Betway.com launched in April, 2006, and is currently one of the fastest growing poker rooms. It is licensed by the Malta Lottery and Gaming Authority (LGA), which translates into tax-free winnings for its players. Betway.com has launched in 19 European countries since its inception. Its total number of players is unknown, but it is certainly a very active poker room with tens of thousands of active players.

Expekt.com was established in 1999. Originally a bookmaker, the site has since gone on to provide a casino, poker and, in recent times, a games section. In October of 2005, Expekt left the Prima Poker network to join the newly started Tain Poker one. Unfortunately, Expekt experienced significant problems during the change, with its poker client remaining unserviceable for almost two weeks.

Party Poker is currently one of the world's most visited poker rooms, both for normal games and tournaments. Party Poker used to be part of a network that included Empire Poker and MultiPoker, among others. This network was clearly the largest in the world as regards members. After the network broke up, with Party Poker going it alone, the number one slot has become less clear - is it Party Poker or PokerStars? This fight for first place is certain to continue and, depending on who is doing the counting, either one can clain top spot.

After its introduction, 24hPoker experienced a difficult time with relatively few players. This changed in 2004, especially during the autumn, when 24hPoker grew approximately 50%. 24hPoker is part of Swedish company, 24hPoker AB, which also offers sports betting and a casino. 24hPoker AB is also behind B2B, the network that includes 24hPoker and which is growing steadily as more and more poker rooms sign up. Most of its players come from Scandinavia, with Sweden contributing the majority, although more and more players from abroad are visiting the site.

BestPoker launched in May of 2005 and quickly became a popular poker room in Scandinavia. It used to belong to the BestPoker B2B network, but on 15th December, 2006, it went over to the Ongame Network.

It is the only Ongame member to offer a poker statistics program, add-a-friend functionality and a VIP store where players can shop for a variety of different products with their accumulated Player Points.

Software and graphics

InterPoker is a very popular poker room that serves as the flagship for the Cryptologic network. InterPoker is managed by InterCasino, one of the world's biggest casinos. InterPoker is a member of the Cryptologic network and therefore shares players with other poker rooms, such as William Hill Poker During 2004, the number of players on the Cryptologic network more than quadrupled and it is currently the fastest growing poker network.

PokerStars counts as the next largest and most popular online poker room. It has really grown over the last couple of year, mainly due to the highly positive publicity it received when Chris Moneymaker and Greg "Fossilman" Raymer won the World Series of Poker in 2003 and 2004, respectively. Both had won their seats through PokerStars tournaments. However, even before that, PokerStars was known as one of the absolute best poker rooms with good, stable software and a lot of tournaments. PokerStars is one of the few poker rooms not to offer new users a bonus.

The future of online poker is here... so says Pkr in one of its video clips offering an insight into Pkr's software. And you should probably get ready to agree with them. Pkr has really made an effort to create as realistic an environment as possible and the decision to use 3D is a very interesting step in its search for the ultimate poker room. The result is a very interesting and exciting poker room where the environment contributes to increasing the feeling of playing in a live casino.

Mansion Poker is one of the newest additions to the poker world. Mansion is, however, very clear about its goal: to be one of the leading online poker rooms. A lot of time has been spent by Mansion Poker to offer players as good an alternative as possible. The software has been in development for two years in order to make it as sharp as possible.  At the same time, over 100 people were hired for their support department, ready to provide help to its players from day one.