Online poker in New Delhi, free and with nothing staked
Numbers appear here as soon as players from this place play a few games this week.
Updated: November 11 at 12:37 PM UTC
Online poker in Delhi, as far as Anubis City goes, means Texas Hold’em with real people in your browser, for free and with nothing staked. There is no wallet to top up and no KYC: you play with debens, coins the game gives away that can’t be bought or cashed out, in a pixel-art Egyptian city that also has blackjack, roulette, bingo and slots. Your purse starts at 100,000 debens, even as a guest.
The question people in Delhi ask first is whether poker is legal here. For money, online, no: the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, passed by Parliament in August 2025, bans online money games across India, poker included. Delhi’s own gambling law, the Delhi Public Gambling Act of 1955, is also about play for money. A game with no stake and no prize is what the 2025 Act calls an “online social game”, and that is how Anubis City works. We are not lawyers — the India page has the details and sources.
Delhi NCR spills over into Haryana and Uttar Pradesh — Gurugram on one side, Noida on the other — but a private table doesn’t care which side of the border your friends sit on. Open it, send the link, and the old office group plays again. India keeps one clock, so the game’s day changes at 5:30 am for everyone from Delhi to Chennai, and New Delhi’s score in the City of the Week race is the experience of its ten best players over the last seven days.
Poker with players from New Delhi
No-Limit Texas Hold’em at tables for five and nine, three stake levels and private tables for friends. The chips are free debens.
Numbers appear here as soon as players from this place play a few games this week.
Bingo online
75-ball bingo in the Hall of Seshat: automatic halls where the game marks your cards, and manual halls for those who like to play by hand.
Numbers appear here as soon as players from this place play a few games this week.
Roulette and blackjack
European roulette with one zero and a shared wheel, and blackjack from a six-deck shoe where the dealer stands on soft 17.
Numbers appear here as soon as players from this place play a few games this week.
Top players of the week
The weekly ranking counts experience earned while a player had New Delhi as their home city.
The weekly top is shown when at least five players from here have chosen to show their place.
How to play for New Delhi
- Open the game and play as a guest or create an account.
- Open your profile and choose My city.
- Find New Delhi by name — from then on your games count for it.
Questions
Is poker legal in Delhi?
Playing for money online is banned across India by the 2025 Act, and Delhi’s gambling law also concerns play for money. Free play with no stake and no prize is a social game, which is what Anubis City offers. This is our reading, not legal advice.
Can I play without KYC or a bank account?
Yes. There is nothing to pay for, so the game never asks for payment details or ID. A guest only confirms being 18 or older; saving a character takes an email and a password.
When are the tables busiest?
In the European evening, which is late night in Delhi — from about 10:30 or 11:30 pm into the small hours. Earlier, AI players marked “AI” help fill the seats.
Place names: GeoNames (geonames.org), CC BY 4.0.
Play from here
Pick your city in the profile — your games will count for it in the weekly rankings.
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