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The highly competitive gaming industry is increasingly looking to technology to give it an edge over its rivals. From Las Vegas casinos to online bookmakers, technology is shaping the way we wager. In this special report we outline the trends and the developments as well as revealing the ways in which controversial technologies such as biometrics and RFID chips have found the ideal test bed in an industry which is no stranger to dealing with criticism.
Similarly the spotlight under which the industry operates means no technology roll-outs are more closely scrutinised or rigorously tested making the gaming sector a strong indicator of what technologies will find widespread uses in other sectors from retail to financial services.
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Leader: Can online gambling clean up its act?
Is it the UK's place to show it how?
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Technology can't beat casino cheaters
RFID, optical scanning, facial recognition...? 'Bring it on', sayd Richard Marcus, a leading authority on casino cheating.
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Las Vegas cheat-busting: The truth about tech detection
Behind the scenes there are now some of the world's most powerful digital surveillance, intelligence and data analysis technologies working hard to nudge that house edge ever higher over the tiny minority of cheats among the millions of honest players who walk through the casino doors each week.
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The Vegas CIO: Tim Stanley, Harrah's Entertainment
Meet the man who runs the technology which runs the biggest casino company in the world...
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Photos: Viva Las Vegas...and tech
Where tech exces come to party... and to hold conferences...
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Tony Hallett's After These Messages: Online poker
Game playing, whether for money, for tokens or for the sheer fun of it, will be big over all kinds of connected devices. PCs, TVs, mobiles - you name it. It's something to do with being human.
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Las Vegas at 100: Why it's tech's kind of town
Like the adult entertainment industry, the world of gambling is a test bed for many cutting-edge technologies. And no place leads the world of wagers like the desert city of Las Vegas. silicon.com looks at the city's role, past, present and future.
Betfair scores 100 per cent uptime Down Under
Oz launch goes off without a hitch...
Has US online gambling had its chips?
All bets are off...
Mobile gambling boom time ahead
Punters set to bet $23bn via their handsets...
Online casino punters targeted by malware scams
One to watch, more than one to lose sleep over...
Online bookies face tighter UK regulation
... unless they nip off to Bermuda, Gibraltar, Macau...
Stories from around the web...
Betfair appoints advisers for IPO - papers Reuters
Investing in Online Gambling MSNBC
Aussie Wins World Series of Poker LA Times
The betting week Guardian Unlimited
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