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I recently traveled to Manila to catch up with friends who had taken management opportunities in the newly opened integrated casino...

Problem Gamblers Can Kill People In 2017, in three separate incidents around the world, “problem gamblers” killed and injured hundreds of...

In the late ’80s, a real game-changer took place in casinos that would forever change the landscape and opportunities in the gambling...

Seventy miles north of the world’s gambling capital Macau is Guangzhou, the world’s capital for purchasing gambling cheating devices....

In December 2014, four Russian nationals were indicted by the FBI for using electronic devices to cheat slot machines. According to the...

According to the Chinese, 2013 was the year of the snake. From a game protection perspective you could have called it the year of marked...

In recent years there’s been a huge increase in the number of casino table games around the world that allow players to handle the cards....

A few months ago I had the opportunity to visit the Microsoft Global Security Operations Center (GSOC) in Redmond, Washington. After...

col-lu-sion: secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy, esp. in order to cheat or deceive others. I’m a closet “scrap booker.” I Google...

“All card games hinge on the fact that a card has two sides, one of which reveals its identity, while the other conceals it.” - David...

Bellagio robbery In the days following the Bellagio robbery, I received a number of calls from journalists across the country asking me...

The Black Chip Performance Management & Training System is designed to get surveillance people on the same page.

Over the years frequent visitors to Las Vegas have become accustomed to the ever-changing landscape that is the Strip. It’s not unusual...

"However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results"- Winston Churchill How do you measure the performance of a...

Ron Buono has been a Las Vegas surveillance guy for over a quarter of a century and the head of the MGM Grand's surveillance operation...

Leroy Daniel is a casino industry professional with 16 years experience. He has been involved in eight casino pre-opening projects...

What does surveillance do? Usually when I ask that question, nine out of 10 people will pause for a moment and then answer it with...

Casino surveillance departments around the world take different approaches to fighting the battle against internal theft and fraud. It's...

One of things that bugs me about playing blackjack is blackjack players. Not all of them of course, just some of them. Here's a scenario....

Why do people cheat? Last week I read a book by David Callahan called The Cheating Culture: Why more Americans are doing wrong to get...