Basler Vision Technologies announced several of their network cameras have been selected by Jerry’s Nugget Casino to secure their gaming facilities in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Basler Vision Technologies announced several of their network cameras have been selected by Jerry's Nugget Casino to secure their gaming facilities in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Jerry's Nugget is a Las Vegas casino with various gaming options, live stage entertainment and dining facilities. In the course of a security technology update, Jerry's Nugget is replacing 220 analog cameras with 200 Basler network cameras.
The majority of the cameras are to be installed in the gaming table and slot machine areas. With their megapixel resolution CCD sensors, Basler's network cameras help to identify the smallest image details such as the face of a playing card on a large gaming table. Additional cameras will secure the casino's “cage”, where chips and tokens can be bought or exchanged for cash and where money is counted. In this area, Basler's network cameras will be used to detect any irregularities that are too fast for the human eye to see.
For video data storage, Jerry's Nugget relies on a TimeSight VMS and server solution. TimeSight's video life cycle management system periodically compresses all image data depending on its age and event severity, and thus drastically reduces storage costs.
Some 25 percent of the cameras have been installed by Southwest Surveillance Systems, a TimeSight Systems partner, and they are among the first megapixel network cameras to have ever achieved certification by the Nevada State Gaming Commission.
Jeremy Stamis, GM at Jerry's Nugget Casino, is delighted with his new security camera installation. "We had a number of objectives in mind when refreshing our surveillance system. Our key goals included truly forensic-quality video as well as extended retention to protect our business against all types of loss, including regulatory fines, liability, shrinkage and other types of crime," Stamis said. "With Basler's network cameras and TimeSight's video life cycle management, we get both a high level of detail and still save storage costs."
“Due to the high number of cameras, large storage requirements and stringent specifications from the gaming commissions, video surveillance in the gaming sector has always been a challenge. The industry hesitated for a long time before replacing aging analog systems with the latest IP-based megapixel technology,” said Marko Vogt, Sales Manager Americas, Security at Basler.
"As one of the first certified megapixel installations in Las Vegas gaming, the quality of images is amazing and will set a new standard for forensic image quality in this environment,” said Scott Bartlett, CEO of Southwest Surveillance. “Most casinos struggle to determine the suits of cards on the table when viewing their video. This system gives us the ability to clearly read the suit of the cards on the table, not only immediately, but months later."