Facial recognition technology coming to Las Vegas slot machines

Wow.
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Facial recognition technology coming to Las Vegas slot machines

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I think people will avoid Konami machines for a while! 

It will vacate that comforting sense of anonymity in a casino (even though we know surveillance is all around).

Next the casinos will require you to get a numbered tottoo on your forehead to be able to enter the casino.

If you play with a player's card, you're already identifying yourself and recording the time and date of your play anyway--in addition to your results. And while it probably isn't used in every casino, facial recognition technology has been incorporated into casino surveillance for years. So if you're concerned about your privacy, well, that ship has sailed.

I'm less worried about it in casinos as oppossed to other places.    On the plus side its good for combating crime....but you sacrifice privacy.   I dont really do too much that I'd be afraid to make public but its still creepy to have eyes on me all the time.

At Hogs and Heiffers,you get a wristband. Close.

The only downside I have it that my hubby won't be able to put points on my card. Cameras already follow us everywhere in LV.

Will it be required to register for this, including having a photo made, in order to play at a machine with one's players card?  I guess we will see.  Some good QoD opportunities with this issue.

Unfortunately, there are enough instances of player fraud that casinos can make a compelling argument for making sure that the person playing is the same as the one who actually owns the card. A low-level instance of such fraud is when wifey plays on hubby's card or vice versa--they're actually not supposed to do that (though maybe some casinos do allow that specifically). Another example would be playing on a friend's card or using it at a kiosk to get a goody.

These things are no big deal, though against casino rules, but the real problem has been when lowlife promo scammers get multiple accounts and then use them to take advantage of offers and such. It's a way, for example, to circumvent earned points limits for a promo. So given the other advantages of a player visual ID system for the casino, I wouldn't be at all surprised if you will have to get a photo player's card in the very near future.

I for one welcome our new robot overlords.

I think you've got it, Kevin.  Redeeming offers, points, etc. will require a card with a current expiry date.  So we will probably have to smile for the camera when we get a new card.  It will be interesting as to what actually comes of this.  At least my drivers license is good for eight years!