Free Video Casino Games

Video casino or live casino…we’re talking about the same thing here – real dealers sitting in from of a camera and dealing your game for you.  The important consideration here is which video casinos offer free play.

For RNG casino games (Random Number Generator – computer generated outcomes) there is no limit to the number of computer generated dealers that can be conjured up by the program to serve any number of players.  Consequently, almost all RNG casinos offer free play for all their games.  There is no additional cost to the casinos of hundreds or thousands of players playing for free.

For live casino games, the story is very different.  Here it’s not  a computer program dealing you our cards or launching the ball into the roulette wheel…it’s a real dealer sitting in from of a video camera.  And for games where there are a limited number of seats at each table and each hand is played exclusively, there is a marginal cost to the casino of accommodating more players (ie additional salaried dealers dealing to them!).

So I guess it’s no surprise to find most video casino games are available in real play mode only.  This is presently true for all games powered by Microgaming, Entertasia,  Evolution Gaming and Playtech…which pretty covers the lion’s share of video casinos out there.

Some time ago we took a look at free play live casino options and following a more recent review, we can happily report that not much as changed.  The above platforms and their casinos still require funded accounts to play.  You can however launch and view the games in most cases without depositing.

A couple of casinos allow free play post-registration of an account.  Casino Web Cam and the US-friendly Betphoenix and Bogart let you play for free – you’ll just have to open an account first.

But the best free play option, with no need to even register an account before  playing remains Vuetec’s games, available at Dublinbet and Lucky Live.