ABSTRACT

Casino and Gaming Resort Investigations addresses the continued and growing need for gaming security professionals to properly and successfully investigate the increasing and unique types of crime they will face in their careers. As the gaming industry has grown, so has the need for competent and highly skilled investigators who must be prepared to manage a case of employee theft one day to a sophisticated sports book scam the next.

This book provides the reader with the fundamental knowledge needed to understand how each gaming and non-gaming department functions and interacts within the overall gaming resort, allowing the investigator to determine and focus on the important elements of any investigation in any area. Each chapter delivers a background of a department or type of crime normally seen in the gaming environment, and then discusses what should be considered important or even critical for the investigator to know or determine in the course of the investigation. Likely scenarios, case histories, and tips, as well as cautions for investigators to be aware of, are used throughout the book.

This book was written for and directed at gaming security and surveillance professionals, including gaming regulators, and tribal gaming authorities, who are almost daily confronted by the ingenious and the most common scams, theft, and frauds that are perpetrated in the gaming world.

part 1|5 pages

The Process of Investigation

chapter Chapter 1|5 pages

The Art of Investigations

chapter Chapter 2|5 pages

Field Investigations

chapter Chapter 3|4 pages

Marketing Considerations and Investigations

chapter Chapter 4|8 pages

Objective and Impartial Investigations

chapter Chapter 5|9 pages

Understanding the Scope of the Investigation

chapter Chapter 6|3 pages

Starting the Investigation

chapter Chapter 7|5 pages

Written Reports

chapter Chapter 8|4 pages

Interviews

chapter Chapter 9|5 pages

Ethics in Gaming Investigations

chapter Chapter 10|3 pages

Prosecution

chapter Chapter 11|2 pages

Jurisdictions, Regulations and Gaming Environments

chapter Chapter 12|5 pages

Investigations and Liability

part 2|12 pages

Non-Gaming Investigations

chapter Chapter 13|12 pages

Non-Gaming Investigations

chapter Chapter 14|5 pages

Food and Beverage Investigations

chapter Chapter 15|5 pages

Background Checks and Vender Due Diligence

chapter Chapter 16|2 pages

Vehicle Accidents and Auto Theft

chapter Chapter 17|6 pages

Post-Investigation Best Practices

part 3|8 pages

Gaming Investigations

chapter Chapter 18|8 pages

Investigative Concepts

chapter Chapter 19|7 pages

Covert Surveillance Investigations

chapter Chapter 20|15 pages

Employee Theft Investigations

chapter Chapter 21|7 pages

Outside Agents and Collusion

chapter Chapter 22|8 pages

Gaming Investigations

chapter Chapter 23|13 pages

Cage Investigations

chapter Chapter 24|8 pages

Investigations in the Slot Department

chapter Chapter 25|11 pages

Investigation of Table Games

chapter Chapter 26|9 pages

Investigation of Player’s Clubs

chapter Chapter 27|7 pages

Investigation of Marketing Scams

chapter Chapter 28|8 pages

Investigation of Keno and Bingo

chapter Chapter 29|9 pages

Investigation of the Race and Sports Book

chapter Chapter 30|14 pages

Investigation of Nightclubs and Party Pools