With regard to providing your ID to casino personnel, the adage in the AP community always echos, "Always play unrated; never give up your ID".

I am plagued with baby face and am constantly carded before even sitting down at a table. Sometimes its casino security personnel randomly walking about the floor, or at the cage when cashing out chips (even at small denominations).

I made a thread a few years ago about this issue, more specifically about worrying about providing ID. But what I want to know is essentially reduced to, "At what point is your information available to the casino?" I want to know at what specific time are you now considered "in the system" outside of a floorman swiping your card in a machine or when surrendering your ID when cashing out chips.

Further specifically, do surveillance cameras have the resolution to pick up the fine print on your ID when you toss it on the table felt? Or when a floorperson simply looks at it anywhere on the casino floor?

Appreciate all comments. Thanks