Free online poker in Nigeria

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 is free online poker for Nigeria: Texas Hold’em with real people, plus blackjack, roulette, bingo and slots, in a pixel-art Egyptian city that runs in the browser. You play with free coins called debens: no stake, no wallet to fund, nothing to cash out. It is a game, not a betting site.

In Nigeria the money games people talk about are sports bets, and the card game nearly everyone knows is Whot. Texas Hold’em is newer here, and a free table is the right place to learn it: you can find out what beats a flush without risking a kobo.

The game runs in a phone browser, with nothing to install. It is in English, and the city is shared with players from many countries — Lagos evenings fall in the same hours as evenings in Europe.

Online poker in Nigeria: learn Hold’em for free

If poker is new to you, read the hand rankings and the rules first — about ten minutes. Then sit at the Scribes’ Table in the Temple of Fortune: blinds of 50/100 debens, a buy-in from 1,000 to 20,000, and you arrive with 100,000.

Every move has 15 seconds, the table names the winning hand at the showdown, and computer players marked “AI” fill the empty seats, so you can practise at any hour. Friends can play together at a private table opened with a six-character code. Poker in Anubis City.

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

Bingo online

Bingo is the easiest game in the city. Buy one to four cards in the Hall of Seshat and watch the 75 balls come out of the drum; in an auto hall the numbers mark themselves. The first line in any direction takes 30% of the pot and the full card takes 70%. Bingo rules.

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

Roulette and blackjack

Roulette in the Rotunda of Shai: put chips on numbers, colours or dozens, and the wheel spins for the whole table about every half minute. Hover over the cloth — or press and hold on a phone — and the table shows which numbers your bet covers and what it pays. Roulette.

Blackjack in the Hall of Thoth: get closer to 21 than the dealer without going over. Six decks, the dealer stands on 17, blackjack pays 3 to 2. Blackjack.

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

Free slots

Three machines in the Treasury of Ra: Sevens of Ra with three reels and five lines, Book of Thoth with ten free spins, and Treasures of Horus with Hold & Win and four jackpots. Each returns about 95% of bets over a long run, and a spin costs only debens. The slots.

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

Nigeria’s top players this week

The ten players from Nigeria with the most experience this week. Experience comes from every hand, spin and bingo card, plus daily visits and Ra’s Boat, and each new level brings a rank named after a real title of ancient Egypt.

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

Cities in Nigeria

Lagos, Abuja, Ibadan, Kano, Port Harcourt, Benin City — a city appears here once a player chooses it under My city. If yours isn’t in the search, pick the nearest city or just Nigeria.

How to start playing from Nigeria

  1. Open the game in your phone or computer browser and come in as a guest — no app, no sign-up.
  2. Save your character with an email and a password when you like the city; it adds 500,000 debens.
  3. Open your profile, choose My city and find your city in Nigeria.

Questions

Is Anubis City a betting site?

No. You never pay and never cash out. Debens and ankhs are game coins with no money value, and there is nothing to buy.

Can I play on my phone?

Yes, in the phone’s browser. The tables and buttons adapt to small screens.

Is it legal in Lagos?

Lagos regulates gaming through its Lotteries and Gaming Authority, and its licences are for games with stakes or prizes. Anubis City has neither.

Do I need to know poker already?

No. Start with the hand rankings and the rules, then play at the Scribes’ Table, where the stakes are lowest.

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Play from here

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

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