Casino City's iGaming Pocket Directory - 2016 Edition

Sponsored by 43 Visit iGamingPocketDirectory.com for more information. LIVE DEALER Most online casinos feature random number generators and animated gameplay. As a result, they have to work hard to establish connections to the “real world.” Sometimes that comes in the form of faithfully reproducing land-based structures, like a blackjack table. Online blackjack doesn’t have to be played on a table with green felt and a shoe holding six decks in the corner. It could be played simply as cards floating on the screen, with the bottom cards belonging to the player and the top cards belonging to the dealer — or vice versa. But most online casinos recreate the look and feel of land- based blackjack tables because their customers are comfortable and familiar with that. It provides a connection to the land-based product. Live dealers take that connection to the next level, and that segment of the online gambling industry is being adopted more quickly than any other, with the number of sites offering bets on live games nearly doubling over the last two years. When players can see the cards being dealt or the ball being spun, they feel confident that the games are fair, that they’re not “rigged.” Because they can interact with dealers via chat, players can be social, too. These twin dynamics, along with growth of stable high-speed Internet connections, are driving the growth of live dealer wagering. LIVE DEALER INDUSTRY OVERVIEW