UP Games

About the Company

UP Games is a live dealer studio delivering online casino games. The firm strives to bring players a memorable experience with high-quality games streamed in real-time. 

The games are broadcast from their own 1000 square meter (10,761 sq ft) studio with customized game rooms for individual casino operators who want to add a personal touch to their live game offering.

Players will find live dealer baccarat, blackjack, roulette, and auto-roulette at an increasing number of online operators. Among the brands that carry the games, you’ll find Parimatch, Melbet, Vbet, and 22bet along with several others.

Not a lot is known about the company with offices in Malta and the United Kingdom except that they have been providing content for well over a year as of the time of this review. We can’t state it with any certainty, but the games may be licensed in Malta under Vbet. 

It’s not unusual to have trouble finding Maltese licenses. Take BetConstruct for example. One has to search for “Soft Construct Malta” to find them with the MGA or Soft Construct Malta Limited to find them on the Gambling Commission website in the UK.

Often, the game aggregator, remote gaming server, or actual gaming site that provides the game is licensed which covers all of their games as is assumed to be the case with Vbet, which also carries the UKGC-licensed CreedRoomz, BetConstruct’s live dealer solution provider.

UP Games dealers are proficient and professional and the equipment is top of the line, including Cammegh roulette wheels - the world standard in excellence. The card tables are equipped with Apex shufflers with the 1-6 deck version in use on the company’s promotional videos.

Software and Games

As is the case with nearly all live dealer studios, players will access the suit through the casino's live dealer lobby. Often there will be more than one provider, in which case you can use the ‘filter by provider’ option if available. Otherwise, look for the signature blue to white crosshatch or “X” pattern on the table bases and in the backdrop.

Some operators may require you to transfer funds from your gaming or sports account into the live cashier, but many will allow you to use your regular balance to play. Just be sure to check the terms and conditions of any bonus funds that may be in your account as most operators do not allow live gameplay with bonus funds.

The user interface is mostly devoted to the live game display. Depending on the type of game you choose, there may be added enhancements such as statistics, roadmaps, etc.

You may also see a digital representation of the betting table, chips, racetracks for roulette, etc. This is where the bets are placed and where results are also shown. User options may allow for the toggling on or off of certain things like pop-up statistics, hot and cold roulette numbers, and other helpful information.

Up Games Live Baccarat

This card game is very popular with high rollers, but anyone can get in on the action. Leaving aside the impossibility of predicting future outcomes based on historic results, it can be as easy to play as a coin flip game for low rollers.

Simply bet on the Banker hand or the Player hand or go for a tie with much larger payouts if you don’t mind giving up some house edge on a hunch. You might get an 8:1 payout but the odds are closer to 1:10.

If you want the very best odds possible, always bet on the Banker hand - that’s because the card rules, which you don’t have to worry about since you won’t be dealing, favor this hand even after paying a small commission after a win. The hand simply wins more often thanks to the way additional cards are dealt. The house edge is reduced to just around 1% with a bet on the Banker hand.

To learn more about the statistics, odds, strategies, and more we recommend the Wizard of Odds’ baccarat for advanced players. There are plenty of beginner and novice tips there too, but the advanced learning modules explain everything from card counting to the odds when a card is known and the odds for any number of decks.

VIP and Rapid Roulette 

VIP Roulette allows players greater leeway in riding a streak to success with increased betting limits. However, there’s also another way to take advantage of streaks that appear in a series of random events - even though it won’t help you predict them. It’s simply a matter of playing faster.

Yes, the house edge is always there and if you play long enough you will eventually lose. But if you simply don’t want to wait 30 seconds or 60 seconds between spins of the wheel - and especially if you have favorite bets you place quickly - Rapid Roulette from UP Games might be for you.

Rapid Roulette allows you to place bets and take advantage of the next spin right away so you don’t have to wait as long for the regular calls from the croupier.

The Final Analysis

UP Games enters a market of online dealer game providers with a quality product and room to expand. While they will never approach the market position of earlier entries like Evolution Gaming, there is always room for more variety - and the ‘little guy’ almost always tries harder to please their clients and customers.

It will be nice to see the games appear at more sites in order to get a better feel for how they are fairing with players overall. The dealers and croupiers are easy on the eyes and quite professional with a good mix of genders across the tables.

We like the equipment they use as well, it simply doesn't get any better than Cammegh for roulette wheels and the Apex shufflers are CE-certified. However, a little more transparency would seem to be in order for any game provider as well as a comprehensive list of certifications and licenses, simply to give players peace of mind if nothing else.