Radio Frequency Identification Technology for Logistics, Tagging and EPC

Pa. casino combats fake chips with RFID

Monday, June 21, 2010

The Meadows Racetrack and Casino in Western Pennsylvania will soon take delivery of RFID-enabled casino chips to prevent counterfeiting, according to a local news report.

The chips will remain in The Meadow’s vault until they can be used during a test to be held in early July. Meanwhile, each table game will be fitted with RFID readers to verify the chips being played are genuine.

The Meadows will also use the newly installed readers to more accurately track how much a guest wagers in order to reward guest play. Readers also will be used by cashiers to immediately tally winnings, as well as detect any potential counterfeits.

The casino invested $360,000 for 184,5000 chips with denominations ranging from $1 to $5,000.

To read more click here. [end] 

Related Articles
UGA police investigating fake ID operations

Just as the University of Georgia police were ending an investigation into a sophisticated fake ID ring, another student dealing in fake driver licenses came to light. The original ring, apparently run by students at the University of Georgia and Gainesville State College, had distributed more than 1,000 fake IDs to students at the two schools.

read more »
RFID may have lead to arrest in casino heist

Las Vegas Police have apprehended the suspect in the December 2010 robbery at the Bellagio Resort & Casino resulting in stolen chips whose face value totaled nearly $1.5 million, according to Singularity Hub.

read more »
French supermarket uses NFC to help visually impaired

French supermarket chain Casino is working on a new system that uses NFC tags to give the visually impaired and disabled access to product information like pricing and ingredients.

read more »
Fake Harvard student discovered by campus police

A 27-year-old man posing as a Harvard undergraduate student stayed in the dorms, ate in the school cafeteria and chatted with many Harvard students via Facebook before being found out by campus police. He was cited for trespassing and using a false identification card.

read more »
GIMS uniform tracking system makes its way into Atlantic City

Revel, an entertainment resort and casino operating in Atlantic City, New Jersey, has selected the GIMS ultra-high frequency RFID uniform tracking system to control thousands of valuable garments worn by more than 5,800 resort staff members.

read more »
Rivers Casino deploys GIMS uniform tracking system

Rivers Casino Des Plaines, Ill. has installed InvoTech’s GIMS automatic ultra-high frequency (UHF) RFID garment tracking system to manage more than 20,000 custom-designed staff uniforms.

read more »

Copyright © 2012, AVISIAN, Inc. All rights reserved.