GGPoker stays out of Alberta’s ring-fenced poker market unless pooling goes international

GGPoker has dropped its Alberta licensing process and says it will return only if the province allows international pooling. That leaves 888poker and the returning PokerStars on FanDuel in a ring-fenced market, while Pennsylvania records show GG's exit there dates to 2023. GGPoker will not launch an online poker room in Alberta, the company said in a statement to Poker Industry PRO. Its reasoning goes beyond Alberta’s own size. Even a pooled Alberta-Ontario market, GGPoker argued, would be too small to support a sustainable top-tier poker room.