When after the enacting of the UIGEA software providers like Playtech, Microgaming and Cryptologic withdrew from the United States, Realtime Gaming (RTG) online casinos became the main source for American players. Therefore the importance of RTG cannot be understated. RTG allows some flexibility to its licensee operators and therefore the layout of the games menu will not be exactly the same from operator to operator. But the broad outline remains the same. This article is based on the online casinos of the Rushmore group, which includes brands like Cherry Red Casino, Rushmore Casino and Slots Oasis Casino.

Slots is the main category at RTG online casinos and most of the slots games are the Real Series Video Slots. This is a trade marked RTG genre that is characterized by randomly triggered progressive jackpots. Some of the Real Series Slots have innovative features like Feature Guarantee and Win-Win Feature associated with the free spins. There are close to 100 slot games in this sub category and all the new games additions are taking place here. Some of the older video slots are listed separately. There are two sub categories for three reel online slots. One is the three reel classics and the other is the three reel slots with bonus games. The new releases are listed separately. Most players like to wager on the new games and this allows them quick access.

The table games is the next category and includes the cards based online casino games. The games other than blackjack are listed individually. Many of these are casino poker based games including the popular trio of Caribbean Stud Poker, Caribbean Draw Poker and Caribbean Hold’em Poker. Some of the other games are Pai Gow Poker, Texas Hold’em Poker, Tri Card Poker and Let ‘Em Ride. The online casino card games that are not based on casino poker include Baccarat, Vegas Three Card Rummy, Red Dog and War.

The blackjack games are listed under “21” Games. They include the standard land casino variants like Blackjack (which is Vegas blackjack) and European Blackjack. Then there are innovative variants like Perfect Pairs, Face Up 21, Match Play 21, Pontoon and Super 21.

The basic video poker variants are first listed separately and then the sub categories are listed. The first sub category is the Bonus Games and the second sub category is the Wild Card Games. These are variants that offered by most software providers. The two unique RTG video poker variants are listed under the Specialty Games sub category. These are Mystery Bonus Poker and Pick ‘Em Poker. Many of the video poker variants in the sub categories are multi hand games and these variants are further classified according to the number of hands.

The final category of games at RTG online casinos is specialty games, which should not be confused with the video poker sub category. One thing that RTG does differently from other software providers is classify roulette variants, sic bo and craps under specialty games instead of table games. The other common game in this category is keno. Then there are unique RTG games like Bonus Bingo, Roaring Twenties Bingo and European Slot Poker. The Scratch Cards sub category also has games that are formatted differently from the scratch cards of other software providers.

A fair number of RTG games have progressive jackpots. These include online slots and casino poker games. These are also listed separately for the convenience of players who like progressive jackpot games. Another feature of convenience at RTG online casinos is that the recently played games are separately listed.