Mindplay uses digital cameras to read markings in invisible ink on the
casino's cards in order to, inter alia, accurately determine what the
count is.
If the count favors the player, the dealer is notified, and then
shuffles up, eliminating the advantage to player.
The cameras also are somehow able to monitor betting.
An interesting technology, but cumbersome and hideously expensive.
RFID in contrast would seem cheaper and simpler: this will certainly be
true as this fairly new technology evolves, and as economies of scale
come into play.
When RFID miniaturization and implementation reach the point that a
passive RFID chip can be inserted in each playing card, that will (or
probably should) seal the doom of Mindplay, as it would then be
possible to track the cards via RFID, track the player's computer chips
via embedded RFID chips, and obviate the need for Mindplay (and its
fourteen or so digital cameras).
This could well become The Final (and automatic, computer monitored)
Solution to the Card Counting Problem.
casino's cards in order to, inter alia, accurately determine what the
count is.
If the count favors the player, the dealer is notified, and then
shuffles up, eliminating the advantage to player.
The cameras also are somehow able to monitor betting.
An interesting technology, but cumbersome and hideously expensive.
RFID in contrast would seem cheaper and simpler: this will certainly be
true as this fairly new technology evolves, and as economies of scale
come into play.
When RFID miniaturization and implementation reach the point that a
passive RFID chip can be inserted in each playing card, that will (or
probably should) seal the doom of Mindplay, as it would then be
possible to track the cards via RFID, track the player's computer chips
via embedded RFID chips, and obviate the need for Mindplay (and its
fourteen or so digital cameras).
This could well become The Final (and automatic, computer monitored)
Solution to the Card Counting Problem.