Live dealer dragon tiger
If you like your casino games simple then Dragon Tiger might be right up your alley. Games don’t get easier to play or understand than this.
Bet Dragon, Tiger or Tie, then the dealer deals a single card to the Dragon position and a single card to the Tiger position. Highest card wins, with King being highest, Ace lowest and suits not mattering.
Winning Dragon or Tiger bets pay even money. For losing Dragon or Tiger bets:
- your entire stake is lost in the case of a loss.
- half your stake is lost in the case of a Tie (this is where the house gets it’s edge)
Winning Tie bet payouts differ by provider…
- 11:1 at Evolution, Ezugi, Pragmatic Play, OnAir Entertainment,
- 10:1 at Playtech, and
- 8:1 at the other listed platforms.
In addition to the below ‘regular’ live dragon tiger tables, you can now also play Dragon Tiger with random payout multipliers. Lightning Dragon Tiger was the first DT multiplier table to launch (May 2024).
For something different again, Evolution also offer Dragon Tiger Phoenix which is derived from Dragon Tiger (still highest card wins) but which includes a third Phoenix position.
Comparing payouts and RTP rates
Aside from some variation on the Tie bet payouts, the above games are all very similar in terms of bets, payouts and consequent theoretical returns by bet.
Further, in addition to Dragon, Tiger and Tie bets, most also all offer a suited Tie side bet paying 50:1.
Here’s the summary (excluding Lightning Dragon Tiger which has random multipliers in play).
| Evolution/Ezugi | Pragmatic | OnAir Ent | Playtech | |||||
| Dragon bet | 1:1 | 96.27% | 1:1 | 96.27% | 1:1 | 96.27% | 1:1 | 96.27% |
| Tiger bet | 1:1 | 96.27% | 1:1 | 96.27% | 1:1 | 96.27% | 1:1 | 96.27% |
| Tie bet | 11:1 | 89.63% | 11:1 | 89.63% | 11:1 | 89.63% | 10:1 | 82.17% |
| Suited Tie | 50:1 | 86.02% | 50:1 | 86.02% | 50:1 | 86.02% | N/A | N/A |
