Has Playtech Finally Improved Roulette?

You can't improve on a classic, or so they say. Roulette, as all fans of casino games know, has been around for a very long time. And for centuries, it remained almost the same.

Sure, there are different variants, like American, European, and French, but they all are fundamentally similar, and not very different at all from the original incarnation of the game imagined by Blaise Pascal in 18th century France.

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But right now, there is a lot of buzz swirling around Playtech's Live Quantum Roulette. It's a concept of technology meeting tradition, and it has proved to be very popular at online casinos around the world. The game joins a gaggle of new live casino titles that have really given a new lease of life to the industry in the last few years.

Playtech is one of the world's leading casino software developers, supplying many of the top brands with games and the software architecture needed to run their platforms. It has making online casino games since the turn of the millennium, but it expanded to include live casino gaming in the 2010s. Live casino involves real games (real dealers, cards, dice, roulette wheels, etc.,) streamed to your device.

New ideas are coming to the live casino platform

As the live casino revolution got underway in the 2010s, developers like Playtech started to bring new ideas to life. Games with different concepts, offering casino players something new. While Quantum Roulette is not as much of a departure from the norm as Monopoly Live, for example, which is a casino games based on the classic board game, it does offer something fresh.

So, what exactly is Quantum Roulette? Well, as we said, it marries the classic elements of roulette with technology. That is to say that the game plays out as a standard roulette: You pick a number, odd/even, red/black, and so on. However, alongside the roulette table, RNG software is used to 'quantum' certain numbers, meaning the payouts can dwarf that of a standard roulette. Some 'quantum' wins can be worth 500X the bet. For context, the standard top prize in roulette is 35X for a winning straight up bet.

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Game mechanics are a tech triumph

Of course, for some this might seem like no big deal. After all, isn't it just roulette with a bigger payout? Sure, but there's a bit more too it. The game has been crafted so that it has the same house edge as classic European roulette, 2.7%. That's important because, as we said, it's hard to improve on a classis. We don't recommend anyone view roulette as a means to make money, but for decades scientists and mathematicians, including the great Alan Turing, have been entranced by the idea of beating the roulette wheel. Keeping it the same in terms of house edge is key.

And yet, the real beauty of the game is demonstrated through its mechanics. Live casino games are designed to offer players the true casino experience. Everything – and we stress everything – is played out in real-time. Console technology recognises everything that happens on the roulette wheel and the decisions of the RNG software instantly, and that means the game plays as fluidly as it would in a bricks-and-mortar casino.

No game is perfect, of course. And some players may like the classic versions of roulette, or other new concepts from companies like Evolution or Pragmatic Play. But in terms of generating new buzz around a game that has been played for centuries, Playtech has really upped the ante. It may not have improved on a classic in everyone's eyes, but some players clearly think Playtech has brought something fresh to the table.

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