Back to the Poker Newsfeed

The 24 Most Insane Promotions in the History of Poker

Take a quick look at the poker industry and you’d likely agree 99% of the time.

The unregulated online gaming industry in the early 2000s, before UIGEA passed in 2006, was the wild west of online poker and the marketing teams for these sites pretty much went on a bender that lasted for years.

Promos went far beyond the swag. It was over-the-top, excessive, ridiculous, greedy and downright sexist at points as online poker sites did absolutely anything they could do attract new players or generate publicity.

In this article we're taking a closer look at some of the strangest, insane or improbable promotional campaigns that online pokers sites have run over the years.