This game of Poker is a bootleg version of Poker, since gambling was made illegal 100 years ago.
This game of Poker is a bootleg version of it, since gambling was made illegal 100 years ago.
Are both sentences equivalent? I feel using it sounds weird and incorrect for some reason.
The sentence seems to mean that poker is different from poker, and "bootleg" means something other than you think it does. I can't tell what you are trying to say, so I can't revise.
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The sentence seems to mean that poker is different from poker, and "bootleg" means something other than you think it does. I can't tell what you are trying to say, so I can't revise.