Technology not completely “accurate”
Technology-based ID checks that would help to keep casino workers from gambling during their time off may not offer a 100 percent solution, a local scholar recently told the Macau News Agency.
“Since it is almost impossible for an employer to detect where employees go after work, casinos may have to check IDs of the customers when they enter the gaming areas, but this may be quite time-consuming given the volume of customer flow in Macau today,” said Ricardo Chi Sen Siu, associate professor in Business Economics at the University of Macau.
Siu says the technology “may be helpful” to improve monitoring but is “hardly 100 percent accurate.”
The professor recommended that gaming operators encourage staff from gambling if a law passes that would bar casino workers from gambling during their time off. He said posters and short videos set up at staff resting and dining areas “should also come first” in order to reinforce staff’s knowledge about the regulations, which may eventually come into effect, and the possible consequences if they are infringed.
The law proposal revising the 2012 regulations for entry, work and gaming in casinos, suggests that the ban should include any worker performing functions in a casino venue, including cashiers, restoration staff, cleaning and security personnel, and not only table dealers.
It also proposes that gaming employees working for any casino operator should be barred from entering any casino in town.
