If you think you can outsmart a casino, don't bet on it. An agreement has been struck between
Gaming Partners International Corp. and
Galaxy Resorts to supply over 600,000 RFID
gaming chips to casinos that will be opening in Macau, China next year. (Didn't know they allowed gambling
in China!) This is an example of an emerging trend whereby casino are using RFID to stop gamblers from
cashing in counterfeit gaming chips and to stop cheaters at various table games.
This niche blog has now been merged into the The Wireless Report (www.thewirelessreport.com), which covers all things wireless.
1. Macau is just a SAR of China, like Hong Kong is, giving it the power to set many of its own laws independent of Beijing. Gambling is legal in various forms in Macau, while soccer (football) betting and horse races are the big forms of gambling in Hong Kong. Mainland China has little in the way of organized gambling, but mahjongg is the game of choice for small bets. Macau is a former Portugese colony and trading post which was handed over in 1999, about two and a half years after Hong Kong. More info in the CIA World Factbook, http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/mc.html
Posted at 4:17AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Evil Timmy