Caesars Entertainment reports it is to install in New Jersey an all-digital, casino floor video recording system at its Bally’s Atlantic City casino resort.
By installing the all-digital system developed by Israel-based NICE Systems, the Bally’s casino surveillance team will replace all analog video tape recorders with compact digital recorders that use computer hard drives, enabling the company to more efficiently store and retrieve critical casino surveillance video. The system is expected to be fully deployed by the end of 2005.
What they say
“Digitising our gaming surveillance to match the digital surveillance we currently use in security operations will enable us to work more effectively as a department,” said Caesars Entertainment Vice President of Corporate Compliance and Security James Darcy. “This system will provide us with instant access to surveillance video at the touch of a finger, instead of requiring us to sort through stacks of analog tapes, as we have for so many years.” Darcy said the company will look to expand the use of digital surveillance systems at other Caesars Entertainment casino resorts, pending further regulatory approval. NICE Systems designed the application using the current NiceVision Harmony and the new, high-end NiceVision Pro digital video recording solutions. The addition of NiceVision Pro will provide more functions and a faster frame-rate, specifically designed for gaming surveillance, the makers say.
