What Live Games Does Pragmatic Play Offer?
Pragmatic Play covers the three main popular bases you’ll see at basically all Aussie-facing online casinos with a live dealer selection – blackjack, roulette and baccarat.
However, unlike some developers they don’t stop there!
Aus players can right now try out a selection of casino classics and newer game-show type games from Pragmatic. These include Sic Bo, Mega Wheel, Mega Roulette, Speed Baccarat and much more!
Live Blackjack
- Great looking, classy and modern studios
- Various classic tables and one Infinite table
- Quality of Life features such as pre-decision, cool side bets, bet behind & more
Pragmatic Play live casino selection will have half a dozen or so blackjack tables running at any one time. All but one, will be a standard seven-seat game with various starting bet levels. They vary from AU$5 starts up to AU$5,000 or more per hand, depending on your casino.
The green and gold colour scheme is easy on the eye, and the live dealers are efficient and professional but also friendly.
You’ll also get one table of ONE Blackjack – Pragmatic Play’s answer to Evolution’s Infinite variety.
This means you’ll never have to wait for a seat or bet behind, as (due to the magic of virtual card overlays) hundreds of players can bet on the same hand without interrupting each other’s choices. Easy!
Live Roulette
- High quality but fairly standard roulette wheels
- Doesn’t break the wheel *ahem* but does everything very well
- Mega Roulette – with massive potential bonuses
Pragmatic’s Live Roulette does everything other live roulette games do, to a very high standard.
There’s not many special bets or anything unique about it – but it plays smoothly and has all the features you could want.
500 spin history? Easy. Racetracks and other roulette special bets? Tick. Moving camera with zooming during the spin? Tick.
On top of half a dozen or so normal live roulette tables, Pragmatic has also got a Mega Roulette.
In the same vein as Evolution’s Lightning series, Mega Roulette adds amped up presentation and big prize bonus multipliers to the standard roulette formula!
Up to five numbers on the board each round can get multipliers, and these can go up to 500x your bet. Jackpot!
Live Baccarat
- Red and Gold theme to reflect the popularity of this classic game in Asia
- Normal, Speed and No Commission variants
- No paddle!
Baccarat is a classic player vs banker card game that’s hugely popular in Asia and Europe, but not so much in Australia or North America.
Still, if you’re an Aussie fan of baccarat – there are far worse places to play it online than with Pragmatic Play.
The tables have a slightly different colour scheme to Pragmatic’s usual. The red and gold is more like a baccarat table at a casino in Macau, than the European casino green and gold at their other tables
Most casinos with Pragmatic live games will have a dozen standard baccarat tables, a speed variant and a no-commission table. The speed variant is often a nice choice, as baccarat can be quite a slow paced game at normal tables.
Other Games
- Asian dice game, Sic-Bo
- High production wheel of fortune game show Live Mega Wheel
- More games added frequently!
You can’t expect to be in the top tier of live casino providers these days without some game show type games on top of your casino classics.
Australian players, let alone the rest of the world, have so much competition. A developer needs some high-production pizzazz to keep up with the Evolutions and the Playtechs at the top of the market.
For Pragmatic Play’s Aus players, you can experience Mega Wheel and Mega Sic Bo. Mega Wheel is similar to Evo’s Dream Catcher or Playtech’s Spin a Win, but multipliers are added to random numbers on the wheel before each spin!
These games both offer bigger potential pay-outs than Pragmatic’s other live games, but there’s no effective strategy like in blackjack or roulette. Just hit and hope and enjoy the show!
Pragmatic added both of these games during 2020 as well, so expect more of this style over the coming year!
Our Thoughts On The Overall Playing Experience
Pragmatic is definitely in the top-tier of live casino providers.
They’re not quite on the level of Evolution or Playtech, but they’re very close!
Their games are all extremely smooth, with great camerawork, excellent user interface design, lovely studios and professional but friendly hosts.
A few more games on the roster. A couple of truly unique titles, with something to set them apart. Some special VIP or Party tables.
Add in some or all of those, and Pragmatic could soon be challenging the very best developers at the top of the game!
Game Variety
More than decent! There’s a good number of tables in the casino classics and there’s a few extra variants like Mega Roulette or Speed Baccarat.
There’re also some game-show type games like Mega Sic Bo or Mega Wheel. More variety than a few live casino providers Aussies can play today, that’s for sure!
All they need is one or two completely unique games, that add something different to the market, for Pragmatic to hit the top spots.
Stream Quality
Top tier too. If you’ve been playing live casino games for long enough to remember Extreme Live Gaming, you’ll instantly see the brilliant upgrade in camera quality and studio settings that Pragmatic has built.
Full HD (no 4k yet though), all from multiple angles when needed. Scaling quality based upon your connection. Easily viewable options, game data and bets.
Overall, Pragmatic is just as good as anyone bar Evolution when it comes to stream quality!
Mobile User Interface
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The Croupiers
Pragmatic’s studios are based in Romania, so expect a lot of European accents. This can be tough for Aussie players sometimes, but not with Pragmatic Play.
That’s because, as countries go, Romania has a lot of young people who have travelled or want to travel. And so, the standard of English is very high!
The dealers are all professional and friendly – they’ll remember you if you’re a regular and talkative player for sure.
Little things like that from your hosts really add to the live casino experience, so it’s good to see Pragmatic’s hosts are on point.
How Does Pragmatic Compare To Other Live Casino Suppliers?
Pragmatic Play are a developer on the up, and if they’re not at your favourite Aussie online casino just yet – they probably will be soon!
The contrast between their offering when they bought Extreme Live Gaming back in 2018 and now, is unreal.
Pragmatic have got the basics of the classic live casino games nailed down almost as well as Evolution or Playtech. All they need now is a few more unique games to really hit the top of the pile!
