Who owns Global Poker?

As of 15 Oct 2026: Global Poker is owned by VGW Holdings, private (owned by its founder through a family office). The same owner has 2 other casinos.

Ultimate owner	VGW Holdings (private (owned by its founder through a family office; minority buyout approved 2025))
Operating company	VGW Holdings Limited, AU
Products	Sweepstakes, Poker
Website	globalpoker.com
Sister casinos	2
Fines and actions	Global Poker’s own company: 3 · whole VGW Holdings group: 6
Owner proof	verified
Last checked	15 Oct 2026

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In numbers

VGW Holdings Limited also runs 2 other gambling brands under the same company.
VGW Holdings owns 3 casino and betting brands in our data.
6 fines and regulator actions against the owner since 2024, about €7.4 million in total (converted to euros).

About VGW Holdings

Perth-based company that built the dual-currency sweepstakes model with Chumba Casino, LuckyLand Slots and Global Poker. Its founder took full ownership in 2025 (deal valued at about A$3.2bn). It has pulled sweeps play from a growing list of states and left Canada in 2025, and faces state lawsuits.

Headquarters: AU · Founded: 2010 · Ownership: private (owned by its founder through a family office; minority buyout approved 2025)

How we know, and what we could not confirm

How we know: Sweeps poker; named in NY, KY and FL actions. Sweepstakes model; no gambling licence.

We have no licence record for this site.
We have no company registration number for VGW Holdings Limited.

2 sister casinos

Same owner often means the same terms, the same support team and the same payout rules. A self-exclusion at one brand may not cover its sister sites.

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VGW Holdings sister sites, fines and sources →

Fines and regulator actions

3 of these 6 concern Global Poker’s own company; the others concern other companies of the VGW Holdings group. The company column names who was fined.

Fines from the 40 regulators, prosecutors and courts we track, online gambling only; fines against land-based casinos are out of scope. How we count fines.

Date	Company	Regulator / court	Amount	Reason
2026-09	VGW Holdings	New York Attorney General	USD 8,000,000	Settlement (disgorgement, penalties, costs) over illegal online gambling in NY 2012-2025; no admission; Gold Coin play only going forward. source
2026-08-19	VGW and payment processors	Florida Attorney General	—	Lawsuit alleging illegal gambling and deceptive trade practices; seeks penalties, restitution and an injunction. source
2026-06-17	VGW	Kentucky Attorney General	—	Lawsuit in Franklin Circuit Court alleging the dual-currency model is illegal gambling; seeks to stop operations. source
2026-02-04	Chumba Casino, LuckyLand Slots, Global Poker	Illinois Gaming Board	—	Cease-and-desist letters for 3 of its sweepstakes brands. The Board said it believes the sites run illegal online casinos in Illinois (720 ILCS 5/28-1(a)(12)) and must block Illinois users or stop offering prizes of value. Part of a batch of more than 60 letters sent with the Illinois Attorney General. source
2025-06-06	VGW (Chumba, LuckyLand, Global Poker)	New York Attorney General	—	Among 26 sweepstakes sites told to stop; all agreed to end sweeps coin sales in NY. source
2024-01-18	VGW (LuckyLand)	MI MGCB	—	Cease-and-desist (letter dated Dec 5 2023) for offering unlicensed online gambling in Michigan; VGW withdrew. source

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