Another Article on Card Counting

[Percy]

Local casinos use countless methods to discourage card counters


http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/...unters-639715/

Ms Griffin is back again...

There's also an interesting comment at the bottom about Ken Uston.

[Finrod]

The number if misconceptions and falsehoods promulgated in this article is alarming. This is certainly a vehicle for Griffin to promote herself, but the comments from the casino execs only show how little they understand. The follow up comment about Ken Uston is particularly funny as this person claims to have been a friend of Uston, But spells his name incorrectly.

[UK-21]

Hi Percy,

Read this article as it was you that provided the pointer.

Just about the standard of journalism that you find in my local rag - something that
could be pulled together by a GCSE student in 5th form as a homework assignment?

I thought Griffin Investigations became bankrupt as a result of the damages they had
to pay for losing their high-profile legal case, and the mainstream casino chains not
subscribing to their database service anymore?

They could always try offering a similar service in the UK, but I fear it wouldn't be a
very big database? :-)

Regards,

UK-21

[peaegg]

http://www.griffininvestigations.com/index.html

[UK-21]

I was under the impression that sharing information about patrons is illegal in UK.

You're referring to the Data Protection Act (DPA), which is really aligned to similar legislation across the EU.
Not illegal . . . the Act requires any party holding, processing or transfering personal data on living individuals
to register their particulars with the Information Commissioner. It's questionable whether a photo and name
of an individual suspected of being an AP would be considered to be personal or not, and something that the
IC would have to rule on if it was ever challenged.

As to the passing of such data to other parties, definitely an offence although the usual problem of proving
that an offence has been committed is the crux. How do you do it if one Casino Manager 'phones his/her
counterpart in the shop down the road and passes a name, or e-mails a frame from the in-house CCTV over
to them? So a lot of the arguements around what is, and isn't, lawful become largely academic, and the DPA
not worth the paper it's written on. Few prosecutions for contravening the Act ever take place.

[UK-21]

http://www.griffininvestigations.com/index.html

Looks to be a two bob outfit with a three bob web site?



From it:
THE PROBLEM
The gaming industry is under siege from opportunistic scam artists worldwide. Converging on the Internet, these gaming cheaters represent the organized crime movement of the new millennium. Their actions cost gaming operations untold millions a year - and the number is growing.


My heart bleeds . . . .