Casinos ranked for live casino

A live floor and a live tab are different products

Almost every casino in our set can show you a live blackjack table. The gap is between operators where the live floor is the product and operators where it is a tab. Live-led operators tend to run a deep floor and a thin slot shelf, and they are not always the fastest to pay. Many operators carry live tables but count them at 10% towards wagering, which makes the welcome offer a slots offer whatever the headline says. None of that is visible from a lobby tile.

• Which studio supplies the tables — Evolution, Playtech, Ezugi and Pragmatic Play all run live floors, each with its own table mix, limits and interface.
• The stake range at both ends. A floor that starts at £5 is a different product from one that starts at 50p, and the high tables are what make an operator usable above a few hundred pounds a hand.
• Opening hours. A live casino with thirty tables at 9pm and three at 4am is two different casinos depending on when you play.
• Bonus treatment: 10% contribution means ten times the turnover to clear the same requirement, and excluded means the bonus is irrelevant to you.
• Support cover that matches the floor. Overnight chat cover is worth checking before a stream freezes mid-shoe at 3am.

Live tables are also the heaviest thing a casino asks of a phone, because you are holding a video stream open for as long as you play. On a metered connection an evening at a live table costs materially more data than the same evening on slots, and if the stream drops the table keeps running — the round is settled by its own timer, not by your reconnection. Operators with a proper app usually let you drop the stream quality; browser lobbies often do not.