Background
As is the case in the RNG gaming world, few casinos offering live gambling do so with an ‘in-house’ developed software solution. In most cases, the live dealer software platform and all associated services like the video feed technology, dealer studio and dealers themselves are outsourced to a third party provider. Of course, there are exceptions but in the main, the interface and dealers you find at one casino are unlikely to be exclusive to that casino.
In many aspects, your choice of live dealer casino should hinge largely on the live games provider and the attributes of its offering.
Two of the large RNG software developers, Microgaming and Playtech aggressively entered the live gaming space in the niche’s infancy. Playtech continue as a major player in this space today.
As live dealer games grew in popularity, other established online casino software providers like NetEnt and Pragmatic Play added live tables to their exiting suite of suit of RNG games. NetEnt’s live games have since been discontinued but Pragmatic Play remain dedicated to the category.
But this niche has also been driven by live dealer ‘pure plays’ – organisations specialising in this technology to the exclusion of any RNG games. Evolution, Authentic Gaming, OnAir Entertainment and Ezugi are notable examples.
Having closely watched the development of live dealer gaming over the last two decades or so, there is an observation that may be made. Early on, games from different providers were easily distinguishable. Very different looking tables, studio backgrounds, dealer uniforms, playing interfaces etc.
As leaders have emerged in the vertical, other providers have understandably sought to go with the winning formula so to speak. Stopping short of total replication, similarities in some instances are uncanny.
As a result, there is more uniformity in the games across all the providers now.
The below table takes a brief look at the different providers in live dealer gaming and what we like/dislike about their offerings.
Platform provider: | We like | We don’t like | Licensee Casinos |
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Evolution |
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| 888 Live William Hill Stake Grosvenor PartyCasino Bwin Dublinbet Mr Green Leo Vegas |
Pragmatic Play |
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| 888 Mr Green Dublinbet Leo Vegas Stake Stelario Windetta |
Playtech |
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| bet365 Dafabet 888 BetFred Bwin Frumzi Amunra PaddyPower Betfair |
Ezugi |
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| 888 Stelario Windetta Dafabet Leo Vegas Dublinbet Frumzi Amunra |
OnAir Entertainment |
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| Betway Royal Vegas Leo Vegas Frumzi Amunra |
Authentic Gaming |
|
| 888 Leo Vegas Mr Green |
StakeLogic |
|
| Stelario Windetta Leo Vegas Frumzi Amunra Betvictor |
Creedroomz |
|
| Stelario Windetta Frumzi Amunra |
Iconic21 |
|
| Frumzi Amunra |
Opus Gaming |
|
| Dafabet M88 |
Betgames.tv |
|
| Stelario Windetta Leo Vegas Betway Dublinbet |
Portomaso Gaming / Wirex |
|
| Leo Vegas Betsson Dublinbet |
Visionary iGaming |
|
| Dublinbet |
LiveG24 (Media Live) |
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| OlyBet |
Microgaming (MG live) |
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| Dafabet Royal Vegas PlatinumPlay Dublinbet |
Vivo Gaming |
|
| Stelario Windetta |
Xpro Gaming |
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| Stelario Windetta |
Amaya/HoGaming |
|
| Intercasino Stelario Windetta |
EntwineTech |
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| 188Bet |
NetEnt (discontinued) | |||
Actual Gaming (formerly Vuetec) | Dublinbet | ||
Extreme Live Gaming (discontinued) | |||
Smart Live Gaming (discontinued) | |||
Global Gaming Labs (discontinued) |