Live casino game shows: Crazy Time, MONOPOLY Live, Dream Catcher

Key facts

Live casino game shows are hosted wheel or ball games streamed from a studio. Evolution makes Crazy Time, MONOPOLY Live, Dream Catcher, Funky Time and Mega Ball, the shows covered here.
Evolution's game pages explain the rules but, on every page we read, do not state a return to player or, for Crazy Time, the number of segments of each kind.
Where the segment counts are published, the bonus odds follow: MONOPOLY Live's single 4 ROLLS segment comes up 1 spin in 54 on average, so in our calculation 36% of 54-spin stretches see none at all.
Bonus rounds pay only on the bonus spot you bet on. In MONOPOLY Live you must bet on 2 ROLLS or 4 ROLLS to win anything from the board game.
Online live game shows are casino-style games that cannot legally be offered to people in Australia under the Interactive Gambling Act.

What live casino game shows are

Live casino game shows are gambling games dressed as television. A presenter in a studio spins a giant wheel or runs a ball draw, a stream goes out to players' screens, and bets are placed on where the wheel will stop. Bonus segments send the round into a second stage, often animated, where multipliers pile up. Under the lights, most of them are a money wheel game with extra steps.

Every show on this page is made by Evolution. Its 2025 annual report calls MONOPOLY Live and MONOPOLY Big Baller two of its strongest-performing titles, and says it launched Ice Fishing that year as its first speed game show. More on the company is on our Evolution Gaming page.

The main shows at a glance

From Evolution's own game pages:

Show	What you bet on	Bonus rounds	What the page says about wins
Crazy Time	Wheel spots 1, 2, 5, 10 and four bonus games	Coin Flip, Cash Hunt (108 random multipliers), Pachinko, Crazy Time; Top Slot multipliers each spin	Pachinko up to 10,000x; largest cited win 25,000x (Cash Hunt, 11 December 2022)
MONOPOLY Live	54 segment wheel: 1, 2, 5, 10, 2 ROLLS, 4 ROLLS	CHANCE cards (cash or multiplier); 3D board game with studio dice	Not stated
Dream Catcher	54 segment wheel: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 40	2x and 7x multiplier segments respin the wheel	"up to 20,000x"
Funky Time	DigiWheel with 24 letter segments at 25 to 1, number 1 and four bonus spots	Bar, Stayin' Alive (to 10,000x), Disco, VIP Disco	Multipliers assigned at random each spin
Mega Ball	Bingo-style cards, up to 400 a round	20 balls drawn from 51, then a Mega Ball multiplier of 5x to 100x	Card value from EUR 0.10 to 100

None of the pages we read publishes a return to player. That is the most important gap for anyone trying to judge the price.

Crazy Time: the rules that matter

Crazy Time is a money wheel with number spots and four bonus spots. Each spin, a Top Slot turns alongside the main wheel and gives random multipliers to some bet spots. If the wheel stops on a spot that also got a Top Slot multiplier, wins on it are multiplied.

Three rules shape your experience more than anything else:

Bonus games are separate bets. Evolution says "only those who have placed bets on corresponding bet spots can participate and win". Covering all four bonus spots every round is expensive.
Big wins are rare by design. The headline figures (Pachinko up to 10,000x, a 25,000x Cash Hunt) are the far tail of the distribution. Most rounds pay nothing or a small multiple.
You cannot see the full wheel composition on the public page. Without the segment counts and the bonus payout distributions, nobody outside the game can work out its house edge from the page alone.

MONOPOLY Live: odds you can calculate

MONOPOLY Live is the most transparent of the big shows, because Evolution states its wheel: 54 equal segments, of which 48 show 1, 2, 5 or 10, two show CHANCE, three show 2 ROLLS and one shows 4 ROLLS. That lets us work out how often the bonus segments land:

Segment	Segments	Chance per spin	On average, once every	Chance of none in 54 spins
4 ROLLS	1	1.85%	54 spins	36.4%
2 ROLLS	3	5.56%	18 spins	4.6%
CHANCE	2	3.70%	27 spins	13.0%

These are our calculations from the published segment counts. They show why the 4 ROLLS bet can feel cursed: even after 100 spins there is about a 15% chance it has not landed once. Each spin is independent, so a long gap does not make it more likely next time; our gambler's fallacy page explains that trap.

