Why can’t other players hear me during live dealer sessions?

Right, no talking is allowed in live dealer games. Online casinos generally disable player-to-player communication in order to prevent cheating. Live dealer games are streamed from a real-world casino, and chatting among players would add complexity to the already tricky task of ensuring proper game security.

You may not like it if you are a person who likes to talk in the casino, but that’s not how things work in cyberspace, which is between you, the dealer, and the cards.

But you’ll be able to chat via text in most live dealer games. In some cases, you’ll even be able to send emojis and brief messages.

Don’t panic! – that is just how all such games are designed in casinos so that everybody has an equal chance to win! Sounds like a good old online casino, huh?

Yeah, that’s totally fine. In fact, it’s pretty standard for games not to allow voice chatting. Casinos won’t want you talking to other players because it might interfere with the gameplay or create an advantage for some players, which would throw off the payout percentage (or “house edge”). But you can still talk to the other players using the text chat function, where supported, which is a safer and more manageable form of communication when playing against a real dealer.

A: No, this is a function of most live casinos. They mute players to keep gaming action flowing without interruption and to prevent collusion. Dealers can talk because they are wearing microphones. Some operators allow chat in text form. This is common practice throughout the online casino world.

Real-world casinos don't allow players to call each other – imagine how that would sound – because it'd just encourage cheating. Similarly, some online casinos don't offer voice chat between players, but some let you type messages. That's because if you could talk, players might plot against each other, or try to interfere with others' bets. You can think of it like being on "immersive mode" – just without hearing your fellow players.

Almost all live casinos mute player voices. Why? Background noise is distracting. But many allow you to send text messages. If your voice isn’t working, that’s on purpose! Just a feature, not a bug. To talk out loud, you need a game with text chat enabled. Most players are okay with that. They don’t need to hear each other.