By Staff, Onkaji Scout News Studios Staffing Evolution

How many staff does a live casino studio need?

Two suppliers' own people-and-tables figures give about 11 to 15 staff per live table. The sources, the arithmetic and the roles, read from supplier pages.

How many staff does a live casino studio need?

A live casino studio needs roughly 11 to 15 people per table on the two supplier-published figures read here: Evolution reports 22,475 people in studios against over 2,000 live tables and game show environments, and the ARRISE-run Pragmatic Play studio in Bogotá was billed at more than 1,500 jobs for over 100 tables. Both are headline ratios, not presenter counts.

How many staff does a live casino studio need? The pages that rank for it name roles and stop there: of the three competitor bodies read for this post, none gives a headcount or a staff-per-table figure. This desk went to the suppliers’ own releases instead and read them on 23 September 2026. Staffing is the opex half of the studio question; the capex half is in what suppliers disclose about studio cost, and the build clock in how long a studio takes to build.

How many staff does a live casino studio need per table?

StudioPeople (as stated)Tables (as stated)People per tableCaveats
Evolution, group-wide22,475 “in studios” (release submitted 1 April 2026)“over 2,000 live tables and game show environments” (undated brand page)About 11 at mostMixed dates; all brands; game show sets counted as environments
Pragmatic Play, Bogotá, operated by ARRISE“more than 1,500 new jobs in the region” (27 October 2025)“will feature over 100 tables”About 15Planned figures, not audited counts

The Evolution figure comes from the boilerplate of its annual report release on Nasdaq, which says the group “currently employs 22,475 people in studios”. The table count is from Evolution’s own brand page, which says its live offering “operates from over 2,000 live tables and game show environments” in 15 languages. Because the denominator is “over”, 11 is a ceiling, and because “in studios” may cover every employee the group has, the true studio-floor ratio could sit lower still.

The Bogotá pair is from the launch release Pragmatic Play and ARRISE issued on 27 October 2025: an investment of over $15 million, a facility “set to create more than 1,500 new jobs in the region”, and a studio that “will feature over 100 tables” of network and dedicated games. Both numbers are floors and both are intentions, so 15 is indicative only. A far smaller project, Kerma Games’ planned four-table studio, is covered in Trivelta’s purchase of Kerma.

How many dealers does a live casino table need?

None of the four supplier pages read here states presenters per table or a shift pattern, so what follows is this desk’s own arithmetic, not a supplier’s. A table open 24/7 is open 168 hours a week. On an assumed 40-hour contracted week, one seat needs 4.2 presenters before anyone takes a break, a holiday, a sick day or a training day. Every one of those pushes the number up, and presenters are only one line of the payroll.

What jobs are there in a live casino studio?

LuckyStreak’s LinkedIn post on its Riga operation, dated 12 September 2024, gives the clearest role map of the pages read here. Game presenters deal and host. Shufflers hand-shuffle the eight-deck shoes used at Blackjack and Baccarat, in teams “working 24/7 alongside our GPs”. Pit bosses monitor every hand and spin. Trainers run a Training Academy that every presenter graduates from and returns to at least once a year. Team managers, mostly former presenters, support the floor, and a technical team carries the technology and gaming equipment. The post gives no headcount for any of them.

What the ratio means for an operator’s floor

An operator buying a dedicated table is renting a slice of that payroll, round the clock, for as long as the table stays live. The 11-to-15 range says a table is not one dealer and a camera; it is a small department.

FAQ

How many dealers does a live casino table need?

None of the four supplier pages read here states presenters per table. On this desk’s own arithmetic, a table open 168 hours a week needs about 4.2 presenters on an assumed 40-hour contracted week, before breaks, holiday, sickness and training. Shufflers, pit bosses and managers sit on top of that figure.

What jobs are there in a live casino studio?

LuckyStreak’s own description of its Riga studio names game presenters, shufflers who hand-shuffle eight-deck shoes around the clock, pit bosses who monitor every hand and spin, trainers running a Training Academy that every presenter graduates from, team managers, and a technical team responsible for technology and gaming equipment.

How many people work at Evolution?

Evolution’s annual report release, submitted on 1 April 2026, says the group currently employs 22,475 people in studios across Europe, Asia, North and South America. That boilerplate covers all of Evolution’s brands and may include staff who never stand at a table, so it is a group figure, not a presenter count.

Do live casino studios run 24 hours a day?

The large ones say so. LuckyStreak states its Blackjack, Baccarat and Roulette tables run 24/7, 365 days a year, and Evolution’s brand page says its portfolio runs continuously. That around-the-clock schedule, not the table count alone, is what multiplies headcount: every seat is filled several times over each week.

Industry coverage for an adult, 18+ readership on the supply side of the sector: Onkaji Scout offers no gambling services and does not say where to play. The studios above are assessed as payroll and floor space, not as somewhere to sit at a table.