MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, December 24, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- With the launch of their new live casino platform, gaming software developer Playtech have really managed to blur the line between online and terrestrial casino gaming.

Live casinos are a developing online niche combining real dealers and gaming equipment with online playability. The games are conducted in a purpose built dealer studio and video streamed real time to players' computers along with a linked bet interface to allow for remote participation.

The playing cards, roulette wheels, roulette balls and the dealers are all real, alleviating the need to rely on computer graphics or random number generators to determine game outcomes.

The last year or so has seen an appreciable improvement in the quality of various live casino offerings, and Playtech's new game range is very impressive. A newly renovated Latvian based dealer studio replicates a plush high stakes gaming room...it looks amazing, and the dealers within it are certainly not out of place. All the action is captured in high definition, and delivered to players as highly customizable video stream to bet to.

You can have a look at Playetch's new Euro live site offering, or other live casino options at http://www.livedealer.org.

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