Biloxi –It’s been years since a camera was allowed into a surveillance room at a Mississippi casino. But last week the Mississippi Gaming Commission and Beau Rivage Casino showed the Sun Herald what it takes to crack an international cheating ring and why the government is partnering with casinos for homeland security. The Sun Herald also interviewed „John Doe,“ an undercover special agent for the MGC, who identified how the Tran Organization cheated at least 16 casinos in the United States and Canada…

New research suggests that getting a job in the casino industry may not be a bad idea. Gaming surveillance jobs are expected to jump 34-percent in the next eight years. The list of 30-fastest growing occupations is out and if the government’s list is right, odds are the Las Vegas job market is a sure bet. Welcome to the surveillance society. You can’t go many places in casinos, or other gaming areas, without your every move caught on tape by a security camera.

Ah, the casino. A place to lose your cares, throw caution to the wind — and do it all under the cold, unblinking eye of a camera digitally recording your every move. In the three state-regulated casinos recently opened in Broward County, law-enforcement agents watch the casino floor with hundreds of cameras that can zoom in to reveal the smallest of details, down to the serial number on that USD 5 bill you just fed into the Wheel of Fortune slot machine. Private security forces do the same at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino near Hollywood.