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The surveillance room at Aria in Las Vegas; just one of many systems that’s watching their money more closely than their customers. (Image source: Aria patrol log)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you head into any casino in the world, you know there will be plenty of eyes watching you. Nowhere is this more true than in Las Vegas, where cameras – known as “eye-in-the-sky<\/a>” – appear to be everywhere in black demi-globes above the casino floor. In an instant, security experts can pull up an angle \u00a0and zero in so close that they can see the smallest detail that lets them know if someone is cheating at roulette, counting cards at the blackjack table, or trying to steal chips from another player.<\/p>\n

And while that level of blanket security can sometimes be a little creepy, it\u2019s also comforting to gamblers: it ensures that they are in a place where, should they be the victim of a crime, it\u2019s unlikely the perpetrator will get away with it.<\/p>\n

No Surveillance in Many Las Vegas Hotel Hallways<\/h2>\n

Unfortunately, the same can\u2019t always be said about the busy hotels found in the same buildings as those closely-guarded casinos. According to an investigation by the Associated Press<\/i>, 23 of the 27 major casinos on the Las Vegas Strip had no surveillance at all in the hotel hallways and elevator landings in their hotels, a conclusion they reached by interviewing casino officials and visiting the hotels for themselves.<\/p>\n

The only casinos that they found with cameras in these hallways were Caesars Palace, Planet Hollywood, the MGM Grand and the Tropicana.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople have a false sense of safety when they go to a casino (hotel),\u201d said Fred Del Marva, a security consultant. \u201cYou think, \u2018I\u2019m going to Bellagio, they have 2,000 surveillance cameras, so I\u2019m going to be safe.\u2019 And you\u2019re wrong. The level of security at the hotel level is zero.\u201d<\/p>\n

Room Burglaries Are #1 Crime<\/h2>\n

The biggest issue caused by the lack of cameras is hotel room burglaries, which account for the largest number of casino crimes. According to one story in the AP report, at least some criminals know where the cameras are and where they aren\u2019t, and strike accordingly \u2013 leaving police with few ways to help tourists and other visitors who are victimized.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe detective told us that the guy had a keycard made, and he was going from hotel to hotel,\u201d said tourist Allyson Rainey, who had her computer stolen from her room last year at Harrah\u2019s. \u201cHe had been doing this for the last eight years, so he obviously knew they didn\u2019t have cameras there.\u201d<\/p>\n

While some casino executives say they are putting in more cameras to help deal with the issue, they also say that vigilance \u2013 both by hotel employees and guests \u2013 is important in stopping some of these crimes as well. One popular scheme is known as a \u201cdoor-push\u201d crime, in which a burglar will simply push on doors until finding one that swings open because it wasn\u2019t properly closed.<\/p>\n

More serious crimes are also more difficult to prosecute because of the lack of cameras. Rapes and sexual assaults aren\u2019t unheard of, and could be prevented \u2013 or at least better prosecuted \u2013 if cameras helped track who was coming and going on each floor. Housekeepers and maids have also had plenty of scares, including both physical and sexual assaults, and these incidents are only occasionally reported.<\/p>\n

The biggest reason why casinos haven\u2019t added these cameras is cost, as it can cost millions to install such systems and $100,000 or more each year to monitor and maintain them, not to mention the additional personnel required to man, maintain and operate them.<\/p>\n

But there’s also the somewhat delicate issue of who is staying where and with whom, if you get our drift, and many guests don’t like those moments immortalized on digital surveillance that could come back to haunt them in an alimony suit some day .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you head into any casino in the world, you know there will be plenty of eyes watching you. Nowhere is this more true than in Las Vegas, where cameras – known as “eye-in-the-sky” – appear to be everywhere in black demi-globes above the casino floor. 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