Casino Category
Licensed casinos running a poker room alongside the casino. A small group here — most brands offer slots and live tables only.
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Casino Brand Cards
These EMTA-licensed casino brands match poker casinos. Each brand has been manually reviewed by our editorial team.
Hellwinz
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HeyCasino
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Optibet
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Paf
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Almost every licensed casino offers some form of poker — video poker machines, a live casino hold'em table, a poker-themed slot. None of that is what this page lists. A poker casino here is an operator whose licence from the Tax and Customs Board covers a genuine multiplayer poker room: cash tables, sit-and-gos and scheduled tournaments where you play against other people rather than the house.
Only a small group of Estonian brands run one, and they almost always plug into an international network so that tables are busy at three in the morning as well as at nine in the evening. That means you share tables with players across Europe, and it means the software, rake and tournament schedule are set by the network as much as by the casino.
Winnings at a licensed operator are not taxed as personal income in Estonia — the operator pays gambling tax on the rake and tournament fees. That exemption does not extend to unlicensed foreign rooms, which is the practical reason to stay on this list even when a bigger offshore site looks tempting.
Fairness is handled the same way as for any other licensed game. The shuffle comes from a certified random number generator that is audited as part of the licence, the room is obliged to act against collusion and bot accounts, and a dispute you cannot settle with support can be taken to EMTA.
Online gambling is supervised by the Tax and Customs Board (Maksu- ja Tolliamet) and the minimum age is 21. The national self-restriction register applies to poker rooms exactly as it does to casinos, and free confidential counselling is available on 15410.
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Only a few EMTA-licensed brands run a poker room alongside the casino, and they usually connect to an international network so that tables are busy around the clock. The list on this page is limited to those brands; a casino that only offers video poker or a live casino hold'em table is not counted as a poker casino.
Winnings from an operator licensed by the Estonian Tax and Customs Board are not taxed as personal income — the operator pays gambling tax instead. Winnings from unlicensed foreign sites do not enjoy that exemption, which is one more reason to stay with the brands listed here.
Yes. Networks serving Estonian players run freerolls, micro-stakes sit-and-gos and satellites where a seat costs a euro or two. Cash tables start at blinds of EUR 0.01/0.02. Most rooms also let you use a welcome bonus at the poker tables, although the release rate is usually slower than in the casino.
At a licensed room the shuffle comes from a certified random number generator that is audited as part of the licence, and the room is required to act against collusion and bots. You cannot see other players' cards, and neither can the operator's staff at the table. If you suspect a problem, licensed rooms have a complaints route that ends at EMTA.
