .net sites at the same time. They hope players will end up at the .com version of their site because this is where poker rooms make the majority of their money. Though, poker rooms are experimenting with selling advertising on their “play” money sites to gain revenue for their services.
Poker Rooms that Advertise
Full Tilt Poker.net – They advertise their poker room as the poker site where pro’s play.
Poker Stars.net- With three wsop main event champions, poker stars.net advertises their site as a great place to master the game.
