DraftKings continues dipping its toe into online poker after expanding the company’s Electric Poker option with shared liquidity in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.
The company first launched Electric Poker in Michigan in 2024. Players in Pennsylvania and New Jersey now have the option to play, sharing player pools among all three states as of July 8.
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While DraftKings offers an online poker option in the three states, the company is taking a different path in appealing to players than other traditional operators, at least for now.
The game “features real players in a fast-paced, three-handed, no-limit hold’em poker tournament,” a company representative told Card Player after launching in Michigan.
The game is based on standard no-limit hold’em rules with a few enhancements including a randomly-generated prize pool based on the prize multiplier, two-minute blind levels, a special “electric mode” feature, and more.
DraftKings poker expansion comes as the company’s main U.S. competitor also has moved into the poker space. Flutter, which owns PokerStars and FanDuel, merged the PokerStars’s American platform with FanDuel in April.
Electric Poker could possibly be the start of DraftKings poker becoming a bigger force in the American online poker landscape.
“Our new game will enhance the overall player experience while capturing new customers with our DraftKings twist on traditional poker games,” DraftKings Vice President of Product Operations Signe Yama told Card Player after the initial launch.
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DraftKings’ Electric Poker expansion marked the fifth company joining the Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement (MSIGA) shared liquidity agreement.
The MSIGA currently also includes PokerStars, WSOP Online, BetMGM/partypoker, and BetRivers. BetRivers became the latest to join after launching in Pennsylvania in 2024 and then expanding with shared liquidity into Michigan, Delaware, and West Virginia in 2025.
PokerStars began sharing the Pennsylvania player pool with Michigan and New Jersey in 2025. The company recently announced the cancellation of the 2026 North American Poker Tour Las Vegas stop and will be laying off employees globally as part of a larger restructuring for the operator.
