Red Rake Gaming Software & 9 Online Casinos Reviewed
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Red Rake Gaming Software & 9 Online Casinos Reviewed
Introduction
Red Rake Gaming is an online casino game developers that has been in operation since 2011. The group is unique in that they started out as a social game developer, where they didn’t actually provide real money games to customers. Things changed for the company in 2015, when they decided to make the switch to real money casino games. The real money endeavor went live in 2016, and today the company now has more than 40 employees, 200 casino partners, and several platforms.
Based out of Spain, Red Rake has done a lot of work to become established in various jurisdictions that sanction online betting. Thus far, Red Rake holds licenses in Spain, the United Kingdom, Italy, Sweden, Germany, and Portugal. It’s likely that we’ll see some expansion continuing from the developer, especially throughout Europe as liberalization continues.
Red Rake is a strange brand of software. They offer only four types of games — blackjack, slots, video poker, and video bingo. I have to give them a lot of credit for offering video bingo, as that is very popular in Latin America and I know of no other software brands to offer it. The online gambling business tends to be about ten years behind the times when it comes to game selection, so it is nice to see somebody do something new as opposed to just copying each other.
The graphics and sound on everything are well done. While art may be their strong suit, mathematics is not. For example, they offer a blackjack game with a house edge of 4.21%, which is just insulting. However, they make up for it with a video poker game with an average player advantage of 0.43% and as high as 0.80%. I recommend playing that game while you still can.
It is strange that they offer no poker-based table games like Three Card Poker, but perhaps those are coming.
Red Rake slots are pleasant and soothing to play. They kindly disclose the theoretical return percentage on most of them. Here are some I recorded:
Asp of Cleopatra — 95.3%
Montecarlo Glamour — 95.5%
Myrtle the Witch — 95.0%
Viva Las Vegas — 95.2%
Mystic Mirror — 95.2%
Eastern Goddesses — 96.0%
You can play lots of Red Rake slots for free through their web site.
The quality of the slot selection is decent in terms of presentation. Visuals are relayed in high definition, and can be quite dazzling depending on the title. Red Rake deploys their games in HTML5 format, which is less burdensome than Flash when it comes to using resources. The end result is a compatibility with more computer systems, and the games can also be played on mobile devices.
Video Poker
Aces and Deuces Bonus Poker
Aces and Eights
All American
Bonus Deuces Wild
Bonus Poker
Deuces and Joker Poker
Deuces Wild
Double Aces and Faces
Double Bonus
Double Double Bonus
Faces and Deuces
Five Aces
Jacks or Better
Joker Poker
Number Bonus
Royal Court
Sequential Royal
Tens or Better
Triple Bonus Poker
Red Rake is to be applauded for nine video poker games with returns over 99%. However, the return gets as low as 97.05% (on Five Aces), so be careful which game you choose.
The big news, which I won't scream too loudly, is that they have a game I've never seen before called Number Bonus, with an average return of 100.43%. The return actually ranges from 100.26% to 100.80%, depending on the "Bonus Number." 100.43% is just an average of the return for the nine possible Bonus Numbers. Click the link I just gave for the details. Sorry, you're on your own when it comes to a strategy. Also, be sure the pay table you see matches the 1-2-3-3-2-5-4-5-6-10-12-20-40-80-600 pay table my analysis is based on. Eventually, they are going to have to depress the pay table, after they either get killed on the game or read this.
The following table shows the Video Poker games available in alphabetical order.
Red Rake Gaming Video Poker Alphabetic Order
Game
Power Poker
Multi-Play
Pay Table
Return
Live Game
Bonus Poker
No
-
1-2-3-4-5-8-25-40-80-50-800
99.17%
No
Deuces Wild
-
Yes
1-2-2-3-4-13-16-25-200-800
97.09%
No
Deuces and Joker Poker
-
Yes
1-2-3-3-3-6-9-12-25-800-2000
99.07%
No
Double Aces and Faces
-
Yes
1-1-3-5-7-9-50-80-160-50-800
99.14%
No
Double Bonus
-
Yes
1-1-3-5-7-9-50-80-160-50-800
99.11%
No
Double Double Bonus
-
Yes
1-1-3-4-6-9-50-80-160-160-400-50-800
98.98%
No
Faces and Deuces
-
Yes
1-1-3-5-6-9-50-80-160-200-800-50-800
98.65%
No
Five Aces
No
-
1-1-3-4-5-9-25-40-80-100-800-1200
97.05%
No
Jacks or Better
-
Yes
1-2-3-4-5-6-9-25-50-800
99.54%
No
Joker Poker
No
-
1-1-2-3-5-7-17-50-100-200-1000
98.60%
No
Number Bonus
No
-
1-2-3-2-5-4-5-6-10-12-20-40-80-600
100.43%
No
Royal Court
-
Yes
1-2-3-4-5-8-25-40-60-80-50-800
99.75%
No
Sequential Royal (one direction)
No
-
1-2-3-4-6-9-25-50-800-10000
99.77%
No
Tens or Better
No
-
1-2-3-4-5-6-25-50-800
99.14%
No
Triple Bonus Poker
No
-
1-1-3-5-7-10-75-120-240-50-800
99.94%
No
Here is the same list in returns range, choose your game wisely.
