I'm certainly no expert on the topic, but I would be pretty certain they can tell you just about everything with those cameras. Like when they have those shows like on the Travel Channel they pretty much see ALL.
Why General, you thinking about walking past a BJ table and knockin all the chips off?
Why General, you thinking about walking past a BJ table and knockin all the chips off?
AS A TABLE GAMES DEALER FOR 12 years and counting surveilance will be able to get an accurate count. Once on a dice table I had color coming in. This is when a player puts all his chips in front of him before going home. I announced it, the box guy said bring it in a moment later he starts putting all the guys chips into the house bankroll, i tell him that was color (must have have at least 70 chips all differant colors) survelance called with an accurate count in minutes, they can get real close up and the sides of the chips are marked for easy counting. As they can also see how much any bet is on the table even when a stacked 20 or 21 high.
You assume the surveillance guy is watching your table closely and has reason to come in close to look at the player stacks. Most of the time the camera is zoomed into where the dealers hands are going and the dealers rack, not paying as much attention to the details on the players side.
The house "might" be able to make everyone whole, but they might not. If you walked up with say 14 red chips and 3 green ones, didn't stack them very neatly, took chips off the table here and there and put them in your pocket or toked a cocktail girl with them...they probably wouldn't count you 100% accurately. If you buy-in with cash and only use the chips to play, they obviously could count you perfectly, but other transactions would be tougher.
One positive though is casinos are usually very forgiving on these things and will tend to err on the side of the customers. If they say they think you had 14 chips and you insist you had 15 or 16, chances are good they might give you the benefit of the doubt.
The house "might" be able to make everyone whole, but they might not. If you walked up with say 14 red chips and 3 green ones, didn't stack them very neatly, took chips off the table here and there and put them in your pocket or toked a cocktail girl with them...they probably wouldn't count you 100% accurately. If you buy-in with cash and only use the chips to play, they obviously could count you perfectly, but other transactions would be tougher.
One positive though is casinos are usually very forgiving on these things and will tend to err on the side of the customers. If they say they think you had 14 chips and you insist you had 15 or 16, chances are good they might give you the benefit of the doubt.
