Role of technology in ensuring security and sustainability for Casino businesses

Role of technology in ensuring security and sustainability for Casino businesses

If you have ever been to a casino and fantasized what it would be like to simply walk out with millions, we are about to break your dream. Whether it is swiping a few chips off your table or playing a legitimate poker game, the house always wins! Casinos today are equipped with state of the art security systems that go beyond capturing a player’s entry or exit at a casino.

 

Right from the time a car enters the parking garage or a drop off point, the license plates are captured by surveillance and returned to a sophisticated software where they are stored in the visitor’s data log. This lets the security know the driver’s identity and a complete background check report is generated, which reveals a complete history, criminal convictions etc. In fact, a forged license plate generates a blank report on the driver’s background check, arousing even more suspicion.

 

Assuming that you have gone past the car park or have made a smarter choice to arrive by a taxi or on foot, the next obstacle is a face recognition software that spots your face, reads facial features, and by virtue of smart face recognition programs, compares it with every criminal, convict or even people who may have been evicted from casinos before. And all this in a matter of few seconds! To up the ante even further, the casino industry has invented a tool called NORA (Non Obvious Relationship Awareness), which uses technology to trace links between two or more people operating at a casino. For example, NORA can trace and provide details if an ordinary looking player may have any kind of link with the casino dealer such as sharing of common address, contact lists, email conversations or even if they may have shared an internet connection.

 

A casino floor is a web of security systems. At any given time, more than one security measure is being employed to track and trace you, observe your body language and keep a check on your actions. Every inch of a casino floor is monitored closely through an HD surveillance system that keeps recording on a 24/7 basis. By virtue of sophisticated systems, recordings are stored and can be retrieved in the event of a police investigation many days later too.

 

Casinos worldwide employ specially trained security personnel who can easily spot suspicious people and behaviours, movements or even concealed weapons. In fact, the intervention of technology in ensuring business security for businesses, such as casinos, has gone far ahead. Most casino tables today are equipped with Artificial Intelligence (AI) programs that record and spot every move any player is making. If it appears that a certain player is playing at too much of an advantageous position, he can be easily spotted through a sophisticated AI program.

 

Many casinos deal exclusively with electronically marked cards that are specific to their casino or a particular table. A player who tries to sneak in one of his own cards to cheat can be caught instantly. Software systems can even spot dealer errors.

 

The only blind spot for most casinos today is the network security. This is because most of their business is practically dependent on technology backed security systems. Such systems are vulnerable to sabotage and hackers. However, investing in a trustworthy and market leading security software like Unified Systems helps businesses such as casinos, retailers, warehouse and other such verticals that are vulnerable to theft or sabotage to stay secure and profitable in the long run.

 

Unified Systems Inc.(USI) are a global integrated security systems provider based in Canada. Their comprehensive portfolio of services includes design, installation, and servicing of IP Video Surveillance, Access Control, and Commercial Alarms etc. USI brings the best in class services and ensures maximum ROI through an integrated and trustworthy security infrastructure for business procedures and processes.