Free online poker and bingo in Ireland

Numbers appear here as soon as players from this place play a few games this week.

Updated: November 11 at 12:36 PM UTC

Anubis City brings free online poker and bingo to anywhere in Ireland: Texas Hold’em and 75-ball bingo, plus blackjack, roulette and slots, with real people, in a pixel-art Egyptian city that runs in your browser. You play with free coins called debens. No money changes hands, and nothing is for sale.

Ireland has an old soft spot for poker. The Irish Poker Open, started in Dublin in 1980, is often called the oldest No-Limit Hold’em tournament in Europe, and card drives of Twenty-Five, the national card game, still run in parish halls on winter evenings. A game in Anubis City is closer to the card drive than to the tournament: you play for the table and the talk, not for a prize.

Texas Hold’em with Irish players

The Temple of Fortune runs No-Limit Hold’em at three levels: the Scribes’ Table at 50/100, the Priests’ at 500/1,000 and the Pharaoh’s at 5,000/10,000. Tables seat five or nine, you get 15 seconds a move, and you can buy in for anything from 10 to 200 big blinds — short-stacked or deep.

Not enough people for your own game? A saved character opens a private table and shares a six-character code. Computer players marked “AI” can fill the gaps, or you can leave them out. Poker tables and rules.

Numbers appear here as soon as players from this place play a few games this week.

Free online bingo tonight, without the drive to the hall

Community bingo in Ireland raises money for the club or the parish, usually with 90 balls. In the Hall of Seshat there’s a game whenever you walk in, tonight or at seven in the morning: buy a card and a short countdown starts, with AI residents buying cards alongside you. The hall plays 75 instead of 90: a 5×5 card, a free space in the centre, 30% of the pot for the first line and 70% for the full card. Auto halls mark your numbers; manual halls leave the dabbing — and the shout — to you. Bingo in Anubis City.

Numbers appear here as soon as players from this place play a few games this week.

Blackjack and roulette

Blackjack is dealt in the Hall of Thoth, whose tables are named after places where Thoth was worshipped — Khemenu, Tuna, Dakka, Saqqara. Six decks, the dealer stands on soft 17, blackjack pays 3 to 2. Blackjack rules.

Roulette in the Rotunda of Shai uses the single-zero wheel. There is no spin button: bets close after 20 seconds and the wheel spins for the whole table. Roulette in the Rotunda.

Numbers appear here as soon as players from this place play a few games this week.

Free slots

The Treasury of Ra holds three machines: Sevens of Ra, a classic with three reels; Book of Thoth, where three books open ten free spins; and Treasures of Horus, a Hold & Win game where golden scarabs lock in place. Each returns about 95% over time. The slots.

Numbers appear here as soon as players from this place play a few games this week.

Ireland’s top players this week

The ten players from Ireland with the most experience this week, earned at every table in the city. Only players who show their country are named; the rest are counted in the numbers above.

The weekly top is shown when at least five players from here have chosen to show their place.

Cities in Ireland

Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick, Waterford — a city appears here once a player chooses it under My city. The city list follows the international place database, so Belfast and Derry are found under the United Kingdom.

How to start playing from Ireland

  1. Open the game and walk into the city as a guest — no sign-up, no download.
  2. Save your character with an email and a password to keep it on any device; the city adds 500,000 debens.
  3. Open your profile, choose My city and find your town in Ireland.

Questions

Do I have to pay anything?

No. You get debens when you arrive and for saving your character, and Ra’s Boat brings more every ten minutes. There is nothing to buy.

Can I play with friends in Northern Ireland or Britain?

Yes. Everyone plays in the same city. Add your friends, go to their table or open a private one.

Can you play online poker in Ireland for free?

Yes. The Gambling Regulation Act’s definition of a game needs a payment and a prize of money or money’s worth. Anubis City has neither, so as we read it, the Act doesn’t apply.

Is there an app?

No app is needed — any browser on a computer, phone or tablet will do.

Place names: GeoNames (geonames.org), CC BY 4.0.

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Pick your city in the profile — your games will count for it in the weekly rankings.

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