Victor Chandler
is a well known brand in the UK with a strong high street presence since
forming in 1967. The Victor Chandler Group now employs over 500
staff and their sports betting operation takes over 2 million bets every
year.
They have embraced the internet with aggressive
expansion into all forms of net-gambling and now in addition to their
online sports betting operation, offer poker, financials, and a casino
which includes live dealer games, branded VC Live Casino. Their terrestrial sports betting
services are licensed and regulated by the UK Gambling Commission.
Their online casino, including live dealer games are
operated by Victor Chandler International Ltd under license and
regulation of the Government of Gibraltar. Their regular casino games are powered by TSX listed Chartwell
Technology Inc. They have engaged live gaming software and
video streaming specialists
Evolution Gaming to run their live casino.
Evolution counts WiIlliam Hill, Party Gaming and Gala Coral amongst its
other clients.
Accessing the live dealers:Victor Chandler's
live dealer games can be played directly from your browser with no
download required. You will just need the Adobe Flash plug-in
(if you don't have it your browser will prompt an installation when you
try to load the games). You will also find Victor Chandler's live
dealer page and game load links very easy to find compared with some other
casinos offering this format.
About the stream / web cast: Evolution Gaming
tout themselves as the first European based live gaming provider to custom build its own studios and provide clients with a
complete live dealer solution. Unlike Microgaming or Playtech,
they have no involvement in RNG (Random Number Generator) casino game
development and specialize only in providing 'television quality'
streaming of blackjack, baccarat and roulette.
While this all sounds great, live dealer game
playability will always be dependent on the quality of your internet
connection so if you don't have reasonable broadband don't bother.
It is fair to say though that the vision here is very smooth and crisp
compared to other live dealer options with extra attention paid to
camera angles, lighting and general ambience. Evolution seem to have
been quite discerning in their recruiting of dealers also.
Notable features: Multiple view choices - you
can zoom the camera onto different parts of table and change
the stream view. Also, rather than occupying a small portion of
the betting interface, the web cast is the entire interface with
small bet widgets on the side of the screen. Its a presentation
that certainly feels more like a real casino.
Sample screenshots: Here are sample screenshots of the live dealer interface
at
Victor Chandler.
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