Our guest this week is “Griff,” a surveillance director who works somewhere east of Las Vegas. Griff answers questions from our listeners. We welcome your questions – send them to us at [email protected].
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Show Notes
[00:00] Intro of Griff, The Surveillance Pro
[00:54] Would coloring up during high counts provide cover?
[03:08] Is Hi-Lo tracked by employees or software?
[04:30] How effective are Ian Andersen’s cover plays?
[05:48] Who makes the decision to bar a player?
[07:16] Do casinos ever ban losing players?
[07:32] How does facial recognition software perform?
[11:34] Do casinos actively gather license plate data?
[14:33] Do casinos have the ability to scan license plates automatically upon entrance?
[16:22] How does surveillance prioritize their duties?
[18:59] How often is Griff free to look at things on his own?
[22:26] Are hats a big tell for advantage players?
[23:29] Is Griff aware of advantage slot players and efforts to ban them?
[26:59] Does surveillance track regular players who only play high video poker progressives?
[27:58] Does not using a player’s card raise any red flags?
[29:02] Does Griff use a database? Who checks the database?
[31:17] How user friendly are the databases?
[32:08] South Point Casino: December Promotions
[33:26] VideoPoker.com: GWAE offer until 12/31
[35:19] Is there a database for player’s jewelry?
[38:20] Does drinking alcohol have any effect on the analysis of players?
[39:41] How long does Griff keep pictures of AP’s that have not yet been banned?
[41:01] How do casinos treat large wins by non-counters?
[43:37] Does Griff making HR decisions in the surveillance department?
[47:03] Are more losses caused AP’s, cheaters, or employees?
[49:18] How prevalent is professional cheating?
[51:15] How often does Griff see advantage play?
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I always like the show, this week’s show especially so. Griff was an excellent guest. Looking forward to next week.
Good interview. I’ve had my eye on this small casino lately. I like to check out casino websites to see who they are hiring for. At this one casino it seems that they have a moderate attrition rate for surveillance room personnel. They cannot keep people it seems and they are willing to take non card playing people right off the street with a high school education to become surveillance guys/gals.
I fantasized about working at this casino for awhile now but I don’t know if I would like to be a surveillance room person or a dealer so that I could interact with the players and to needle them when need be. The cool thing about the surveillance room is that I would be arm chair quarterback with a radio in my hand, high tech camera equipment to play with, and casino goons at my beck & call to direct them to people deemed as a threat! It would be thrilling to drag a player to the back room who is deemed a cheat or an AP if I were to catch them. I might even rough’em up physically once a player is in the back room. Making up my own rules as a surveillance person would soon be a necessity besides for following casino policy.
Good show.
I wonder how long it takes Grif to train his recruits in Hi-Lo counting and how proficient his new surveillance people are after his tutelage? I would have to guess that a new employee that Grif trains wouldn’t be very fast and proficient at it. How many surveillance people wash-out and just quit because they cannot do Hi-Lo counting? LMFAO. 🙂