I had another great question submit it to me by email. This reader wanted to know what, if anything, I knew about loss prevention. I assume that he meant at local retail stores, although most large hotel casinos will have gift shops and other retail or point-of-sale locations, where surveillance may perform loss prevention duties in conjunction with security. It turns out I know quite a bit about the loss prevention landscape out there, having work for a large retailer doing loss prevention in the 90s. I won't say the exact name of this retailer, but their name rhymes with small heart. You figure it out. What I learned from them, and what I have learned subsequently to that, is that while surveillance and loss prevention may be necessary to the operation of a large retail store, just as they are in a casino, they are not something that management or ownership wants to spend any money on. All gaming jurisdictions require casinos to have a certain level of surveillance, by law. Th...
A 25 year casino surveillance veteran will peel back the curtain of "the eye in the sky". I will let you know what they look for, what they don't and how you can use my knowledge to help you win more, and more often at your next trip to Vegas or Reno.