Live dealer games have been a huge success on Pennsylvania online casinos. Evolution Gaming, which powers such games, has added a Spanish-speaking blackjack table, appealing to a wider audience.
Evolution first tested the idea in New Jersey for five months. After hearing great feedback, it decided to bring the idea to PA online casinos.
Spanish-speaking live dealer games come to PA
According to the US Census Bureau, 5.6% of Pennsylvanians speak Spanish at home, which is second to English at 87.7%. By introducing Spanish-speaking live dealer games, Evolution is essentially welcoming more than 728,000 people to play its games.
Evolution is hoping it can make a difference in Pennsylvania, as live dealer games accounted for more than 50% of online table games revenue during FY 2022/2023.
“The initial Spanish-speaking blackjack in New Jersey was so well received that we quickly made the decision to expand our offering to include a high-stakes Spanish-speaking table, ‘VIP Blackjack en Español,’ and to expand the Spanish-speaking tables to neighboring states,” Evolution’s North American CEO, Jacob Claesson, told Bonus.com last week.
“… We are working on our first Spanish-speaking Infinite (scalable) Blackjack game in New Jersey as well, which we will launch later this year.”
Looking at DraftKings Casino PA, Evolution has started with one Spanish-speaking table, called Blackjack En Vivo.
Inclusiveness is important for Evolution
Evolution is a Swedish-based company, but it has a huge presence in the Pennsylvania market. Most online casino operators are partnered with Evolution, which offers multiple live dealer games, including:
- Crazy Time
- Super Bic Bo
- Lightning Roulette
- Football Studio
- Crazy Coin Flip
While those games, designed as game shows, have been super popular in Pennsylvania, lots of players still enjoy the basics, such as blackjack and roulette. Blackjack was a perfect place for Evolution to start offering a Spanish-speaking version. It’s important for the company to include games of all different languages.
“Evolution has been a pioneer of non-English tables, which started in 2012 when we launched our first roulette table with Italian-speaking game presenters,” Claesson told Bonus.com. “To date, we offer close to 30 different languages and dialects globally, so in a way this is nothing new to us. But we’re very happy to bring this experience to players in the US.”
Evolution plans on launching more Spanish-speaking games in other states, starting with Connecticut later this year.
