Playing safe online poker is much easier than you may think. Although people still have their reservations regarding online gaming, the industry has come a long way and enjoying a game is much easier than it ever has been. Thanks to regulatory bodies, strict laws on odds and payouts and secure payment methods, finding safe online poker rooms is as simple as checking a few simple things on the homepage of your favorite room. At OPR we also only recommend rooms that have proven themselves to be safe and secure.

Play Smart, Play Safe

There is a great selection of safe online poker rooms offering all sorts of games and tournaments. Although like in any other industry, there are some non-transparent websites that should be avoided, most of the prominent ones are very secure when it comes to financial transactions. The question is, how can you know which online poker room you can afford to trust and which one you should definitely stay away from?

What to Look for At A Secure Site

Operators of Titan Poker, for instance, state that "earning the trust and confidence of members is a primary goal," but saying and doing are different things. To prove they are secure the site provides players with info regarding all their financial transactions and game histories; it also protects player privacy by using 128-bit Secure Socket Level (SSL) technology. Always check that any room you are playing at provides such high level SSL security. This encryption assures all your important data is secure.

In addition, a player can also find information indicating that website operators have employed independent auditors to oversee the site's financial reliability and it is regulated by a nation's governing body. Safe online poker rooms will often be regulated by bodies such as Antigua and Barbuda, Kahnawake, Malta and more. 

Additional effort towards total security is the gaming websites' intolerance of collusion. Operators typically monitor all gaming activity that takes place at the website and if collusion is identified the colluders are severely punished. Any and all data gathered about colluders or others involved in fraudulent activity is handed over to other online gaming websites, so that dishonest participants would not be able to play anywhere. Trusted, safe online poker rooms are happy to help protect their members, and because many are part of shared networks, a failing in one would cost all of them.

Go to our Online Poker Rooms section, for a list of the most secure online poker rooms, if you ever notice anything odd, let us know so we can investigate and remove them from our site if necessary.