To win from the board game, you must have bet on the specific 2 ROLLS or 4 ROLLS spot. Evolution says players without that bet still watch the bonus game but cannot win anything from it. Doubles rolled in the bonus give an extra roll, and the dice are physically rolled in the studio.

What Evolution's page does not give is the split of the 48 number segments between 1, 2, 5 and 10, or the prize values on the board, so the overall return still cannot be worked out from it.

Dream Catcher: the simplest show

Evolution says Dream Catcher offers "the simplest rules of any casino game", and it is the closest of the shows to a casino big wheel. The 54 segment wheel has 52 numbered segments in six colours and two multiplier segments, silver 2x and gold 7x. A winning bet on 10 pays 10 to 1, on 40 pays 40 to 1, and so on. If the wheel stops on a multiplier, all bets stay in place, the wheel spins again and the next win is multiplied; land on another multiplier and they stack.

Two multiplier segments in 54 means a multiplier spin about once every 27 spins, in our calculation. As with MONOPOLY Live, the page does not split the 52 numbered segments by value, so the edge on each number is not published there.

Funky Time and Mega Ball

Funky Time uses Evolution's digital DigiWheel, which generates random multipliers each round and assigns them to random segments. Its 24 letter segments pay 25 to 1 by default. The Stayin' Alive bonus uses a ball machine of 90 coloured balls and a 20 level ladder up to 10,000x.

Mega Ball is bingo, not a wheel. You buy cards (up to 400), 20 balls are drawn from 51, completed lines pay, and then a Mega Ball multiplier of 5x to 100x is generated for one or two bonus draws. The more cards you buy, the more you bet: buying 100 cards at EUR 1 is EUR 100 a round.

How to think about the cost

Without a published return, use what you can see:

Bonus spots cost extra. Every bonus bet is a separate stake on a low-probability spot.
The wheel is fast, the bonuses are slow. Your expected loss grows with the number of rounds and the total staked, as our house edge page explains.
Find the stated return in the game. If the game's help screen gives one, compare it with table games on our best odds casino games ranking. If it does not, treat that as a warning.

Pundit tip: decide your stake per round including every bonus spot you cover. A $1 bet on four bonus spots is a $4 round, every round.

Live game shows in Australia

These shows are online casino-style games. Under the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 they cannot legally be offered to people in Australia, ACMA blocks illegal gambling websites, and Evolution's published licence list does not include an Australian licence. Playing is not an offence, but if an offshore site will not pay, there is no Australian regulator to help. Our live dealer casinos page explains more about how these sites work. If a show is taking more of your time or money than you planned, the gambling help page lists free, confidential support.

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Frequently asked questions

What are live casino game shows?

They are casino games presented like TV game shows: a live host spins a big wheel or draws balls in a studio, and players bet online on where it will stop. Bonus segments launch animated or live bonus rounds with multipliers.

How does Crazy Time work?

A host spins a money wheel with number spots (1, 2, 5, 10) and four bonus games: Coin Flip, Cash Hunt, Pachinko and Crazy Time. A Top Slot assigns random multipliers to bet spots each spin. You only take part in a bonus game if you bet on that bonus spot.

How does MONOPOLY Live work?

The wheel has 54 segments: 48 numbered 1, 2, 5 or 10, two CHANCE segments, three 2 ROLLS and one 4 ROLLS. Numbers pay their face value to 1. The ROLLS segments launch a 3D MONOPOLY board where dice rolled in the studio move MR. MONOPOLY to collect prizes.

What is Dream Catcher?

Evolution's simplest wheel show. Its 54 segment wheel has 52 numbered segments (1, 2, 5, 10, 20 or 40) and two multiplier segments, 2x and 7x. Landing on a multiplier respins the wheel and multiplies the next win.

What is the RTP of Crazy Time?

Evolution's public Crazy Time page does not state one, and it does not list how many segments of each kind the wheel has. Look for a stated return in the game's own help or rules screen, and check whether it differs between number spots and bonus spots.

Are live game shows legal in Australia?

Online casino games, including live game shows, cannot legally be offered to people in Australia under the Interactive Gambling Act 2001. It is not an offence to play, but offshore sites are outside Australian regulation.