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-blackjackEvolution 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.
Evolution Gaming Blackjack Screenshot

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.
Evolution Gaming Blackjack Screenshot

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.

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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

GameTable 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.

The betting limits for each table is as follows (subject to change):

GameTable 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:

GameTable 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

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Three Card Poker

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Carribean Stud Poker

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As well as Ultimate Texas Hold’em & Texas Hold’em Bonus Poker.

The table betting limits are as follows:

GameTable 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

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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:

BetPayout
Blue1:1
Red1:1
Draw11:1

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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).

Casinos that use Evolution Gaming

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