Australia’s Star City Casino Ups Efforts to Catch Cheats

The Star City casino based in Sydney recently announced that it was tightening security in an effort to track and apprehend blackjack cheats and thieves. The new surveillance measures that it has taken has proved successful and reports claim that the casino has caught several blackjack cheats who are using marked cards and fake chips. The main focus of all this effort is the blackjack tables at the casino where cheating and fraud appear to be rampant.

The Star City casino is looking to clean up its image and its casino by removing all unruly and unscrupulous patrons from its premises and has increased its surveillance operations by 20% in the last 2 years. As of now the Australian casino boasts 1200 close circuit cameras on its premises that cover all the areas of the casino including the main gaming floor and the building’s perimeter. Star City has also added cameras in its high rollers room.

By the year 2011, the casino will re-launch itself complete with a new name and reputation and several more security cameras to watch its blackjack tables. In total there will be 1800 cameras in the casino. The casino reported that the cheating and thefts that occurred in the casino had doubled in the past year, but according to the casino spokesperson, this is indicative of the number of cheaters and thieves who have been apprehended.

This blog entry was posted on Sunday, April 18th, 2010 at 11:06 pm and is filed under Blackjack News.