Red Rake Gaming Video Poker Return Order
Game
Power Poker
Multi-Play
Pay Table
Return
Live Game
Triple Bonus Poker
No
-
1-1-3-5-7-10-75-120-240-50-800
99.94%
No
Sequential Royal (one direction)
No
-
1-2-3-4-6-9-25-50-800-10000
99.77%
No
Royal Court
-
Yes
1-2-3-4-5-8-25-40-60-80-50-800
99.75%
No
Jacks or Better
-
Yes
1-2-3-4-5-6-9-25-50-800
99.54%
No
Bonus Poker
No
-
1-2-3-4-5-8-25-40-80-50-800
99.17%
No
Double Aces and Faces
-
Yes
1-1-3-5-7-9-50-80-160-50-800
99.14%
No
Tens or Better
No
-
1-2-3-4-5-6-25-50-800
99.14%
No
Double Bonus
-
Yes
1-1-3-5-7-9-50-80-160-50-800
99.11%
No
Deuces and Joker Poker
-
Yes
1-2-3-3-3-6-9-12-25-800-2000
99.07%
No
Double Double Bonus
-
Yes
1-1-3-4-6-9-50-80-160-160-400-50-800
98.98%
No
Faces and Deuces
-
Yes
1-1-3-5-6-9-50-80-160-200-800-50-800
98.65%
No
Joker Poker
No
-
1-1-2-3-5-7-17-50-100-200-1000
98.60%
No
Deuces Wild
-
Yes
1-2-2-3-4-13-16-25-200-800
97.09%
No
Five Aces
No
-
1-1-3-4-5-9-25-40-80-100-800-1200
97.05%
No
Number Bonus
No
-
1-2-3-2-5-4-5-6-10-12-20-40-80-600
100.43%
No
Blackjack
European
Fast
VIP
Atlantic City
Vegas Strip
Much like video poker, the returns for the various blackjack games are all over the place. The house edge ranges from a low of 0.41% on the "Atlantic City" game to a high of 4.21% on the Fast game.
"How do you even have a blackjack game with a house edge that high?", you might ask. You do it by not allowing doubling or splitting at all. These are the awful rules you see on some bar-top games in Vegas. Another strange thing about this game is it says you can play up to 12 hands, but I could only play 9 when making a max bet.
The following table shows the Blackjack games available in alphabetical order.
Red Rake Gaming Blackjack Alphabetic OrderExpand
Game
BJ Pays
Soft 17
Double After Split
Double
Splits Number
Re split aces
Draw to split aces
Peek
Surrender
Return
Total Decks
Live Game
Atlantic City
1.5
Stand
Yes
Any 2
1
No
No
Yes
Yes
99.59%
8
No
European
1.5
Stand
Yes
9 to 11
1
No
No
No
No
99.41%
1
No
Fast
1.5
Stand
No
Nothing
0
No
No
No
No
95.79%
20
No
VIP
1.5
Stand
Yes
9 to 11
1
No
No
Yes
No
99.40%
4
No
Vegas strip
1.5
Stand
No
Any 2
1
No
No
Yes
No
99.40%
4
No
Here is the same list in returns range, choose your game wisely.
Dealer wins on ties, except a blackjack tie is a push.
Double on hard 9 to 11 only.
Double after split not allowed.
Split once only.
Under these rules, I get a house edge of 1.19%.
Blackjack Switch
Blackjack Switch
Blackjack Switch seems to follow the usual rules, except the dealer stands on a soft 17 and the dealer does not peek for blackjack. Here are the details:
Decks: 6
Dealer stands on soft 17
A 22 is a push against any and except for a Blackjack.
Dealer does not peek for blackjack
Blackjack pays 1-1
Double any two cards
Doubling down after splitting allowed.
This results in a house edge of about 0.38%.
Bingo
Muertitos
Heidi's Tavern
Carnival in Rio
Planet 67
Park of Zoltan
Bingo games are available at this software.
Roulette
American Roulette
French Roulette
VIP Roulette
European Roulette
Red Rake offers four roulette games. Three of them are on a single-zero wheel, for a house edge of 2.70%. I recommend avoiding American Roulette, on a double-zero wheel, which has a house edge of at least 5.26% on all bets. Every wheel has a nice interface and provide statistics on previous spins for superstitious players.
Frenzy Discs
16
Twin Balls
Frenzy Disks are two roulette variations. Both involve two concentric roulette wheels. In Twin Disks, each wheel has 10 slots and one balls. In 16 Balls, each wheel has 25 slots and 8 balls. Please click on either link for all the rules and analysis.
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