Evolution Gaming
Evolution Gaming is a live dealer streaming platform and is the closest I’ve seen to bringing the excitement of a traditional brick and mortar casino into your home. The charm comes from the professionally trained dealers which you can tell take pride in interacting with the players and enjoying themselves. Other platforms pale in comparison as I’ve seen many a live dealer have this look of boredom with a disinterest in engaging with the players.
In fact, even when there aren’t many players at the table, the live dealers at Evolution Gaming are happy to joke around and converse with the people who are just watching. This liveliness from the dealers really makes the environment a joy to experience and certainly sets the standard for other live dealer platforms and are completely compatible with mobile devices.
Blackjack
Evolution Gaming uses the same set of blackjack rules for all of their tables regardless of which partner casino the games are featured on. The only differences with each table are the betting limit ranges, dedicated (branded tables), overall theme including table color, number of live dealers during a session and so forth.
The rules are as follows:
- Use classic seven-seat tables
- Cards are dealt from an 8 deck shoe
- Shoe is manually shuffled (around halfway through)
- US style deal (dealer cards are one face down, one face up)
- Dealer must stand on all 17’s
- Doubling after splitting is permitted
- Doubling any two cards is permitted
- No hit on split Aces (one card per Ace only)
- Re-splitting is not permitted
- Insurance is available
- Bet Behind is available
- Side bets available: 21+3, Perfect Pairs
With these rules in mind, the house edge comes out to be 0.73%. The 21+3 side bet house edge is 6.29% and the Pairs side bet house edge is 4.10%. They also provide a feature called pre-decision where you can, similarly to poker, make a decision while waiting for your turn to speed things up.
Blackjack Party
Blackjack Party has the same rules as regular blackjack, however, the presentation is more like a TV set with a dealer and a co-host creating a much more lively experience. This dynamic, along with the pumping music and bubbly chat makes for a chilled and fun environment.
These are generally low stakes (£0.50 – £25) tables with 7 seats available although an unlimited amount of viewers are allowed to bet behind any player they choose.
Blackjack Table Limits
| Game | Table Limits |
|---|---|
| Opal Blackjack | £25 – £10,000 |
| Pearl Blackjack | £25 – £10,000 |
| Emerald Blackjack | £50 – £15,000 |
| Sapphire Blackjack | £250 – £20,000 |
| Topaz Blackjack | £50 – £15,000 |
| 888 VIP Private Blackjack | £100 – £15,000 |
| Salon Prive Blackjack 1 | £1,000 – £15,000 |
| Salon Prive Blackjack 2 | £1,500 – £15,000 |
| Salon Prive Blackjack 3 | £2,000 – £15,000 |
| 888 Branded Tables | £3 – £15,000 |
| Blackjack Platinum | £250 – £10,000 |
| Blackjack Fortune | £250 – £10,000 |
| Blackjack Grand VIP | £500 – £15,000 |
| Blackjack Diamond VIP | £1,000 – £15,000 |
| Blackjack Silver (multi table) | £50 – £5,000 |
| Blackjack VIP (multi table) | £50/£100 – £5,000 |
| Blackjack A | £5 – £500 |
| Blackjack B -J | £10/£15/£20/£25/£35 – £3,000 |
| Blackjack White 1 – 3 | £10/£15/£20 – £3,000 |
| Blackjack Party | £0.25 – £25 |
Roulette
Evolution Gaming also does a fantastic job of providing a diverse set of live tables for roulette enthusiasts. They also have roulette tables to cater specifically for foreigners where the assigned host can speak in either German, Italian, Spanish, Arabic, Swedish, Turkish, Russian and Danish.
If you’re really missing the land-based casino vibe, they even have a designated stream where you can play roulette alongside other patrons at the Hippodrome Casino in London. They also have a live stream direct from Grand Casino Bucharest.
