Our guest this week is T Dane, a surveillance expert, and author of “Behind the Black Dome.”
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Show Notes
[00:00] Introduction of T. Dane surveillance expert and author of Behind the Black Dome
[00:36] The origin of the name T. Dane
[01:42] How much of Behind the Black Dome is still relevant?
[02:48] T. Dane’s employment history
[04:44] The impact of Covid-19 on surveillance
[08:08] When would surveillance employees want to identify a person
[12:36] Do surveillance employees get sent down to the floor?
[13:22] How much focus on advantage play?
[14:41] Are there incentives from management to catch advantage players?
[16:51] Players with tunnel vision
[20:01] Database usage and contributions
[23:36] What size win would trigger a tape review?
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[30:07] Facial recognition technology
[33:20] Using social media to identify advantage players
[37:01] License plate recognition
[41:02] How many advantage players per week did T. Dane see?
[41:45] When T. Dane was an advantage player did he park where he played?
[43:31] Use of player’s card information
[46:29] Rat-holing chips
[48:00] Cheating incidents
[49:51] How many surveillance workers know the basic strategy for blackjack? How many can count cards?
[53:54] RFID chips
[55:03] What percentage of time is heat generated from the pit boss?
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Other T. Dane Interviews:
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