US-friendly Live Casinos

Update: the US market is opening up, but its going to be a while!

Update: recent actions by the Kentucky State Government mean that US Live Dealer Casino players should beware.

Choosing a safe, high quality Live Dealer Casino is tough enough, but its even tougher if you live in the USA!

Many Live Dealer Casinos that you see reviewed here are not available to US players. It seems unfair, and, well it is. This means that the Live Dealer Casinos that ARE open to US players are even more of a mixed bag. There are some good ones, and some which are definitely less than good ones.

As a rule of thumb, all high quality Live Dealer Casinos are NOT available to US players. So, check before you sign up that the Live Dealer Casino that you want to play with will take your action.

Which Live Dealer is here to help as we’ve been to all of the reviewed sites, played with our money and got to know the Casinos and the management running them. Which Live Dealer reduces the risk of entrusting your hard earned (or won) $$$ with US-friendly Live Dealer Casino.

The key things to look out for are the same as for the rest of the world: good payment systems, software, highly available customer support and visibility to the company are good signs. All the Casinos listed here have Live Dealer Casinos, and do not have terrible reputations for stiffing players. We recommend that you don’t play in online casinos if you are in the US. The risk of loosing your hard earned cash can be high. Just recently, the two biggest Poker rooms servicing US players got shut down by the US government. Millions of $ of player funds were lost. Don’t let this happen to you.

The good news is though that the US is finally taking its head out of its…sand…and is looking like it will regulate online gambling in the next 18 months or so. Live Dealer Casinos could well be one of the first types of gaming to be legalised as it will suit the big land-based Casinos in places like Las Vegas and Atlantic City. Big companies like Aristocrat, Bally Gaming and IGT already have their online products (some good, some just terrible) and are already selling them to land-based Casinos in the US. Come back regularly and check the US Online Casino blog to see what the latest developments are.

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