While we did touch a little bit on live roulette in my last post I didn’t really have a chance to elaborate on it as much as I wanted to. I mean, you need to understand that I had very little space to write quite a lot of information about online roulette, which is why the live version only got a relatively brief mention without too much fanfare or elaborations. While I can technically make my posts as long as I want, most people don’t have the time to read more than 500-600 words at a time, which is why that post had to be concise. Sadly, the downside was that I couldn’t explain anything other than the fact that live roulette involves a real roulette deal and a real dealer… Which could naturally lead to a lot of confusion if you aren’t familiar with the concept. Does that mean your local casino sends you a dealer and a wheel to your home for a few minutes of fun? Are you magically teleported to your nearest casino? How in the world does it work?! Well, hopefully without any teleportation, because that thing’s lethal.
Anyway, how does live casino work, exactly? No, of course there’s no teleportation or house visits (even though the latter would be awesome), instead everything is done through the awesome power of the Internet! Basically, the online casino in question will have a physical location somewhere in the world that’s FILLED with tables, roulette wheels and dozens of decks of cards. Each table is staffed by a dealer, mostly young girls, but there’s usually a couple of handsome guys as well. That dealer, as well as the table, is being filmed with an HD webcam at all times, and you can receive that footage live, in real time, on your computer by logging into your online casino of choice. That’s where the name “live casino” comes from – it’s casino being broadcast live over the Internet.
Obviously, there’s hundreds of players and only so many tables, so it’s usually several players that play at each table (online, tables may also be referred to as “rooms”). For a few minutes, players are allowed to place their bets on an online representation of the roulette table, using the money from their accounts. Once the dealer announces that the betting is done, he or she is going to spin the wheel, and from there the game proceeds like normal – if you win, you get the winning amount automatically added to your account, and if you lose, well, bye-bye money. It’s a pretty neat system, especially when you consider just how many different types of rooms there are available to you.
When you first enter the live casino area and pick your game, you’ll be able to select your table, with a picture of the dealer and some specifics about that particular table (such as how many players are currently there) available to you. Most are identical, with really the only substantial difference being the dealer – if you’ve got a favourite you might select him or her, otherwise you can just go with whoever seems most attractive to you. However, there are some who are specific – roulette in different languages, or with different themes, or with slight alterations to the rules and odds. While I haven’t personally tested each table, and so I can’t go into detail, you can learn more about them here.
Overall, live roulette isn’t that hard to understand, though it’s one of those things which are better experienced rather than explained. If you’ve already got a registration and a deposit in a casino you can participate in live casino for free, even if you choose not to actually bet anything and just watch the stream, so go for it and see it for yourself! Who knows, maybe I’ll meet you there!