Inside Asian Gaming

May 2012 | INSIDE ASIAN GAMING 31 On the left, the 3,A,7,6,K are exposed, and on the right, the J,8,2,9 are exposed. Casino Security and there are countless stories of cameras being used to turn the tables on the casinos. It has become all too common to meet with a casinomanager whowants to add shufflers to his casino because a dealer was caught wearing a buttonhole camera and taking a video of the manual shuffle. This scam typically happens at the end of the dealer’s shift. The USB stick is handed off to players in the parking lot who write down the exact order of the cards. Meanwhile, back at the table, the new dealer who knows nothing of what is about to happen is dealing to players who are stalling the game with slow play, spilled drinks, etc., or sometimes it is a reserved game and no stalling is required. The cheating players then sit down at the table with a coded baccarat score card detailing the order of the cards that are now in the shoe.The table then fills upwithplayerswho are all in on the scam, and the casino loses significant money. The scary part about this cheating method is that the manual shuffle procedures can actually be followed, the dealer who loses the money is clean, and no players have done anything that would draw attention other than winning. It all looks clean when surveillance watches the film to review the big win. Most casinos have a policy of no cell phones on the table, which is good, but cameras now come in much smaller packages such as pens, key chains, watches and lighters, so casinos need to be on the lookout for anything suspicious. This balance between customer service and game security is difficult, and sometimes just results in a series of over-reactions. No casino wants to have a “nothing allowed