Customer data captured by electronic gaming machines (slots)

When I log into an electronic gaming machine using my casino membrhsip card.....what data is captured about me and my play and who owns or can access it?

Originally posted by: Steven Pinchuk

When I log into an electronic gaming machine using my casino membrhsip card.....what data is captured about me and my play and who owns or can access it?


The data are how much you played, and whether you won or lost and how much...at a minimum. It will be associated with the relevant players' club info such as your full name, email, phone, etc. etc.

 

ALL this info is the casino's property--not yours. (See Rule 37 on Page 6 of the Players' Club agreement.) They can use it in any way they please, including selling it to a third party. You have no privacy protections--the relevant law is not dissimilar to the law that says that if you show your face in a casino, you are giving implicit consent to be photographed (welcome to Nevada). And if you're a nogoodnik on the lam from the law--be aware that the casinos are happy to share this info with law enforcement upon their request.

 

It gets to the point where the violation of your privacy isn't worth the complimentary doughnut you'll receive for playing $100,000. For that reason, if I play at any Injun casino in particular, I NEVER use a players' card. And I'm quite leery about the "legit" casinos as well.

 

 

Originally posted by: Kevin Lewis

The data are how much you played, and whether you won or lost and how much...at a minimum. It will be associated with the relevant players' club info such as your full name, email, phone, etc. etc.

 

ALL this info is the casino's property--not yours. (See Rule 37 on Page 6 of the Players' Club agreement.) They can use it in any way they please, including selling it to a third party. You have no privacy protections--the relevant law is not dissimilar to the law that says that if you show your face in a casino, you are giving implicit consent to be photographed (welcome to Nevada). And if you're a nogoodnik on the lam from the law--be aware that the casinos are happy to share this info with law enforcement upon their request.

 

It gets to the point where the violation of your privacy isn't worth the complimentary doughnut you'll receive for playing $100,000. For that reason, if I play at any Injun casino in particular, I NEVER use a players' card. And I'm quite leery about the "legit" casinos as well.

 

 


Of course most of us aren't really worried about our pictures being shared with law enforcement like Kevin is.  

Thanks guys, I thought that was the way it works. Someone told me that the electronic gaming manufacturers kept/owned the data. But since most large casinos buy the mahines instead of leasing them i could not see how they would access or own the customer data


Originally posted by: Jerry Ice 33

Of course most of us aren't really worried about our pictures being shared with law enforcement like Kevin is.  


You would know more about that than I.

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