Official language: Spanish
Population: 28,199,825
Currency: Bolivar Fuerte (VEF)

Current Exchange Rate
1 EUR = 3.1616 VEF
1 GBP = 3.5243 VEF
1 USD = 2.1423 VEF

Poker in Venezuela
Poker in Venezuela is only allowed to be played in casinos, and there are only five casinos in the whole country. This makes it hard to find legal poker games in Venezuela. Despite the lack of legal games, poker has a large following in the country, and its popularity increases every year. The best place to play poker in Venezuela is at the Maruma Casino, where 6 dedicated poker tables offer games all throughout the year. Recently, tournaments have begun to pass through Venezuela as well, which works to increase the popularity of the game even more. In 2008, the Latin American Poker Tour stopped in Caracas, hosting a $2500 buy-in tournament. The event was a huge success, and it made Venezuela into a regular stop on the annual LAPT poker series.

Online Poker in Venezuela
There is very little online poker in Venezuela. The country has no laws that address online gambling specifically, and there are even some internet casinos hosted on the Venezuelan island possession of Margarita, though these cater to English speaking players in other countries. The best way to play online poker games and poker tournaments in Venezuela is to sign up at foreign online poker sites. These are websites that are hosted in other countries, where online gambling is fully legal. Most of these poker rooms will be in English, but there are some offering Spanish language services. All will offer a wide range of poker variations, and most offer large-scale tournaments as well, with players participating from all over the world.