{"id":108021,"date":"2019-06-30T04:00:18","date_gmt":"2019-06-30T11:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=108021"},"modified":"2019-06-28T13:36:35","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T20:36:35","slug":"macau-casinos-implement-ai-technology-to-identify-biggest-losers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/macau-casinos-implement-ai-technology-to-identify-biggest-losers\/","title":{"rendered":"Macau Casinos Implement AI Technology to Identify Biggest Losers, Pinpoint VIP Gamblers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Macau casinos have been rolling out artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in order to monitor habits of patrons and quickly identify those individuals who are likely to spend, and lose, big.<\/p>\n

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The eyes in the skies of Macau casinos are upgrading their capabilities with artificial intelligence. (Image: Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Make no mistake, the AI implementations aren’t tailored to protect gamblers. Instead, the technology is to aid the casino in pinpointing its VIPs and making sure they’re being catered to.<\/p>\n

Bloomberg <\/i>journalist<\/a> Jinshan Hong says Las Vegas Sands and MGM Resorts’ Macau casinos have already installed such monitoring equipment. Hong reports that hidden cameras use facial recognition technologies<\/a> to identify guests, and digitally-enabled poker chips and baccarat tables allow the house to keep close tabs on guests.<\/p>\n

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Hong says almost immediately after a VIP known to have deep pockets steps foot on the casino floor, the house is aware and can deploy a customer rep to make sure he or she is given special treatment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

“Those who can afford to lose, those who play even more when losing money, we can for sure offer them a free meal,” said Andrew Lo, the executive director of Suncity’s junket operations.<\/p>\n

Along with allowing casinos to detect and track guests, the AI technology provides better ability to detect potential collusions among players and dealers.<\/p>\n

Critical Backlash<\/b><\/h2>\n

The majority of guests who enter a casino likely know they’re being monitored. But accumulating vast amounts of data on their specific spending habits poses privacy concerns.<\/p>\n

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This new technology certainly has the potential to infringe the law as it expands the scope of players whose breadth and range of activities would now be tracked,” Ben Lee, a partner at Asian gaming consultancy IGamiX told Bloomberg<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Opponents to casinos even more closely monitoring gamblers<\/a> say AI will naturally evolve to be used to keep guests on the gaming floor longer than they might have planned.<\/p>\n

“For youth or players with serious gambling problems, the negative impacts of AI-based marketing and gambling operations can be devastating and even life-threatening,” National Council on Problem Gambling Executive Director Keith Whyte said in a statement to Axios<\/i>.<\/p>\n

AI Investment<\/b><\/h2>\n

Blackstone billionaire Stephen Schwarzman \u2013 whose private equity firm owns the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas \u2013 recently donated $188 million to Oxford University in the UK to study artificial intelligence ethics. It follows a $350 million gift to MIT to address the opportunities and challenges presented by the rise of AI.<\/p>\n

“I am someone who has spent years looking at companies and industries to see which are poised for growth and which are on the decline. And one thing I see every day is that most companies and industries are about to be transformed, if they haven\u2019t been already, by artificial intelligence,” Schwarzman wrote in a January op-ed in The Washington Post<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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He continued, “AI will reshape the world in ways we can’t imagine. The sooner we come to an understanding of AI that ensures its powerful capabilities are a net positive for people and workers, the more wisely we can develop and deploy it.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Schwarzman is worth an estimated $15.7 billion according to Forbes<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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