Evolution Gaming Software: Fueling 584 Reviewed Online Casinos

Introduction

Evolution is a publicly-traded provider of live dealers to Internet casinos. They are one of the largest players in that industry, I think first or second in terms of size. They are licensed and regulated in at least ten countries, including Canada, as well as the states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. They have 700 gaming tables between eight studios. In addition, the Evolution dealers speak 14 languages.

The Evolution Games live dealer casino in Latvia is the most professional I have ever seen online. The dealers are all well-trained and speak English fluently. In the games like Three Card Poker, where lots of players can bet on the same hand, the dealers keep things moving along fast. In blackjack, where each player has his own hand, the dealers are especially engaging with the players. You don’t even need to play, they will chat with people just watching.

Another thing I like about the Evolution Gaming dealers is they don’t shake the players down for tips. In fact, I don’t think it is even possible to tip.

Rules followed by Evolution Gaming are standard. The proprietary games like Ultimate Casino Hold ‘Em, Caribbean Stud, Three Card Poker, Monopoly and Casino Hold ‘Em appear to be legitimately licensed, as evidenced by the signage and lack of a name change. This is something I applaud, because most Internet casinos just steal proprietary games under the ruse of changing the name.

It can be difficult to tell which casinos offer a live dealer casino by Evolution Gaming. Sometimes, especially in the case of common-domain games like blackjack, baccarat, and roulette, you can tell because the screen will say “Evolution Gaming” as the game loads. With propriety games, which are dealt in a separate room, and the dealers wear different outfits, it is harder to tell. You can which proprietary games Evolution offers via their web site.

Interested Casinos

Dedicated & Native Environments

Evolution Gaming is the only live dealer supplier with a heavy focus on creating branded studios for their tier 1 partners, and also offering games with dealers that speak other languages than English.

The current language offering includes tables in Arabic, Spanish, Russian, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Flemish, Italian, Portuguese and French.

According to LiveDealers, they are now working on a custom live dealer studio for players in India.

 

Blackjack

Following are the blackjack rules:

• Eight decks.
• Blackjack pays 3 to 2.
• Dealer stands on soft 17.
• Player may double on any initial two cards.
• Double after split allowed.
• No surrender.
• Player may split once only (no re-splitting).
• Although the dealer takes a hole card, he doesn’t peek for a blackjack with a 10 up, but does with an ace. The player will lose the total amount if the dealer gets a blackjack starting with a 10 up.
• Penetration of 50%.

The house edge under these rules is 0.72%.

There are also a couple of side bets as follows:

• Perfect Pairs, following the 25-12-6 pay table. House edge of 4.10%.
• 21+3 (version 7), following the 100-40-30-10-5 pay table (starting with suited trips). House edge of 3.70%.

For more information, please see my page on blackjack side bets in general or my page specifically on 21+3.

The following table shows the Blackjack games available in alphabetical order.

Dragon Tiger

I’m told that Dragon Tiger is available as an optional game, according to the preference of casino management. The game offers the following bets:

• Dragon — House edge of 3.73%.
• Tiger — House edge of 3.73%.
• Tie — Pays 11 to 1 — House edge of 10.36%.
• Suited Tie — Pays 50 to 1 — House edge of 13.98%.
• Small, big, even, odd — Pays 1 to 1 (losing all on ties) — House edge of 7.69%.

Football Studio Dice

Football Studio Dice is like baccarat, but played with the roll of two dice per side. The player bets on which side will have the higher total or on a tie. For all the rules and analysis, please see my page on Football Studio Dice.