The ALL Group is actively involved in the development of live video streaming for online casinos. It operates what is in effect a casino without any players from its premises in Manila, with the live video feed streamed over the internet to players of online casinos. This live videostream casino gaming facility allows the players to see the dealer’s actions, such as spinning a roulette wheel, dealing cards or throwing dice in real-time, and also to interact with the dealers. The Directors consider this live gaming product to have two distinct benefits. Firstly, the dealer’s moves are visible at all times, providing credibility valued by high rollers and by those players who are more trusting of a ‘bricks and mortar’ casino-type environment as opposed to a computer random number generator. Secondly, the personal interaction between player and dealer helps to replicate the human interaction of the land-based casino experience.

This facility operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and employs approximately 200 staff. It is run exclusively for Playtech, which offers this functionality to its licensees. Revenue is earned in three ways: facility fees, tips and royalties. Each licensee pays a facility fee of 50 per cent. of the theoretical casino net revenue that should be generated from their players’ wagers. Thus the facility fee varies with turnover and is not affected if the operator suffers losses. There is a minimum monthly fee of $2,000 per licensee, with a capped monthly fee for some licensees. Any tips given by the customers to the dealers are generally divided equally between the Group and the licensee.