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Live Dealer Tables vs Digital Tables – How do they affect players actually?

They say nothing beats “in person”, or “in the flesh”.

And in a lot of times, we agree.

That’s why we buy concert tickets to see our favorite singers, bands and KPop idols. That’s why we attend fan signing or fan meeting events. That’s why we’d kill for a seat in The Ellen Show, and that’s why people in long-distance relationships try to make it a point to see each other at least every once in a while.

And that may also be true as well in the casino context.

Except that traffic’s getting worse.

And time’s getting wasted just preparing and travelling over to the casino

And we’re getting busier and busier.

And it’s just so damn tempting to curl up on the couch and do your stuff on the phone.

After working 5 days a week, and sometimes even partying after the 5^th day, you’d just want to lie down like this instead of driving up to that casino half an hour away.

And that’s why online casinos are here, my friend.

In this article, you’ll come across 2 types of table games in an online casino— Live Dealer Tables and Digital (or sometimes called Virtual) Tables. Whichever you and your players may pick, the good news is that you can play them wherever you are, wherever you want.

Live Dealer Tables

Live Dealer Tables are run by real-life dealers.

Those casino table games that you see that’s being live-streamed with a human dealer—that’s the Live Dealer Table. You can see and play with them in real-time. The looks and the vibes of the actual tables are quite uniform. Players generally are choosing the table they want by picking out the dealer they like.

Live Dealer Tables—one of ALT’s hottest products. Integrate with us?

One of the key differences is that it’s not that accessible to test out Live Dealer Tables first without cashing in some money for betting.

Well, isn’t this exactly what’s going on with casinos in person?

Either you put in some money to play, or don’t put in money and just watch the game unfold.

Live Dealer Tables are all after the atmosphere, vibe, and feel of a legit and genuine casino experience. This is best appreciated by those who actually experienced or who want to experience the casino for real but can’t find the time to actually fit their game time to their schedules.

Chatting with the Live Dealer and other players is possible. Just don’t get distracted, because how much time you can bet and how many moves you can take are more limited, as compared to Digital/Virtual Tables.

ALT’s Live Dealer Table Games

Game choices for Live Dealer Tables may be lesser than Digital Table games, but the classics, the time-tested favorites, are all here. For Asia Live Tech games, for example, these are the Live Dealer Tables we can integrate to your iGaming website:

• Baccarat
• Baccarat Insurance
• Baccarat Squeeze Card
• Dragon Tiger
• SicBo
• Roulette
• Fantan
• XocDia
• Belangkai
• Disco Table

Your players may also opt for the multi-view option, playing several games with several dealers—all at one time.

If you’re the type to get easily distracted by that gorgeous dealer in front of you, or want to test out the game first before putting in real money, then you might want to go for Digital or Virtual Table.

Digital or Virtual Tables

Virtual Table Games are operated by the Random Number Generator (RNG), in contrast to the real-life dealers from Live Dealer Tables.

These table games are mostly powered by graphic elements and animation. The designs per table and game may differ, and the visuals may remind you more of video and PC games.

Sometimes, these tables may also have dealers, but they’re not real people. Sometimes they’re animated characters, sometimes they’re just hands ( Digital of course), but all of the time—there’s nobody there.

Virtual Tables outnumber the Live Dealer ones. There are more options for you here, so it’ll be more common for you to come across them and test them out when you’re new to online gaming.

In building an iGaming website, it’s generally recommended that you have a healthy mix of both, so that your gaming portfolio can help more players to enjoy.

You may start by integrating our Live Dealer Table games.

Chat us up and let’s make you successful in this fast-paced industry.

What comes to mind when you think about India?

For us, it’s the wonderful Indian food.

But since we are an iGaming Software Provider, let us tell you this instead: India is called as the recipe of iGaming success—a melting pot for online casino opportunities.

Half of India’s 1.3 billion population is under the age of 25—these are born from the years 1995 onwards.

Yes, they are Millennial’s, but they’re the youngest Millennial’s! And they’re 650,000,000!

On top of that, if we stretch the age range just a little bit more—in this case, under 35 years old (0 to 34 years old), then we’re looking at 65% percent of India’s 1.3 Billion population—which is equal to?

Ding ding ding!

845,000,000 MILLENNIAL’S!

That’s a LOT, brothers and sisters.

Millennial’s. Love them or hate them, it’s impossible for you to avoid them.

We don’t even have to get ALL of them to play in online casinos.

But that’s a whole lot of people, still, who are POTENTIALLY INTERESTED in what we can get them to enjoy.

Another thing to take note of is that, looking at their inherently cultural interest, it looks like they can be bigger fans of Sportsbetting than actual online gaming.

Indians are HUGE fans of national sports like Cricket for instance which is so hot in India.

There’s a bit of a catch, though.

Those are sweet numbers right above there with the millions of millennial’s aka millions of *coughs* potential revenue…..but….get this:

Gambling, the actual act of betting or wagering for money or for money’s worth is currently illegal in India.

However, there are 3 categories that are exempted from these laws that prohibit gambling:

• Horse racing
• Lottery (has separate regulations)
• Games of ‘mere skill’

Yes, you read that right. “Mere skill”. Let’s see what iGaming figure Susan O’Leary has to say about what India means by “mere skill”:

“In 2012, the Supreme Court cleared the guidelines for skill based online gaming declaring that playing skill games for stakes does not amount to gambling. So technically, games which satisfy the preponderance test of ‘skill versus chance’ are not regulated under the current legislation’s.”

She continues, explaining that the Supreme Court of India interprets ‘mere skill’ to include games driven by skill, ruling that:

(i) the competitions where success depends on substantial degree of skill will not fall into category of ‘gambling’; and

(ii) despite there being an element of chance, if a game is preponderantly a game of skill, it would nevertheless be a game of “mere skill”.

In a nutshell, if the game can be generally played using a strategy that makes you win, then it may fall into games of “mere skill”.

It works not in the sense of you having good luck (when you win) or bad luck (when you lose).

It works in such a way that if you win, then you’re skillful or good at it, and if you lose, you lack skill and experience, and you suck at it.

Just like when you’re playing in a match (win or lose) or taking exams (pass or fail)!

Take note that this is only a rough summary of how flexible you can be upon entering the Indian iGaming market.

If you’re serious about taking on the Indian market, you must abide by the regulations.

India, for example, have States of their own, much like the US. Each state may approach the nationwide laws differently, so you must take those into account as well.

Go through these different rules so you’d know where you should register your iGaming business.

This may be daunting, but you must not skip on this step, because remember:

A single lapse can shut down your casino website.

So, now that you’ve read about this, what will you do?

Yay or Nay for India?

Whatever your decision, we’re here to help with your iGaming software requirements.

Chat us up!