Barry is also a former law enforcement officer, having worked as a detective with the Phoenix Police Department and as a Special Agent with the FBI.Ĭharles and I discussed the evolution of casino security over the last several decades, emerging threats to casinos & hotels, and the major event that forced gaming corporations to re-examine their security procedures from top to bottom. He has over 30 years in the field and has worked with several major gaming companies.

Barry is an expert in casino and corporate security, surveillance & investigations and currently runs his own consulting firm. The industry has moved on from binocular-carrying staff, wandering catwalks in the ceiling to a world of digitally networked video recording and facial recognition software.and my guest for this episode of the podcast is here to take us behind the curtain and into that world.Ĭharles H. Since the days of Sam Rothstein and the Tangiers - or Frank Rosenthal and the Stardust, if you will - casino security has come a LONG ways. And the eye-in-the-sky is watching us all.' - Sam 'Ace' Rothstein, 'Casino', 1995 The casino manager is watching the shift bosses. The shift bosses are watching the pit bosses. The pit bosses are watching the floor men.

Since the players are looking to beat the casino, the dealers are watching the players.

'In Vegas, everybody's gotta watch everybody else.

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