PartyPoker was the largest online card room in the world until 2006 when it left the US market due to the
Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006.
PokerStars then claimed that title for many years, until they were in-turn overtaken by
GGPoker in 2021. In 2014, PartyPoker had plans to return to the US market for real money players. However by March 2017, US players were still not permitted, except for the state of New Jersey. By December 2024, users from Michigan & Pennsylvania could also play on PartyPoker, but only in segregated pools against players from their own state. In 2015, PartyPoker partnered with
Dusk Till Dawn and later hosted "The PartyPoker Grand Prix". In 2017, the casino hosted the PartyPokerLIVE MILLIONS Dusk Till Dawn festival. The £5,300 ($7,085.84) main event generated a prize pool of £6,017,395 ($8,044,956.25). Maria Lampropulos won the main event earning £1,000,000. The £10,300 ($13,770.59) High Roller event was won by Vojtech Ruzicka, earning him US$363,135. In May 2021, PartyPoker and
PartyCasino entered a new multi-year partnership with McLaren Racing. In February 2019, PartyPoker relaunched their Team Online, with twitch streamer Matt Staples first to be signed. At its peak, PartyPoker had over two dozen sponsored players across Team Online & Live ambassadors. However, as of December 2024, only the two Staples brothers remain. This decline was largely due to a significant revenue drop, as PartyPoker pulled its operations from any country without strict gambling regulations, after parent company Entain were fined millions in related court losses. PartyPoker withdrew their services from numerous countries, leaving only players residing in Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Latvia, Malta, Mexico, Ireland, Sweden & the UK able to play on worldwide PartyPoker. In 2025, PartyPoker launched the PartyPoker Tour, a live tournament series focused on low-to-mid-stakes players with a "no extra prize-pool deductions" policy. The inaugural season featured five stops across the UK. For 2026, the tour expanded to nine stops, adding venues in Ireland and Spain alongside continued UK events, with confirmed stops including London, Glasgow, Cork, and Murcia. ==References==