WASHINGTON, April 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Video poker machines aren't the only high-tech applications in casinos. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology is becoming increasingly more widespread in the gaming industry.
"RFID in Casinos" will be examined at a luncheon panel -- Thursday 17 April from noon to 1:30 -- during the second IEEE International Conference on RFID (IEEE RFID 2008) at Las Vegas' Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino, 16-17 April.
"RFID can provide real-time visibility to casino management in tracking people and high-value products," said panel moderator Harry Pappas, president and CEO of the International RFID Business Association.
"If a million dollars worth of casino chips or coins are being moved across a facility, management wants to know its status at any given time."
"RFID in Casinos" panelists include Jim Grubbs, security supervisor and training coordinator at Caesars Palace; Jeff Markman, president of Positek RFID; and John M. Kendall, president and CEO of CHIPCO International.
Kendall said his company has integrated RFID into chips to help stop counterfeiting and theft and provide functional data. His presentation will describe how to evaluate RFID technology, illustrate radio frequency choices based on application, and provide guidance in developing a return-on-investment formula for such new technology investments.
An enabling technology, RFID uses tags and readers to transmit a unique number. The tags store information on a microchip connected to a radio antenna, while the readers emit radio waves that exchange signals with the tags.
IEEE RFID 2008 will address the technical and policy challenges of RFID technologies, examine job opportunities and feature 44 technical papers by leading academic and industrial researchers from around the world. The conference is co-located with RFID Journal Live! executive conference and exhibition (http://www.rfidjournalevents.com/live/).
IEEE RFID 2008 is funded in part by a U.S. Army Research Office grant of $5,000, which represents seven percent of the total estimated cost of the conference.
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