Tiger Gaming gets you into the shared Chico Network player pool through a straightforward international-facing skin. The appeal is softer cash action, a flat 10% weekly rakeback that lands automatically every Friday, and a licence you can actually go and look up. US players aren't accepted.
Tiger Gaming
Best for: Cash, MTT, Boost, Windfall, Omaha • Fast payouts
Rakeback
10% weekly on qualifying cash games and tournament fees, paid automatically
Promotions
Missions, rotating leaderboards, freerolls, and $130,000 in weekend guarantees
Action
Shared Chico liquidity with the strongest games around US peak hours
Tiger Gaming makes sense as a second room, or as your main one if you want Chico Network games without a reward ladder to climb. The 10% rakeback is lower than the best deals out there, but you can't misunderstand it: it turns up every Friday, there's no tier to hit and no mission to activate. The player pool is usually less grinder-heavy than the bigger networks, and the room has been going since 1999 under a Curaçao licence that shows up in the regulator's public registry — which is more than most competitors can say. The one thing to watch if you're winning: withdrawals are capped at $3,000 a week.
Tiger Gaming is the international-facing skin on the Chico Poker Network, running since 1999 and part of Chico since 2012. Its players sit at the same tables as BetOnline and SportsBetting — the two US-facing brands — which gives the room a much healthier pool than its own brand size would suggest. The network's sportsbook and casino connections keep a steady trickle of recreational players coming through, especially during the North American evening. US players can't sign up here, though; that traffic goes to the sister skins.
Tiger Gaming versus BetOnline comes down to two things, because the tables, formats and software are identical. First, the market: Tiger Gaming is the non-US brand, and for a lot of players that settles it on its own. Second, the rewards. BetOnline pays 10% to 30% depending on a VIP tier that poker play doesn't advance, while Tiger Gaming pays a flat 10% to everyone with no strings. For a poker-only player those usually work out about the same — but Tiger Gaming gets you there without needing you to bet on anything else.
Hold'em brings in most of the traffic in both 6-max and 9-max, with several Omaha variants and some Omaha Hi-Lo around peak times. Boost Poker handles fast-fold, dropping you into a fresh hand the moment you muck. Standard cash tables come with some useful extras — straddles, Run It Twice and Run It Three Times, and an All-In Cash Out button that lets you take your equity mid-hand for a small fee. Over in the tournament lobby you'll find daily MTTs, sit-and-gos, PKOs, mystery-bounty events, freerolls and Windfall jackpot games, with $130,000 in weekend guarantees and a $100,000 monthly major. It's not WPN-sized, but softer average fields can make those smaller guarantees better value than the numbers suggest.
There's no ladder to climb here, and that's the whole appeal: Tiger Gaming rakeback is a flat 10%, full stop. Qualifying rake and tournament fees from cash games, Windfalls, sit-and-gos and MTTs get tracked from Friday to Thursday, then paid in cash the following Friday. It's automatic — no status tier, no qualifying wagers somewhere else, nothing to opt into. It isn't a market-leading percentage, and we wouldn't send anyone here who's picking a room on that number alone, but you can work out exactly what you'll get before you deposit. Rotating missions and leaderboards add a bit more, though judge those separately since they're competitive rather than guaranteed.
One thing to plan around: withdrawals are capped at $3,000 a week from the poker wallet. That's the room's main practical drawback, and the reason we wouldn't suggest keeping a big bankroll here. Otherwise most payments go through inside 24 hours, and the minimum deposit is $10 through e-wallets. Software-wise you get Windows and macOS clients, desktop browser play, and mobile access on Android and iOS. One thing to be aware of: Chico's hand histories can't be read by most third-party trackers. Instead the client gives you its own session-only display with stats like VPIP and PFR after about ten hands, which is fine for recreational play but will frustrate anyone whose edge depends on a database. Overall, Tiger Gaming suits players who want softer shared traffic and a reward structure they can do in their head, rather than premium software or serious volume.
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