Live casino sites for UK players

Every rating is out of 5. It is built from six criteria, each scored by our team from the casino's own pages: bonuses (weight 20), games (20), account and safety (15), VIP and loyalty (10), support (10) and mobile (5). Payments and speed is listed with a weight of 0. When a criterion has nothing on the casino's pages to score, it is left out and the rating rests on the rest. William Hill's 3.7 rests on three of six criteria, Casumo's 4.3 on five of six, and the 3.8 for LeoVegas and for BetMGM on all six. The scoring is set out in full on our how we rate page.

A live casino player should read three lines before the headline offer: how much live play counts towards wagering, the maximum bet while a bonus is active, and the table limits. A large offer means little if live games count for a small share or are excluded.

These casinos name live studios on their own pages. The table gives the names in the form each casino uses.

Casumo describes live tables with real dealers, and its live blackjack line-up mixes exclusive tables with those of other providers. Its table limits run from £5 up to £5,000 on some tables, depending on the pick. Unibet credits Evolution with its live roulette, live blackjack, Lightning Roulette and Crazy Time. BetMGM's live lobby shows a count beside three studios: Evolution 143, PlayTech Live 68 and Pragmatic Play Live 67. Its minimum stakes include £5 on Exclusive Blackjack 1, £10 on Exclusive Live Roulette and £100 on Sveasviten Free Bet Blackjack. LeoVegas says the maximum bet depends on the game, with no fixed value across live games or across variants of the same game. Grosvenor Casinos shows stake ranges beside its live tables, such as £0.20 - £2000 and £0.10 - £10,000.

Mr Vegas lists live blackjack, roulette, baccarat and poker hosted by professional dealers. 888casino lists live tables and game shows beside its classic blackjack, roulette and baccarat. William Hill's home page carries a Live Casino entry. Each studio named above has its own write-up on our live casino studios page.

A game show here is a casino format presented as a TV-style programme, with a live host in place of a dealer. Evolution's own page says its shows stream from its studios to phone, tablet or computer, that a player must place a bet to take part, and that the host cannot see or hear the players. Playtech Live's page describes game-show content built on TV brands such as Family Feud, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, Deal or No Deal and The Money Drop, alongside its own concepts. Show names belong to their studios.

Grosvenor Casinos lists Live Deal or No Deal, Monopoly Live, Live Crazy Time and Live Dreamcatcher. Mr Vegas lists Crazy Time, Monopoly Live and Lightning Roulette. Unibet lists Dream Catcher, Monopoly Live, Mega Ball, Sweet Bonanza CandyLand, Lightning Dice and Monopoly Roulette. Casumo lists Dream Catcher and Money Drop. LeoVegas lists Crazy Time Live, Stock Market Live, XXXtreme Lightning Roulette, Mega Roulette Live, Crazy Pachinko Live, Mega Fire Blaze Roulette, Crazy Coin Flip Live and Funky Time. BetMGM has the longest list, including Disco Balls, Ice Fishing Live, Family Feud Live, Lightning Storm and Buffalo Blitz Live.

Evolution's page describes Crazy Time as a show that includes slots play, and Mega Ball as a live numbered ball drawing game. Playtech's page names Mega Fire Blaze Roulette and Wonderland Lucky Ball in its range. The shows themselves are covered on our live casino game shows page. The dealer-led games have separate guides:

• Wheel games, in live roulette
• Card games, in live blackjack
• Punto banco and related tables, in live baccarat

Grosvenor Casinos asks for wagering of 10x on the £20 deposit plus the £40 bonus, and its game contribution table counts all live casino games, game shows included, at 10%. The bonus runs for 30 days, and at most £200 can be converted to cash.

Unibet applies 10x wagering to bonus funds on slot games. Its table games count at 10%, and some games are blocked from bonus play. Its maximum bet is £15 per spin on slots while bonus funds are in use, and claimed spins must be used within 48 hours.

LeoVegas excludes live casino games and table games from the wagering requirement. BetMGM counts live casino at 0%, with a few titles including Dream Catcher and Mega Ball at 10%. Free spin winnings carry no wagering at either casino.

Casumo applies 10x to the bonus amount, with a maximum bet of €5 or local equivalent and 7 days to complete it. It says contribution varies per game. Mr Vegas caps a bet at 50% of the bonus amount or £20, whichever is lowest, and its 11 spins can only be used in Pink Elephants 2. At 888casino, free spin winnings of up to £100 convert to a bonus with 10x wagering, to be completed within 7 days.

William Hill's offer is Bet £10, get £30. Its pages give no wagering, game contribution, maximum bet or expiry for it. The full terms of each offer are set out on our live casino bonuses page.

Set a deposit limit, a loss limit and a time limit before the first round, not after a result. Live rounds and game show spins follow one another quickly, so a session time matters more here than at a slot. A bonus, or a big multiplier on screen, is never a reason to raise a limit or chase a loss. Every spin and every round is independent, and nothing earlier predicts what comes next.

The casinos on this page state these tools on their own pages:

• Casumo: wagering, loss and deposit limits, time-outs, reality checks and self-exclusion.
• Unibet: deposit limit, net deposit limit, product block and self-exclusion.
• LeoVegas and BetMGM: daily, weekly and monthly deposit and net deposit limits, loss, stake and session limits, time-outs, reality checks and self-exclusion. LeoVegas also lists spend and wagering limits.
• Mr Vegas: wager, deposit, loss, max bet and time-out limits, a reality check, account lock and self-exclusion.
• William Hill: deposit limits, time-outs, session time reminders, product blocking, account closure and self-exclusion.
• Grosvenor Casinos: net and gross deposit limits, take a break, reality check, game session reminders and self-exclusion.
• 888casino: deposit limits, a time-spent reminder, a break from the account and self-exclusion.

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• evolution.com Used for games. One page.
• playtech.com Used for games. One page.
• gamblingcommission.gov.uk Used for the licence register. One page.
• casumo.com Used for offers, games and terms. 5 pages.
• unibet.co.uk Used for games, offers, safer gambling tools and terms. 5 pages.
• leovegas.co.uk Used for games, offers and terms. 5 pages.
• betmgm.co.uk Used for offers, games and terms. 4 pages.
• mrvegas.com Used for games, offers, terms and safer gambling tools. 4 pages.
• williamhill.com Used for support and offers. 4 pages.
• grosvenorcasinos.com Used for games, terms, offers and ownership. 6 pages.
• 888casino.com Used for offers, ownership, privacy and safer gambling tools. 4 pages.
• gambleaware.org Used for safer gambling help. 2 pages.
• gamstop.co.uk Used for safer gambling help. One page.