why is live dealer experience so much more expensive than regular online

live dealer tables always seem to run higher minimums than the standard online versions, even on the low end. i get that they’re paying staff and running a real set somewhere, but the difference is bigger than i expect. even the promos don’t stretch as far. like, at the normal online blackjack tables, you can find basically micro stakes all day, but with live it’s tough to get in for less than ten bucks a hand. so it feels like they want a certain kind of player.

it’s a weird vibe too, because i actually prefer live dealer for trust and flow. maybe i’m just paranoid from years of poker hand histories, but i always want to see a physical dealer. i just don’t see why the minimums are double or triple compared to the basic RNG stuff, considering the amount of new customers out there who’d play if they dropped the limits a bit.