Official language: Spanish
Population: 29,180,900
Currency: Nuevo Sol (PEN)

Current Exchange Rate
1 EUR = 4.2482 PEN
1 GBP = 4.7024 PEN
1 USD = 2.8729 PEN

Poker in Peru
Peru has a massive gambling scene. In fact, the country boasts the second largest concentration of casinos in all of South America. There are more than 50 casinos and gambling halls in Peru, and about half of these offer poker tables. There is one very interesting new law in Peru that deals with poker rooms – they are all smoke-free. Smoking is still allowed in the main area of casinos, but in the rooms where poker tables are found, smoking is not permitted. Most casinos that offer poker run tournaments as well. One of the best casinos for poker tournaments in Peru is Casino Premie – Barranco, which runs a few excellent Texas Hold Em tournaments every month.

Online Poker in Peru
Because of the recent ban on smoking in poker halls in Peru, many players are moving their game to the internet, so they can play from home and smoke if they want to. Online gambling in Peru is legal, and since February 2008, the Peruvian government has been issuing licenses to companies which allow them to operate internet gambling sites hosted in Peru. Some of these sites offer poker, but as the Peruvian online gambling industry is still quite young, there are not many online poker sites in Peru yet. Instead, players often use foreign internet poker halls. These international poker rooms will offer a wide range of games, and will have a large user base perfect for hosting large-scale tournaments. Foreign gambling websites are one of the best ways to play online poker in Peru.