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I'm having trouble understanding the technical possibility of chips being deactivated in this scenario. I see from the police report it wasn't, but just wondere
by AndyJPartridge 16y ago
I'm having trouble understanding the technical possibility of chips being deactivated in this scenario. I see from the police report it wasn't, but just wondered anyway.
If someone grabs X chips, where X is quite a high number, and walks out the door - are the numbers registered as they go, and can be deactivated thereafter?
Can a high value of X be scanned and stored by RFID technology? How are legit walk-outs and stolen separated?
Also, I see mention of the technology "Spotting a dealer accidentally shorting a player" - is this technology that granular that a transaction like that can be logged accurately?
Just curious if anyone can indulge me.
- Joakal 16y agoIANAM. Hypothetically, I gather that they have a database of 'activated' chips. If it goes through door, it's logged (similar how there's beepers at a shop if you accidentally didn't pay for something). When a large amount of chips leave within 30 seconds, the casion owners went to the database and marked the chips as 'stolen'. If the person claims it wasn't stolen, the casino has cameras to follow up. If a chip was later used in the casino, the teller would swipe it to read from database. Ideally, it would raise a flag and be refused to be exchanged for money (stolen goods).
- AndyJPartridge 16y agoThanks for the reply. I looked this up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulk_reading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulk_reading "Bulk reading is a means for orienting in conduct of logistics processes, but caused by a higher quote of reading failures, not suitable for inventory management." So I am still unsure how they could, as the PR is stating, 'turn off' a selection of chips reliably. I guess it's a mute point as the Bellagio swapped out all chips, and therefore the RFID inside any/all.