JackPoker is a poker room operated by Jack La International Limitada (Costa Rica), stating an Anjouan licence (ALSI-202408001-FI1) we could not cross-check against a live register this session. One genuinely useful, directly-sourced fact: the operator's own geo-restriction notice excludes Australia, Austria, Comoros, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United States and a handful of others — Canada is not on that list. 19+ (18+ in some provinces).
Licence and operating entity
JackPoker's operating entity is reported consistently across the sources we checked as Jack La International Limitada, a Costa Rica-registered company, holding an Anjouan licence stated as ALSI-202408001-FI1. Anjouan does not run a straightforward public searchable registry the way Curaçao's GCB or the UK Gambling Commission do, and its own register page is JS-rendered in a way we could not query directly this session — so this licence is operator-stated and third-party-corroborated, but not independently cross-checked, and we mark it pending.
Some poker-industry press describes JackPoker as originally launched around 2021 under a Curaçao licence before moving to its current Anjouan authorisation. We do not publish a founding year on this listing because it is not stated clearly on the operator's current site, and we would rather leave it null than guess between the launch date and the licence-change date.
Canada is not on the operator's own excluded-country list
We fetched JackPoker's own geo-restriction notice directly, rather than relying on a third-party summary. It names Australia, Austria, Comoros, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United States, North Korea, Iran, Myanmar and Costa Rica as excluded jurisdictions. Canada does not appear on that list — a directly-sourced, positive signal that is more solid than most of what we were able to confirm for other new listings in this wave.
To be precise about what this does and does not prove: an operator not naming Canada as excluded is meaningfully different from Canada being an actively supported, tested market — it simply means the operator has not chosen to lock Canadian traffic out. Treat it as a real but partial signal, not a full green light, and still confirm the current terms before you deposit.
Game integrity and format
Multiple third-party poker-review sites report that JackPoker's RNG has been independently tested by iTechLabs and GamingLabs, two names recognised across the poker-room industry for RNG certification. We have not independently re-verified either certification directly against the testing labs' own public records this session, so we present it as a reported, third-party-sourced claim rather than a confirmed fact.
We have not completed a hands-on review of table variety, stakes ranges, rake structure or tournament schedule, so none of that is published here. If rake and game selection matter to your decision — and for a serious poker player they usually do more than almost anything else — check the current lobby directly before committing bankroll.
What we don't publish yet (and why)
We have not completed a hands-on review of JackPoker, so we publish no rating, no welcome-bonus amount, no wagering requirement (rollover) and no payout speed. In a real-money sector, inventing those figures would be misleading: we would rather leave them pending than publish an unverified number. When we finish testing, we will add them with their source.
In the meantime, confirm any bonus and its terms on the operator's official page, read the wagering requirement and the maximum bet before accepting, and test a small withdrawal before moving larger amounts. An attractive headline bonus with an unreasonable rollover rarely converts into a real withdrawal.
Availability and legality in North America
Availability in Canada: outside Ontario and Alberta, Canada is a grey-tolerated market and the cleanest North American fit for an offshore crypto operator — but "tolerated" is not "licensed". Gambling is a Criminal Code matter delegated to the provinces, there is no federal offence for the individual player, and BC's attempt to block offshore sites was ruled unconstitutional in 2016. This is an offshore house licensed in Curaçao or Anjouan, not a provincially-licensed operator. Verify the licence in the issuing authority's register and your province's law before depositing.
This operator is NOT available to readers in the United States, Ontario or Alberta. Ontario runs a licensed-only regime (AGCO/iGaming Ontario) where only registered operators are legal and crypto is not accepted; Alberta launches its own regulated market on 13/07/2026; and in the US, offshore promotion to players is illegal (California's AB831 criminalises media affiliates). We do not list or link this operator to those readers. To pay from eligible parts of Canada you can use crypto or, if the operator supports it, Interac — confirm in the terms which method works for deposit and withdrawal, and test a small withdrawal first. We do not publish an affiliate link to this operator until a program is signed and a link is tested. 19+ (18+ in some provinces); gamble responsibly.
Pros & cons
Pros
- Canada is not named on the operator's own directly-fetched excluded-country list.
- Independent RNG testing (iTechLabs, GamingLabs) reported by multiple third-party sources.
- Clearly named operating entity (Jack La International Limitada) with a company registration number.
Cons
- Anjouan licence number operator-stated/aggregator-corroborated only, not independently cross-checked against a live register.
- No rake structure, table-stakes range or tournament schedule confirmed — no hands-on review completed.
- No founding year confirmed on the operator's current site.
- No independently-confirmed public reputation score found this session.
- No bonus, rating or payout speed published.
Frequently asked questions
Is JackPoker legal for a Canadian player?
JackPoker's own directly-fetched geo-restriction notice does not name Canada as an excluded jurisdiction (it excludes Australia, Austria, Comoros, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the US and a few others). That is a positive, directly-sourced signal, but it is not the same as a Canadian licence — it is an offshore Anjouan-licensed operator. Confirm the current terms and the law in your province before playing. 19+ (18+ in some provinces).
Is JackPoker's RNG independently tested?
Multiple third-party poker-review sources report RNG testing by iTechLabs and GamingLabs. We have not independently re-verified either certification directly against the testing labs' own records this session, so we present it as a reported claim, not a confirmed fact.
How long do JackPoker withdrawals take?
We do not know — no hands-on review has been completed, and we have not confirmed a payout speed. We publish no figure rather than an unverified guess.