AMERICA’S GAMBLING SECTOR FIGHTS HIGH TECH CRIMINALS WITH HIGH TECH SURVEILLANCE AND DETECTION
September 1st, 2008
BY LUCY JONES
CONTROVERSIAL and widely banned, gambling nonetheless remains a highly lucrative industry in the US. As such, it is a target for high tech commercial criminals. Lucy Jones reports from Dallas, Texas.
AMERICA'S top seven gaming destinations each took in excess of US$1 billion in 2007, with the Las Vegas Strip posting revenue of $6.75 billion, according to the Innovation Group. It is therefore unsurprising that casinos are turning to cutting edge technologies to foil criminals wanting to cream off some of these profits. Long gone are the days of ...
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