I tried to infiltrate the casino's "surveillance room": Wednesday interview theater (face recognition performance) (page 1/6)
The reporter is now at a casino in Macau (of course, he is working). I am in an integrated resort (IR) called “Studio City Macau” that opened in 2015, and there is a casino on the first floor. There were 290 table games such as baccarat and blackjack, and 1,200 slot machines.
Overlooking the floor, the neon lights in warm colors such as red and orange were shining, and the entertainment space was spreading, but there was one thing that caught my attention. It is a "surveillance camera". A camera at the entrance, a camera on the ceiling, a camera on the table, and a camera in the slot. You can find cameras wherever you look, so when I asked the person in charge how many there are, he said, ``There are about 3,000 cameras installed in the casino alone, and there is almost no blind spot.'' .
Replacing the dealt cards, bringing in suspicious things――. As a countermeasure against so-called "cheating", many surveillance cameras are installed, but there are too many. For example, one camera is installed per slot.
What are the surveillance cameras installed in the casino filming? If we don't increase the number of surveillance cameras, we won't be able to deal with it." I understand that opinion well. However, as the number of cameras increases, so does the number of images, which raises the question of how to analyze the huge amount of accumulated data.In order to solve the mystery, it is necessary to cover the surveillance room. So, security officer Damian Phillips showed me around a secret base that no outsiders can enter.
Click here for all photos! I went into the surveillance room