Benchmarking the leading live dealer casinos. Which one is the best? (2021 Update)

Mar 24, 2021 Artyom Ustinov
The live dealer casino format was genuinely invented for the Asian market, however, things changed once the first live casino soft providers appeared in Europe. In the last few years, a live dealer casino became one of the most popular “on the go” gambling solutions. A couple of soft providers compete for being the most popular and innovative, but it seems that some of the recent acquisitions, such as Evolution Gaming’s 2020 purchase of NetEnt and all of its assets, have tipped the scales in Evolution’s favour and helped it attain the lofty title of the number one live casino developer in the business.To help you get to know the competitors a bit better, we’ve chosen the 8 most popular live dealer soft providers and will reveal the key info about them plus their advantages and special aspects. And, of course, you have an opportunity to try all of those live casinos simply using Softgaming’s “Live Casino Bundle” service.

Launch

Evolution Gaming 2006
Ezugi 2013
BetgamesTV 2012
Lucky Streak 2014
Asia Live Tech 2011
Authentic Gaming 2015
Vivo gaming 2005

Games

Evolution Gaming Scores of most popular games. Over 40 roulette, baccarat, blackjack, poker, Dream Catcher, and other live casino show games.
Ezugi 20+ games (including roulette, blackjack, poker, and baccarat)
BetgamesTV: 11 games: 3 types of lotteries, 2 types of craps, baccarat, Wheel of Fortune, Rock Paper Scissors, poker, War of Bets
BetgamesTV 9 games: 3 types of lotteries, 2 types of craps, baccarat, wheel of fortune, poker, war of bets
Lucky Streak Baccarat, blackjack, and roulette
Asia Live Tech 9 games: 3 types of baccarat, roulette, and 5 traditional Asian games
Authentic Gaming Only roulette (various types)
Vivo gaming 10 games: Roulette, baccarat, blackjack, Caribbean poker, craps, Sic Bo, Dragon Tiger, Casino Hold’em, Live Bingo

Languages dealers speak

Evolution Gaming Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Russian. Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Ezugi English, Spanish, Turkish (not all games)
BetgamesTV English
Lucky Streak English, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Turkish
Asia Live Tech Dealers do not talk during the game
Authentic Gaming English, Italian
Vivo gaming English, Spanish

Studios

Evolution Gaming Latvia, Malta. The company has announced launching new studios in Georgia (Tbilisi) and Canada (Vancouver). Also streaming from land-based casinos in Spain, Turkey, Belgium, Romania, UK.
Ezugi Belgium, Bulgaria, Cambodia (land-based casino), Costa-Rica, Hungary, USA. The company has announced launching a new studio in Columbia. The company also plans to open new studios in Italy, Poland, and Spain.
BetgamesTV Lithuania, Malta
Lucky Streak Latvia
Asia Live Tech Cambodia (streaming from 2 land-based casinos)
Authentic Gaming Austria, Georgia, Italia, Romania. On November 15th, 2017 the company has signed an agreement allowing to stream from the Royal Casino Group’s casino in Denmark.
Vivo gaming Costa-Rica, Laos, Philippines

Graphics

Evolution Gaming Full HD
Ezugi HD
BetgamesTV HD
Lucky Streak 16:9 HD
Asia Live Tech HD, high, standard, low, and automatic
Authentic Gaming HD
Vivo gaming Standard

License

Evolution Gaming Alderney, Belgium, Malta, Romania, UK
Ezugi Curacao
BetgamesTV Curacao, UK
Lucky Streak Curacao
Asia Live Tech Cambodia
Authentic Gaming Malta
Vivo gaming Curacao

Integration

Evolution Gaming Seamless API integration. «One Wallet» and «Funds Transfer» systems available
Ezugi Customized configuration depending on the operator’s needs
BetgamesTV Quick API integration
Lucky Streak Seamless API integration
Asia Live Tech Seamless integration
Authentic Gaming Customized configuration depending on the operator’s needs
Vivo gaming API module integration. «One Wallet» and «Two Wallets» systems

Popularity

Evolution Gaming An absolute industry leader. The most popular Live dealer platform in the gambling industry.
Ezugi Oriented towards Europe and Spanish-speaking countries.Identifiable brand.
BetgamesTV The brand is super popular in CIS countries and Europe. The company works on exploring African and LATAM markets
Lucky Streak A newcomer to a gambling market. Popular in Turkey and CIS countries
Asia Live Tech Asia-oriented provider
Authentic Gaming Europe-oriented provider. Its solutions gain popularity step by step. However, the company is still considered to be a newcomer
Vivo gaming In spite of the fact that company appeared on the gambling market 12 years ago, many operators don’t know about it. A few years ago the company started to actively promote the brand. Oriented towards Europe and Spanish-speaking countries

Advantages

Evolution Gaming
  • Scores of unique solutions (immersive roulette, Dream Catcher, progressive jackpot)
  • Two formats to choose from: traditional and 3D
  • An ability to play several games simultaneously (the other providers usually offer one or two games at one time)
  • The highest number of marketing opportunities (branded tables, VIP-rooms, cross-selling, customization options for VIP-players etc.)
Ezugi
  • Unique widgets allow adding various bonus functionality pieces like syncing the games with social media, adding the bonus rounds, popups, news tickers and polls
  • The gamblers can use Bitcoin
  • The gambler can enquire The favorite dealer’s schedule to play only with him/her
  • Live music per request
BetgamesTV
  • 3 of 11 games are available 24/7
  • Unique modifications of the popular lotteries
  • An ability to play several games simultaneously
  • Lots of branding and customization options
Lucky Streak
  • The system adapts to the gambler’s habits and preferences. E.g. it allows creating the most effective CTAs
  • Aside from the traditional table games the operator also gets the access to the slots, fixed odds, video and card games
  • The dealers are both men and women
Asia Live Tech
  • The VIP players can play one on one with the dealer
  • Both Asian and European dealers present the games
  • Unique Asian table games (Sic Bo, Dragon Tiger, Xoc Dia, Belangkai, Fan-Tan)
Authentic Gaming
  • The games are streamed from the land-based casinos
  • Various marketing opportunities (including promo tournaments and numerous bonuses)
  • Provider successfully cooperates both with online and land-based casino operators
  • An ability to stream live shows from the operator’s casinos
Vivo gaming
  • During the main round, the gambler can play various mini side-games
  • Multi-game play and an ability to play with friends on the same table
  • Ability to reactivate the inactive clients
  • Branding and localization opportunities

We hope that the following information got you acquainted with the modern live dealer soft market. For sure, there are no “one-size-fits-all” solutions. And despite Evolution Gaming’s total success, the solutions offered by the other providers may fit your requirements even better.

Maybe you’ve planned to add something exotic to your portfolio? Then Asia Live Tech is what you need. You’d like to offer your audience an opportunity to play in the most luxurious European casinos? Authentic Gaming will help you with that.

Choosing a live casino soft provider can be tricky. But just by ordering Softgaming’s “Live Casino Bundle” you can get everything. Take a chance and good luck!

Artyom Ustinov

Artyom is Head of White Label & Turnkey Solutions and has been working in complex B2B/B2C sales, as well as business development and management consulting in iGaming for more than 10 years.

Together with the Key Account Management Team, he has helped over 100 start-ups and experienced gaming companies to launch their projects with SoftGamings.

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