Live games ranked by theoretical RTP

What the order is built on

The ranking rests on three pieces of information anyone can check: the theoretical RTP published by the studio, the format of the game and the mechanic the table runs on.

You will find no points, stars or editorial grades of our own here. We leave them out deliberately, because they would create the impression that some table 'pays better', and that cannot be said of any gambling game.

We last compared the figures against their sources on 17 September 2026. The source is always the studio that makes the game, that is Evolution or Pragmatic Play Live.

The order describes the parameters of a game. About how your next evening at a table will go, it says nothing.

Ten tables sorted from the highest RTP down

The table lists every live game in the catalogue. We take the values exactly as the manufacturer states them, without rounding or recalculating anything ourselves.

If a studio adjusts the rules or the return, the wording inside the game always takes precedence over this overview.

Why 99.51% and 96.08% are not the same kind of number

This is the most important part of the whole page. The percentages in the table look like a single scale, yet they are calculated under very different conditions.

In blackjack the published value applies to optimal strategy. It is the ceiling reached by a player who decides by the basic chart every single time, not the average of ordinary play.

In baccarat the number is tied to one specific betting field. A bet on the player and a bet on the tie are calculated in an entirely different way and return something else at the very same table.

In roulette the return depends on the type of bet, and the multiplier mechanic moves part of the payout elsewhere. At wheels and game shows the player has nothing to decide at all, so the number covers the game as a whole, bonus rounds included.

Comparing 99.51% with 96.08% is therefore like comparing a price that needs a coupon you have to know how to use with the price written on the counter.

The cards at the top and the conditions behind them

The first three places went to card games, and that is no accident. Blackjack and baccarat both have a narrow field of options and maths that has been known for decades.

Infinite Blackjack leads the table at 99.51%, but that figure assumes faultless decisions in every hand. Anyone playing by mood is really playing a different game from the one the published RTP describes.

ONE Blackjack at 99.29% is in much the same position. The gap between the two tables is smaller than the gap between a focused and a tired player at either of them.

Speed Baccarat at 98.94% has its number tied to the banker bet. The commission the table takes from such a win is already included in the stated value.

Side bets are a chapter of their own. They are calculated separately, tend to be markedly less generous and never enter the main figure.

Mid-table: two games with an identical number

Lightning Roulette and Mega Roulette both sit at 97.30%. That match is not a marketing coincidence, because both games run on the European single-zero wheel and on the same idea of random multipliers.

The stated value applies to bets the mechanic does not touch. On straight-up bets part of the payout is shifted into the multipliers, so it is assembled differently, even though the long-term average does not rise because of it.

A detailed look at both tables, together with advice on choosing between them, is in our separate overview of live roulette.

Anyone betting only red and black is essentially playing classic roulette in flashier packaging.

Wheels and shows at the tail: what the gap buys

Less than half a percentage point separates the bottom five places. Dream Catcher stands at 96.58%, Mega Wheel at 96.51%, Sweet Bonanza CandyLand at 96.48%, MONOPOLY Live at 96.23% and Crazy Time at 96.08%.

The difference lies in the production and in the structure of the game. The more bonus rounds, animations and side mechanics a title carries, the sharper the swing between long dry spells and one big round.

A lower number here is not a punishment but the price of the format. Whoever wants the show is buying higher variance, and that is a legitimate choice as long as it is a conscious one.

The individual formats are taken apart in our overview of game show tables.

These games also remove decision-making entirely. You place a bet and wait to see what the wheel does.

Table speed is the second line of every comparison

RTP says how much comes back on average from every euro staked. It says nothing about how many euros flow across the table during an evening, and that is exactly what decides the budget.

Accelerated baccarat and blackjack with a shared hand settle a round in a fraction of the time a game show with a bonus round needs. At the same stake, a table running twice as fast processes twice the turnover.

It therefore makes sense to think in terms of a budget per hour of play rather than a budget per round.

A slower table with a slightly lower RTP can work out cheaper in practice than a fast table with a figure a tenth of a point higher.

Smaller lists for specific situations

The same catalogue can be sliced in other ways than by one column. Below are three cuts, still built purely on published parameters.

Highest published RTP: Infinite Blackjack, ONE Blackjack, Speed Baccarat. What they have in common is that the value is conditional on strategy or on one particular betting field.

Play without decisions: Dream Catcher, Mega Wheel, MONOPOLY Live, Crazy Time, Sweet Bonanza CandyLand. You place a bet and influence nothing after that, so there is nothing to spoil and nothing to improve.

Classic casino setting with a modern layer: Lightning Roulette and Mega Roulette. You already know the rules and the multiplier mechanic is all that sits on top.

Neither of these lists is a recommendation. Each is simply another cut through the same data.

What this order does not tell you

Theoretical RTP is an average calculated across an enormous number of rounds. Over ten, a hundred or a thousand rounds it predicts nothing, and nobody will tell you how a particular session is going to end.

The ranking says nothing about which game will suit you either. Some people enjoy the quiet of cards, others the television direction and a host running a bonus round.

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