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Baccarat has long been recognized as the game of choice for high rollers and takes pride of place in most VIP gaming lounges at casinos around the world. For those uninitiated with the game, it is also a surprisingly simple game to play. Punto Banco baccarat simply requires a bet being placed on either the ‘player’, ‘banker’ or ‘tie’ options on the table and letting the dealer do the rest. Not a lot of skill and strategy involved.
As a high roller favorite, it is not surprising that online casinos and game platform developers were fast to add baccarat in live deal format. Live baccarat, as the name suggests is baccarat played online, but dealt by a real live dealer via a video feed to the players PC betting interface. The advantages of the format are obvious. No longer must the player trust in the reliability of a random number generator to dictate game outcome randomness, as is the case playing RNG (random number generator) casino games online.
Before you rush out and sign up to a live casino however, it is worth noting that there are considerable differences in platform attributes from one live baccarat game to the next. While the game itself (ie house rules) doe not differ substantially aside from a few variations to standard baccarat offered at some casinos, the nature in which it is delivered does. Below are some key differentiators that are worth bearing in mind as you are shopping around.
A handful of live casinos stream their vision from real terrestrial casinos. Most notable, are those that take their web-cast from the Fitzwilliam Card Club and Casino in Dublin, Ireland. In this case, the baccarat game that you are playing is actually being conducted from within the casino by a casino employed dealer. This is a novel approach to live gaming that some players may find appealing, but one that also comes with notable shortcomings. Chief among these is the limitation placed on the web-cast and bet interface platform provider to control certain aspects of the vision and functionality to enhance player experience.