Live Roulette TV
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| Genre | Live, Gaming interactive show |
| Created by | Adrian Ham |
| Developed by | Gallowgate Productions |
| Creative director(s) | 5Creative |
| Starring |
Rob Lamarr, Olivia Hill, Anna Jardine, Bryn Lucas, Derek Gibbons, Emily De Cosimo, Helen Shepard, John Mason, Lee Baldry, Stacey Upson, Janine Vermeulen, Shannon Goode, Michelle Rhynnes Dan Cooper, Aaron Kinney, Laura Staples, James Mooney, Lyndsey Corbally, Phillip Surry, Emma Sauvary, Shanine Levrier |
| Theme music composer | Will Slater |
| Opening theme | Roulette! |
| Ending theme | Roulette! (Instrumental) |
| Composer(s) | Stv |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Ed Forsdick |
| Producer(s) | Jane Dauncey |
| Location(s) | London, United Kingdom |
| Editor(s) | Adobe |
| Camera setup | 3SixtyMedia |
| Running time | 10 hours (Super Casino), 3–4 hours (Channel 5) |
| Production company(s) | NetPlayTV Channel 5 Productions |
| Distributor | Granada |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Super Casino, Channel 5 |
| Picture format | Widescreen |
| Original release | 25 June 2005 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Roulette Nation |
| External links | |
| Website | |
| Production website | |
Live Roulette is an interactive gaming show which was launched in June 2005. The programme allows people to place their chips on the roulette table by watching online or on TV and phoning the designated call centre number or playing via the internet. Live Roulette was then rebranded as SuperCasino.com. This new brand encompasses many live dealer games including multiple versions of roulette and blackjack.
Live Roulette was the brainchild of Interactive TV format developer David Wainwright and was first broadcast under the name Vegas 24/7 on 23 June 2005 on Sky channel 274 and aired between 3 pm and 11 pm.
The show began as an experiment to see if a gaming show of that type would work on television and soon moved to a new time slot of 6pm-2am in response to feedback from the players. On 25 September 2006 the show added an additional two-hour extension from 2am-4am, where the presenter based format was replaced by a focus on the wheel and the numbers being spun. Due to its previous contract with Virgin1 and Bravo 2, Live Roulette TV again extended its hours to broadcast until 4 am.
The show broadcast on Sky channel 274 until 28 February 2006, when it moved from the Entertainment to Gaming & Dating sections of EPG to channel 847, where it remained up to Monday 7 July 2008, when it moved once again due to another Sky EPG reshuffle to its current 866.
On Monday, 14 August 2006, Live Roulette launched their website which enabled players to play on-line for the first time.
On 8 December 2006, the parent company of Live Roulette, (Vegas 24/7 Broadcasting Ltd.) was acquired by NetPlayTV plc.
On 1 October, the channel of which Live Roulette rebranded to become a programme strand of Super Casino which encompasses Live Roulette, Live Blackjack and many other casino games.
Autowheel appears on the channel at times when it is not presenter led, it is an air powered wheel that recreates the real wheel situation.
Per an Ofcom agreement Live Roulette became the first form of gambling to feature on terrestrial TV, with a slot on Channel 5 between 12-4am on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The programme now broadcasts on the channel seven days a week. This caused major divides between politicians that were publicly documented in various mainstream newspapers such as the Daily Mail.[1]
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