Gaming Manufacturer Claims Automated Baccarat Robot Dealer Ready
Gaming manufacturer LT Game says its automated robotic table games dealer that has been in development for several years is finally ready for casino floors. A subsidiary of Paradise Gaming, a publicly traded gaming company on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, LT Game manufactures gaming products and offers casino management services.
The gaming manufacturer tells the Macau News Agency that its human-like robotic dealer is ready to be hired. LT Game says the product will soon ship to overseas casinos, though the company didn’t specify locations. Paradise confirmed the news at this week’s Macau Gaming Show 2019, being held at The Venetian on the Cotai Strip. The company said the robot dealer can “steadily and accurately deliver cards in a thrilling baccarat game.” Paradise added that the artificial intelligence (AI) robot is accompanied by a “high definition screen” and “exhilarating music.”
Macau gaming law bars anyone from working as a table game dealer who isn’t a resident of the Chinese Special Administrative Region (SAR). According to the Macau Statistics and Census Bureau, there were 25,213 table game dealers employed by Macau casinos in the second quarter of 2019. Their average monthly wage was MOP20850 ($2,585) – a yearly take of roughly $31,000.
That’s already considerably higher than the median monthly earnings for the rest of Macau, which reported MOP16000 ($1,984) in 2018. With a focus on the mass market, it’s not unreasonable to expect that casinos will need to bring in more dealers to accommodate additional players in the years ahead.
LT Game first unveiled a prototype of its robot in 2015 at the Macau Gaming Show. The company says the latest model is named ADV2 LT Intelligent, and the product is currently undergoing government testing in Macau.
