RTG (Realtime Gaming) Realtime Gaming (RTG)

Overview

RTG (Realtime Gaming) is an online casino software company launched in Atlanta, Georgia, US in 1998. Along with Microgaming and Playtech, it is one of the software companies that led the early days of online casinos. It was acquired in 2007 by Curacao-based Hastings International, and in 2007-2008 it moved its development hub to Heredia, Costa Rica.

Top games

More recently it has also introduced features such as “Feature Guarantee”, where a feature is guaranteed to trigger within a set number of spins, and a tiered “Jackpot Pyramid”.

Controversy surrounding RTG casinos

RTG is a company that leases software to casino operators. The problem is that many of the operators using RTG software have been operating under loosely regulated licenses such as Curacao. The following problems have been pointed out.

• Cases where large casino groups using RTG received many complaints over delayed or denied withdrawals
• RTG operators classified as “rogue” casinos by casino watchdog communities
• A case where the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) cracked down on RTG-based casinos that broke Australian gambling law
• A dispute over whether automated software was used, involving a player who won 1.3 million dollars from a 1,000-dollar deposit in 2004

What matters far more than the RTG game itself is where the operator offering that game is based and under which license it operates. Don’t trust a casino just because of the provider’s name.

Cautions

RTG games are widely used in less regulated international markets rather than in the strictly regulated UK and European markets. In Korea, using online casinos without government approval is illegal (casinos in Korea).