Online Casino RNG V Live game shootout: Baccarat
December 16 2009, Staff writer
Introduction
This exercise is about objectively comparing the live baccarat and RNG baccarat
games at the below casinos against a bunch of criteria to provide a meaningful
assessment of which category offers the best overall online baccarat experience.
Criteria considered include such things game look and feel, playability on slow
connections, extent of human interaction and the extent of game/variation range
offered among others. There is a degree of subjectivity required in
assessing some of the criteria (eg look and feel), and all criteria are weighted
equally which won't necessarily reflect individual preferences (eg you might
think a real dealer is more important than deal speed).
That is to say, it's not a definitive assessment. But it is still one you might
find useful.
Playtech casinos (Asian live deal studio):
bet365 | 21
Nova
Mark up victory for the live games! The great thing
about Playtech's Asian dealer studio games is their large variation range. In
fact, the range is larger than these casinos' RNG baccarat range.
Results:
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the full assessment
Playtech casinos (European live deal studio):
William Hill |
BetFred
Victory number 2 for the live games but this time a slimmer
margin, owing to the fact that the European dealer studio platform just doesn't
have the baccarat variation range that is streamed out of the Asian studios - so
that was one tick lost!
Results:
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Microgaming casinos: Platinum Play
| Royal Vegas
Chalk another one up for the live game. At Microgaming casinos live
baccart has
the RNG game pretty much covered in every category other than playability on a
slow net connection.
Results:
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the full assessment
Evolution Gaming casinos: 888.com |
Unibet
We make no secret of the fact that we love Evolution's live
games and their baccarat is no exception. But this assessment takes into
account more than simply the quality of a single game so the RNG category was in
with a fighting chance.
Results:
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the full assessment
Vuetec casinos: Dublinbet |
Luck Live
No surprises to find the RNG offering here a little off the
pace of the major software houses. Vuetec are primarily a live game
developer, and may even be considered an even more specialized player catering
to the 'real casino streaming' niche within a niche. Anyway, their RNG
baccarat range was understandably found wanting.
Results:
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the full assessment
Other useful baccarat pages:
live baccarat games comparisons
baccarat tutorial
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