Key Takeaways
- All players in India are required to switch to PokerStars.IN; accounts of Indian poker players on dot-com have been closed.
- The site is shut to five Indian states due to local laws prohibiting online gambling.
- Cash games offered under the Seat Me blind lobby system have buy-ins ranging from Rs 1/Rs 2 to as high as Rs 500/Rs 1000.
- There are no other sit and gos beyond lottery-style Spin & Gos.
PokerStars.IN, The Star Group’s long-awaited localized entry into the Indian market, went live today. It followed an unannounced soft launch on Monday evening when it went came online at 19:30 PM IST. The official launch date was 10 AM on Tuesday.
At the time of writing, over 60 players are participating in real money cash games, dozens of Spin & Gos are underway and almost 1000 players are registered for the welcome freeroll.
