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- Here are our top tips for playing live baccarat online. Avoid the Tie Bet: No matter the odds being offered, the tie bet is virtually the worst bet on the baccarat table by a long shot. Whether you are playing in a live dealer casino, another online baccarat game, or in a real-world resort, stay away from the tie bet!
- Part of the beauty of Baccarat is its simplicity. The game has just three standard bets. You can bet on the Player or Banker position being closer to 9 or if the game will end in a Tie. However, there are a number of side bets that are explained below. Live Baccarat offers the Player and Banker Pair Side bet.
Live dealer baccarat The high rollers’ game, live baccarat was not surprisingly one of the first games offered by online casinos in live dealer format. It’s also a great fit for live gaming as it’s a natural ‘one-to-many’ game where a single deal on a single table can cater to many online players.
Just like in a real casino, it’s hard to find a live dealer table that lets you play with free/fun chips. But they are out there. Free play live roulette, blackjack and baccarat tables may be played at the below casinos.
Where can you play live games in free play / fun play mode?
Super Casino
At Super Casino once you register an account you are free to choose real play or fun play mode on all their proprietary live roulette tables.
- Account registration required: yes
- Which Games?: Live Roulette
- Limitations: none…you may play in fun play mode as long as you wish, simply choose real play or free play buttons when launching the table.
Fairway Casino and Celtic Casino
Fairway and Celtic, both with live games powered by Visionary iGaming, take a slightly different approach. When you register an account at either casino, your account is automatically credited with 1000 virtual tokens to play with.
- Account registration required: yes
- Which Games?:
Live Roulette
Live Blackjack (EP)
Live Baccarat - Limitations: Once your 1000 virtual tokens are gone, fun play is over.
Why do so few live casinos offer free play?
When it comes to RNG (Random Number Generator) casino games, regardless of which online casino you are playing at, the usual position is play for free, or play for real money. That is to say, almost without exception you will have the option to play the game in fun mode if you wish.
We all like to try before we buy, and it doesn’t hurt to get a feel for the playing interface, irrespective of the game you choose, so from a players perspective free/fun play is a nice way to dip your toes in the water.
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From a software provider and casino perspective, it’s their opportunity to wow you with the realism of the wiz bang graphics of their game. And given their marginal cost of serving additional virtual tables is negligible, free play makes perfect sense. It’s a hook.
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The story is a little different with live tables. Each table occupies real estate (not just server space), and has a wage earning dealer sitting there dealing the cards or spinning the roulette wheel. Live dealer games are far more costly to serve up to players than computer generated ones.
As such, allowing fun-play players to occupy table space, potentially preventing real money players accessing that table (can’t simply serve up another virtual table and dealer) is expensive.
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Both Evolution Gaming and Playtech have a blanket no-free play policy across all tables. The story is the same at most other providers…