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Casino Insider Tells (Almost) All About Security
An anonymous reader writes "ComputerWorld has up a story on casino security technology, exploring the world of facial recognition technology and various other systems in casinos such as the Bellagio, Treasure Island, and Beau Rivage. Industry veteran Jeff Jonas reveals some of the secret scams he learned from the casino industry such as the infinite hundred dollar bill, the hollowed out chip cup, the palm (trading cards), the specialty code (inserted by rogue programmer into video poker machine) and the cameraman, as well as detailing how casinos strike back against fraudsters and cheats.'"
One comment and already the site is down. Maybe he's already buried, along with his server, in a shallow grave out in the desert.
"Physics is to math as sex is to masturbation." -R. Feynman
It was the use of twenty sided dice at the craps table that gave them away.
-William
God is everything science has yet to explain.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/030708-vegas-insider.html?page=3
/getting sick of paging through 5 pages of a single page article. If I ever start an online mag, I'm going present one sentence per page just for fun.
Yea, version 12 sucked though. Version 13 was better but was still bloatware.
First post! (just in case I am...)
Blackjack's statistical advantage relies on two things a) knowing when to perform which action, and b) knowing when to stop.
Beyond card counting, of course.
"That's the way they catch the bad guys," Jonas said. "They're generally idiots."
I highly prefer 2 sided dice when playing craps.
Although if marbles count as 1 sided dice, I'm open to using those as well.
https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
I've heard that it also relies on a) knowing when to walk away, and b) knowing when to run.
Counting your money when you're sitting at the table is also frowned upon.
$comment =~ s/($verb)\s+($noun)/IN SOVIET RUSSIA, $2 $1s YOU!/g;
Is that anything like the 'hollowed-out tub of popcorn' trick I've been trying with my dates at the movie theater for the last decade?
he was impressed and we talked a bit over a beer he bought me and even let me see one of the security offices. Uh, Ok Lumpy. I am not sure I want to hear the rest of this story. Mmm'k?
> Although if marbles count as 1 sided dice, I'm open to using those as well.
No, they have infinite sides (ok, in the ideal sense). We're still working on klein bottle dice.
Done with slashdot, done with nerds, getting a life.
If the vending machine eats your money, you can always consume the item dispensed, so technically the worst case scenario is a break-even.
Once I was a four stone apology. Now I am two separate gorillas.
If your day at the movies cost you as much as a day at the casino, then you aren't doing one of those correctly.
Well.. maybe. Or Maybe not. But Definitely not sort of.
Now I know that you are lying.... the last time I shouted "I'm Cowboy Neil!" in public I had three police officers, two FBI agents, a representative of Interpol and Duane (Dog) Chapman instantly appear out of nowhere and throw me to the ground.
;)
Free goodies and comps? Yeah right
I believe this is the first time I've seen, on Slashdot, a reference to Soviet Russia in a legitimate, educational way.
Shame on you.
Take it to the limit, everybody to the limit, come on, everybody fhqwhgads.
I always thought the change machine had the best odds.....
Put in a dollar, get out four quarters. 1:1 odds
Layne
just sitting around jerking off in a casino
Last time I did that at Ceasars they promptly kicked me out. You must be referring to the "off the strip" casinos. I'll try there next time.