Electronic Player Tracking Article

The link below is to an interesting article about electronic player tracking, like Mindplay. It is written from the casino's perspective and does not bode well for the future.

Mohegan Sun bought a shitload of Mindplay tables late last year.

Excerpt from Money and Business magazine article:

"Marcus Prater, MindPlay senior vice president of marketing, says dealers can't use the system to deceive. "Even though we know every card in the shoe, there is no way to alert the dealer that a hot run for the player is coming. And that has been proven to the Nevada Gaming Control Board," he says."

"Nevertheless, gamblers' suspicions worry casino executives like Harrah's Loveman, who has so far declined to install the tables. "The player has to have complete faith that the game is not manipulable by the casino," says Loveman."You can get to a point where you are too clever for your own good.""

since early photos/advertisements clearly showed a large LCD display that gave the "count" in big letters. The NGB couldn't/wouldn't recognize a casino cheating device if is was shoved 3 feet up their a**...

It seems he's steering Harrah's clear of tort liability, criminal culpability and public relations black eyes.

as Harrah's now owns the Flamingo, the LV Home of Mindplay.

I appreciate that consolidation seems the order of the day, regardless of its wisdom. Is the Hilton chain holding onto its other casino properties?

Hilton, flush with success of LV Hilton in mid-90's merged with Bally Gaming to become Park Place Entertainment. They then bought Caesars World from the Sheraton folks, sold Desert Inn, and eventually became Caesars Entertainment. Caesars Entertainment was bought late last year by Harrah's. Harrah's now owns Caesars, Ballys, Paris, Flamingo, and O'Sheas as well as Grand Casinos and Horseshoe Casinos.