Evolution Gaming is a market leader in live dealer casinos. Most of the high profile European online casinos offer live games from Evolution. Now, Evolution has announced that it will open a live casino studio in New Jersey to cater to online casino players in the Garden State. This will be the first ever licensed live casino studio in the United States. This historic breakthrough indicates that online casino gaming is moving in the right direction in America.

Some of the leading New Jersey online casinos will make use of the new Evolution live casino studio. The foremost of them is 888 Casino, which has for long offered Evolution live dealer games to its players in other countries. The other names mentioned in the Evolution press release are Resorts Casino Hotel, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, SugarHouse Online Casino operated by Rush Street Interactive and Ocean Resort Casino.

The studio and supporting infrastructure is as expected the state-of-the-art. Licensees can offer live dealer games on desktops, tablets and smartphones. The operations will begin with 10 live tables covering Evolution game variants like American (Double Zero) Roulette, Slingshot Roulette, Blackjack with side bets and Bet Behind, Baccarat, Three Card Poker and Ultimate Texas Hold’em Poker. Further game launches and additional tables are a part of the expansion plans. Evolution will also provide dedicated tables that can be used by operators for live sporting event promotions and for promoting land casino attractions. The added plus for New Jersey is that employment opportunities have been created for more than 50 people already, which was one of the objectives of starting online gaming in New Jersey.

Evolution CEO Martin Carlesund pointed out that their entry into the US market was a carefully considered long-term project. In 2013 Evolution became the first live casino provider to gain approval from the New Jersey regulator. The game supplier closely monitored US market developments over five years before launching its studio. Carlesund added, “We are now extremely well placed to support our licensees as they acquire and grow market share in the exciting new U.S. Live Casino market.”

The new live casino production studio for the US market is Evolution’s 10th studio worldwide. It is the second full-fledged studio in North America. The first one was opened in Vancouver in January 2018. Evolution also offers a number of Dual Play Roulette tables, both on premises and online, for the Atlantic City casinos.