At the recent London ICE (International Casino Exhibition), industry leaders showed the first steps into an exciting new step in online gambling: live gaming via the internet. Using the power of streaming internet technology, game rooms will now be able to take bets from players on the internet on live tables with real flesh and blood dealers.
While online gaming has increased in popularity year after year since its inception, there have still been those who have remained wary. Without a real table with a dealer they can watch, some potential gamblers are worried about being cheated. After all, internet gambling is really just a bunch of 1s and 0s being transmitted to your computer, who knows what’s really happening?
The solution? Let the internet players have access to a professional dealer at a real table. With their eyes on the actions, players can rest assured that there’s never any funny business going on during their hand. At the ICE show, many different online gambling brands showed off prototypes of this new innovation. Poker, blackjack, and roulette were available to start with and more may come in the future.
Online gamers should expect to see live tables showing up over the next few months. No decisions have currently been made on what the odds and payout structure will be versus the current standards, although it is expected that they will at the very least be equal to that of a regular casino.
Rumors have circulated that large international casinos in Las Vegas and Asia will also begin featuring live streaming play for customers world-wide in the future.
