What Is a Live Dealer Casino?
A live dealer casino streams real tables, real cards and real wheels from a studio in real time. Here is how the video, the equipment and your bets fit together.
Real dealers, real cards and a real wheel, streamed to your screen. Play live blackjack, roulette, baccarat and game shows at Lunaris on desktop or mobile, with tables running around the clock.
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Live casino at Lunaris means real dealers, real cards and a real wheel, streamed to your screen as it happens. You place your bets through an on-screen interface while a person deals the hand or releases the ball. The Live Casino lobby covers blackjack, roulette, baccarat and game shows, and it runs in your browser on desktop and mobile.
A live casino sits between an online game and a floor table. The equipment is physical: a real shoe of cards, a real roulette wheel, a real baccarat table with a real dealer standing behind it. Cameras cover the table from several angles, the feed is encoded and sent to you, and a betting interface is layered on top of the video so you can act without touching anything physical yourself.
That distinction matters more than it sounds. In an RNG game, the software draws the result. In a live game, the result is the physical event you are watching: the card that comes off the shoe, the pocket the ball settles into. Nothing is drawn behind the scenes, and nothing is decided before the dealer acts. If you want the full comparison, the guide on live casino versus RNG games walks through both models.
Each round follows the same rhythm. A betting window opens and a timer counts down. You place chips on the layout, the dealer announces that betting is closed, the hand is dealt or the wheel is spun, and the round settles. Winning bets are paid automatically to your balance and the next window opens. Most tables also carry a chat panel, a history of recent results and a statistics view, though features vary by studio.
The live section at Lunaris is organised around four broad families of game, each with its own pace and its own reason to sit down.
Blackjack is the card game with decisions in it. You are dealt two cards, the dealer shows one, and you choose whether to hit, stand, double down or split before the dealer plays out their hand to the table's standing rule. Because your choices affect the outcome, blackjack rewards knowing basic strategy in a way that a spin-based game does not. Tables come in different deck counts and rule sets, and the differences are real, so read the game's info screen before you sit. See the live blackjack page for the full rundown.
Roulette is the simplest game on the floor to learn and one of the deepest to bet on. You are predicting where a ball lands in a numbered pocket, and the layout gives you dozens of ways to express that: a single number, a pair, a row, a block of twelve, red or black, odd or even. Rounds are short, several players share the same wheel, and everyone can win on the same spin. The live roulette page covers wheel types and bet types in detail.
Baccarat strips decisions out almost entirely. You back Player, Banker or Tie, the dealer draws to a fixed rule set, and the hand closer to nine wins. It is fast, the rules are settled before the cards come out, and it has a long history as a high-limit table game. The live baccarat page explains the drawing rules and the scoreboards you will see alongside the table.
Game shows are the newer category: presenter-led formats built around a wheel, a set of dice or a physical prop, with multipliers, bonus rounds and a studio built for television rather than for a card table. They are closer to entertainment than to a classic table game, and they tend to attract players who want something happening constantly rather than a hand every ninety seconds.
Live tables are not built by the casino. They are run by specialist studios that operate the rooms, employ and train the dealers, and license the stream to operators. Lunaris carries content from several of them:
The studio is shown on every game tile, and it is worth paying attention to. Two tables labelled "blackjack" from two different studios can differ in deck count, side bets offered, seat limits and how the dealer plays a soft 17. The rules that apply are always the ones on that table's info screen, not a general rule you read somewhere else. You can browse the full list on the providers page.
Live games are excluded from bonuses
Lunaris does not offer bonuses for Live Casino games. Live wagers also count for only 1% toward any active wagering requirement, so they are not a practical way to clear one.
If you are holding an active bonus, the contribution table decides how much each wager counts toward the playthrough:
| Game type | Contribution |
|---|---|
| Non-progressive slots | 100% |
| Video Poker | 20% |
| Blackjack (RNG variations) | 10% |
| Roulette | 10% |
| Live Games | 1% |
Unless a promotion states otherwise, bonuses carry a 20x wagering requirement calculated on your deposit plus your bonus. On a $100 deposit with a $100 bonus, that is $200 × 20 = $4,000 in total wagers before a withdrawal can be approved. Bonuses are sticky by default: the bonus amount itself is not withdrawable and is removed during withdrawal approval, and the maximum win from a bonus is $5,000 unless the promotion says otherwise.
The practical read for live players: play live with cash, not with bonus funds. At 1% contribution, a live table is a slow route through a playthrough, and the bonus was never intended for that category in the first place. If bonuses are what you are after, slots is where they apply at full weight. Current offers are on the promotions page, and the guide to casino bonuses explains the mechanics in more depth.
Availability of live tables can vary. Some providers, Pragmatic Play and Evolution Gaming among them, do not publish a universal policy that permits or prohibits VPN use across every jurisdiction. Whether their games load can depend on your actual location, the location your VPN reports, the operator and the applicable regulatory rules. Some players reach these games through a VPN and others find access restricted.
Lunaris does not guarantee access to any provider's games through a VPN and cannot advise on bypassing geographic restrictions. You are responsible for complying with the laws that apply where you are, along with the terms of both Lunaris and the game provider. One practical note: if you do use a VPN, disable it before making a deposit or requesting a payout, as cashier transactions run through location checks and a mismatch can cause delays.
Both exist at Lunaris and they solve different problems. RNG table games in the Table Games lobby run instantly, cost nothing in waiting time, let you sit alone, and settle as fast as you can click. Live tables run at a human pace, with a betting window you have to respect and other players at the table, but they give you a physical outcome you can watch and a dealer you can talk to.
Speed is the honest trade. An RNG round can be over in a couple of seconds; a live round takes as long as the dealer takes. If you want volume, RNG wins. If you want the room, live wins. The bonus treatment differs too: RNG blackjack contributes 10% and RNG roulette contributes 10%, against 1% for anything live.
Live tables are designed to be sociable and to keep you seated, which is exactly why a plan is worth having before you sit down. Decide what you are willing to lose, set a time limit alongside your money limit, and treat any win as a good session rather than a new bankroll. Every round is independent: a run of red does not make black more likely, and no betting pattern changes the maths of the table.
You must be 21 or over, or the legal gambling age in your jurisdiction if that is higher. Support can be reached from the contact page at any time. Gambling is entertainment, not income.
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