Real Time Gaming (RTG), a provider that operates under the policy of “taking gaming seriously,” chooses to focus entirely on developing high quality online casino games and leave compliance issues to its licensees. Since RTG’s licensees are also given a lot of freedom to modify the provider’s software product to their heart’s content, each RTG casino stands in a class of its own with regard to bonuses, payout structure, and promotions.

Brief History of RTG

RTG was established at Atlanta, Georgia in 1998. Right from the start, the provider has enjoyed a great reputation and is very popular among online casino players. RTG was one of the companies that moved away from the US and settled down in Costa Rica after the US government passed the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act (UIGEA). In order to be on the safe side, a number of providers, operators of online gambling sites, payment processors, and other companies related to the online gambling industry left the US market.

Hastings International, which is headquartered in Netherlands Antilles, acquired Real Time Gaming (RTG) in 2007.

RTG Software Features

✓  RTG casinos are very popular in the US simply because RTG is least bothered about compliance. Its licensees are therefore free to operate even in grey jurisdictions such as the US. For this reason, most of the online casinos that accept players from the US are RTG powered online casinos.

✓  Players can play at RTG casinos in two ways—they can either download the casino gaming software on their desktop computers or play at the Flash casino. Recently, RTG has rolled out a number of games that are compatible with smartphones and tablets.

✓  RTG casinos are free to create their own bonus offers, VIP Clubs, and promotions. Each RTG casino has its own payout percentage for games such as video poker and slots. Since RTG does not actually control any of its licensees, players should be careful while selecting RTG casinos. Some of them could turn out to be rogue casinos.

RTG Games

RTG offers an exciting portfolio of online table games, online video pokers, online slots, progressive games, and specialty games. RTG is famous for its collection of video poker games, which includes one-handed, three-handed, ten-handed, 52-handed, and 100-handed variants. This means that players at RTG casinos can play as many as 100 hands of video poker games such as Deuces Wild, Bonus Poker, and others simultaneously.

RTG is also home to progressive jackpot slots such as Jackpot Piñatas and Aztec’s Millions. Since these progressive games share a common jackpot, bets placed on them can lead to incredibly large jackpots. On the downside, hitting RTG’s progressive jackpots is not as easy as hitting certain progressive games released by NetEnt, Microgaming, and Playtech. RTG’s Real Series of Slots are popular because they feature progressive jackpots with multiple levels.