I Just Turned 18, Can I Now Legally Play For Money?

I just turned 18, can I now legally play for money or can I now legally play for fun. I just want to make sure before I try and put $150 in that when I try to cash out they say I'm to young. Does being 18 simply mean that I would be ineligible to enter satellite tournaments to win real tourney seats?

Uhhh...where are you? Country? State?

Online you will be able to, but in a B&M casino in the States, you will not be able til until you're 21

So there should be no problems cashing out in the US (i live in texas)?

Why don't you email support at the various sites you play on? And let us know what you hear from them.

Welcome to Cardschat!

You can play and cashout online. I've never heard what happens when someone 18-20 wins a live seat but I would just stay away from live seat satellites.

Ya stay away from live satellites cuz nothing really good can come out of them. But ya 18 is legal to play online so goodluck

No you cannot play 'legally' online in the U.S. (None of us can.) But when you try to cash out you will not run into any trouble, they do not take age into account. I have been playing and cashing out since I was 16.

You can play online and cash out when you're 18. If you win a live seat that is played in the US then you need to be 21 to play but I think they just credit you with the money in most cases if you are not old enough. You can win a live seat for Europe and play it as it is 18 years of age to play live here.

Check the TOS on the site you play and the laws in your local state. I think many of the online sites state that you need to be legal in your local jurisdiction.

Welcome to CC

over here in europe you will have no problems playing live or online but in the states as I understand it you can play online just not in the casinos untill you are 21

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In the states you can... except for a few, I can't remember which... but anyways, I started playing poker online when I was 18... fun but dangerous, I think its tough to be mature enough at 18 to really play poker, the people that do it turn out amazing at the game though. Everyone else (including myself) are only fair micro players or donkeys.

garrettcarp said:

I just turned 18, can I now legally play for money or can I now legally play for fun. I just want to make sure before I try and put $150 in that when I try to cash out they say I'm to young. Does being 18 simply mean that I would be ineligible to enter satellite tournaments to win real tourney seats?

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salim271 said:

In the states you can... except for a few, I can't remember which... but anyways, I started playing poker online when I was 18... fun but dangerous, I think its tough to be mature enough at 18 to really play poker, the people that do it turn out amazing at the game though. Everyone else (including myself) are only fair micro players or donkeys.

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Well I would not advise running out and putting money or making a deposit on any site, untill you have played and practiced and are sure of your game. There are many playchips games to give you experience. And before you join any site you might also want to consider rakeback. Happy birthday.

bigbigbucs said:

Well I would not advise running out and putting money or making a deposit on any site, untill you have played and practiced and are sure of your game. There are many playchips games to give you experience. And before you join any site you might also want to consider rakeback. Happy birthday.

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You do know that you don't get rakeback on play chips, right? lol. Actually, until you have money on a site, I would advise against signing up for rakeback, because you will get negative rackback for every freeroll you play(which will likely be a ton) and then by the time you do finally get some kind of roll, you won't be getting any rakeback anyway for quite some time. Instead, when you're joining a new site, just make sure your account isn't linked to any affiliates(just download directly from that specific site instead of going through a link that you clicked on from another site) and you will probably be able to get rakeback linked to your account later on down the road when you have a roll.

mosseyAJ said:

No you cannot play 'legally' online in the U.S. (None of us can.) But when you try to cash out you will not run into any trouble, they do not take age into account. I have been playing and cashing out since I was 16.

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It is not illegal to play online poker in the US.

OnT: depends on the governing rules of your city and state.. or country if your overseas.. i mean, out of the us...

Thanks everyone for your help, I went with pokerstars and im already up $200

BTW, you can also play live legally in the US at many casinos that are on Indian land.

thejuanupsman said:

It is not illegal to play online poker in the US.

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Not in Washington State. 100% illegal.

Yea I wouldn't play in any wsop qualifiers if I were you lol. Waste of your time. Great part about online poker is playing at 18.

CSuave said:

BTW, you can also play live legally in the US at many casinos that are on Indian land.

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Even most Indian casinos have changed their age limit to 21.

absoluthamm said:

Even most Indian casinos have changed their age limit to 21.

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This is true most everywhere in the states is 21 although there are exceptions.

In Wa state you can play in "mini-casinos"

In Florida you can play at 18 , but you don't qualify for the jackpots and tournaments .

In the UK, you can Poker, Online Casinos etc etc legally since you've turned 18

I live in ft. worth ,,,, not sure how it works online because i'm 65 years old ,,,, but you can play at Winstar Casino on the texas and OK border.
Their age is 18 or older.
take care