Playtech Live
Playtech is the oldest of the large studios still dealing, and the one most committed to regulated markets: its live floors sit in licensed jurisdictions and its US studios in Michigan, New Jersey and Pennsylvania serve the state-licensed casinos there. Its floors are in Latvia (the flagship), Romania and Spain in Europe; Peru and Brazil; Michigan, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and a Las Vegas studio with MGM. more than 60 of the casinos reviewed here name Playtech among their providers.
The live range is classic tables first, Quantum Roulette and the VZN blackjack and baccarat tables, with a second line of licensed television formats that no other studio has.
Playtech Live in Its Own Words
Taken from the live product page Playtech publishes. Table counts, languages and the delay are not stated there.
Quantum Roulette and the VZN Tables
Quantum Roulette is Playtech's multiplier roulette: a European wheel on which straight-up numbers are given random multipliers each spin, the same shape as Lightning Roulette, with a x1000 edition that raises the ceiling. The non-multiplied straight-up payout is the rule that sets the floor on any multiplier wheel, and the live roulette page shows how to read it. Playtech also deals Mega Fire Blaze Roulette, which borrows the fire-blaze bonus from its slots, and a Who Wants to Be a Millionaire roulette under licence.
Blackjack VZN and Baccarat VZN are the studio's standard tables with a redesigned view. The blackjack rule set is stated in each table's own rules panel; the live blackjack page prices the eight-deck no-hole-card game and each departure from it. Baccarat does not vary by studio; the live baccarat page prices it.
The Licensed Formats
What sets Playtech apart in game shows is licensing: Family Feud Live from Vegas, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Deal or No Deal and The Money Drop are television properties dealt as live games, with their own studios and presenters. The Greatest Cards Show and Spin a Win are the studio's own formats, and Live Slots streams a physical slot cabinet to online players.
A licensed format tends to be richer in bonus stages than a plain wheel, which means more of its return is the studio's disclosure and less of it is arithmetic on the segments. The game shows guide explains how to read that split for any show.
Playtech Live FAQ
The flagship floor is in Latvia; the studio also lists Romania, Spain, Peru, Brazil, three US states and a Las Vegas room run with MGM.
Yes, under Gambling Commission account 38516, and by the Malta Gaming Authority under licence MGA/CRP/137/2007, both stated on its product page.
A European roulette wheel on which some straight-up numbers receive random multipliers each spin, with a non-multiplied straight-up payout below 35:1 to fund them. The live roulette page shows what that floor is worth.
Yes. Its Michigan, New Jersey and Pennsylvania studios deal to the casinos licensed in those states, and its Las Vegas studio with MGM Live serves the same market.
