Vegas casino bets on RFID | CNET News.com
Looks like RFID is drawing more and more interest from casinos.
The fancy new chips look just like regular ones, only they contain radio devices that signal secret serial numbers. Special equipment linked to the casino's computer systems and placed throughout the property will identify legitimate chips and detect fakes, said Rick Doptis, vice president of table games for the Wynn.
The article mentiones the Gaming Partners International, Safechip which uses a custom 256-bit (IC) chip from Phillips called the "Vegas S" chip, according to the product sheets. This sounds like and adaptation of the Hitag S passive chip with anti-collision. Interestingly, these are LF tags (100-150kHz in this case). As you may know from other stories, the Wal*Mart and DOD requirements are pushing other industries in the direction of UHF, 900 Mhz chips.
Posted by bill at February 21, 2005 07:21 PM