How are you tracked at the casino?

[Mistylee]

It is the wave of the future. Before I retired I was trained in facial recognition and it is a starting point in identification of someone. There are other validations that have to be completed. Quality of the camera, facial placement in picture, having a database to compare against and other technique's are just some of the issues when using facial recognition. I don't believe many private companies are using it yet but I see it in the future.

I read about that... interesting!!

My last Host at this casino used to say... text me the machine number when you are on a machine. But, twice on different visits he called our room after we had left the floor.. so he knew that we were in the room.. I know that it can be tracked when you use a room key.

My new Host called me a couple of months ago on my cell and said "where are you? We were in our room....she was surprised and said she couldn't find us..... weird...

[Mistylee]

Wow, that *is* strange. Maybe they were greeting someone else on the floor and they happened to see you walking toward them?

I talked to my host at Harrah's Joliet for a bit tonight (we are FB friends and chat occasionally ). I told him I was coming tomorrow for the day and he said "call me or text me when you get here." I felt like saying, why? You can find me by my player's card!!

Blase...I don't know if you notice at Four Winds that the Hosts aren't around much on the floor. When there was a Host office.. they were.... but she was standing there waiting for me... no one else was around her and it was quite a while that I was by the big fireplace catching up on my phone!


Maybe they implant a tracking device when you hit your first handpay :-)

[touche22]

How am I tracked?

By my losses

[Hawkeye]

They want to recognize the "cheats" as they enter so that security can show them the exit : )

I'm sure that is part of it but I think they also use it to track those that may not use a card. Not sure why?

[slotbender]

I'm sure that is part of it but I think they also use it to track those that may not use a card. Not sure why?

The casino wants to track everything/everyone that they can. There are many reasons for this (from their point of view). Not only just for security reasons but I also believe that it involves the science of human behavior (profiling individuals) when it comes to gambling which is a very deep subject : )