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The betting limits for each table is as follows (subject to change):
| Game | Table Limits |
|---|---|
| Grand Casino Roulette | £1 – £2,000 |
| HippodromeCasino Roulette | £1 – £2,000 |
| Ruby Roulette | £10 -£10,000 |
| 888 Roulette | £1 – £5,000 |
| 777 Roulette | £1 – £5,000 |
| Immersive Roulette | £1 – £3,000 |
| Lightning Roulette | £0.50 – £3,000 |
| Speed Roulette | £1 – £3,000 |
| Roulette | £1 – £3,000 |
| Roulette VIP | £5 – £5,000 |
| Auto Roulette | £0.50 – £2,000 |
| Auto Roulette VIP | £1 – £4,000 |
| Auto Roulette La Partage | £0.50 – £2,000 |
| Dragonara Roulette | £5 – £3,000 |
| Salon Prive Roulette 2 | £100 – £10,000 |
| American Roulette | £0.10 – £5,000 |
| London Roulette | £1 – £3,000 |
| French Roulette Gold | £2 – £3,000 |
| Deutsches Roulette | £1 -£3,000 |
| Venezia Roulette | £1 – £2,000 |
| Ruleta en Vivo | £1 – £2,000 |
| Arabic Roulette | £1 – £10,000 |
| Svensk Roulette | £1 – £2,000 |
| TurkceRulet | £1 – £3,000 |
| Ruletka Live | £1 – £2,000 |
| Dansk Roulette | £1 – £2,000 |
Baccarat
Evolution Gaming’s baccarat tables are equipped with a couple of interesting features that increase the immersive experience which are the multi-camera feature, which lets you have control over choosing the camera angle when viewing the table, and the squeeze feature which lets you perform the ritual of the squeeze by showing you close-ups of the cards. They also have a speed baccarat variant for those of you looking for a faster-paced game where a round lasts only 48 seconds.
Side Bets include:
- Choice of Roads
- Pair Side Bets (Player Pair and Banker Pair)
- Additional Side Bet Options (Player Bonus, Banker Bonus, Either Pair, Perfect Pairs)
The available tables and betting limits are as follows:
| Game | Table Limits |
|---|---|
| Speed Baccarat A | £5 – £5,000 |
| Speed Baccarat B | £5 – £5,000 |
| Baccarat A | £5 – £5,000 |
| Baccarat B | £2 – £2,000 |
| No Commission Baccarat | £2 – £15,000 |
| Baccarat Control Squeeze | £25 – £25,000 |
| Baccarat Squeeze | £10 – £10,000 |
| Football Studio | £1 – £15,000 |
| Punto Banco | £2 – £2,000 |
| Dragon Tiger | £1 – £15,000 |
Poker
While not as popular as other games, Evolution Gaming provides a handful of poker options as well. These include:
Casino Hold’em
Three Card Poker
Carribean Stud Poker
As well as Ultimate Texas Hold’em & Texas Hold’em Bonus Poker.
The table betting limits are as follows:
| Game | Table Limits |
|---|---|
| 888 Poker | £1 – £1,000 |
| Caribbean Stud Poker | £1 – £1,000 |
| Casino Hold’em | £1 – £3,000 |
| Three Card Poker | £1 – £5,000 |
| Ultimate Texas Hold’em | £1 – £1,000 |
| Texas Hold’em Bonus Poker | £0.50 – £2,000 |
Dream Catcher
A unique novelty game exclusive to Evolution Gaming, Dream Catcher is a money wheel game targeted towards players who enjoy slots. It is a simple game where players bet on what number they think the wheel will stop on.
Betting limits are £0.10 – £5,000
Casino Clash
This is another unique game to Evolution Gaming which is a fast-paced top card game. The basic premise is that 1 card is drawn from an 8 deck shoe to a red and blue colored spot on the table. The objective is to bet on which color will have the higher value.
Payout is as follows:
| Bet | Payout |
|---|---|
| Blue | 1:1 |
| Red | 1:1 |
| Draw | 11:1 |
Betting limits are £1 – £15,000
Evolution Gaming Studios
Evolution Gaming’s live studios at a glance:
- Malta
- Latvia
- Romania
- Canada
Evolution ‘On Premise’ Land-based Live Casino Locations:
- Belgium
- Spain
- USA
Available Languages
Evolution Gaming live dealer games are available in a wide range of languages including the following:
- English
- Danish
- Swedish
- German
- Flemish
- Finnish
- Norwegian
- French
- Spanish
Evolution Gaming also offers customizable tables which include various elements such as environment and languages (including but not limited to those listed here).