Home > Today's Headline News

The Emerald Queen Casino and the Emerald Queen I-5 Casino in Tacoma, Washington USA, which are operated by the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, will have their current analogue VCR CCTV systems completely upgraded. The system will be deployed in full compliance with local Gaming Board regulations.

The two systems, totalling 532 cameras, will be installed in less than three months by IndigoVisions local partner Southwest Surveillance Systems. Based in Las Vegas Southwest will manage the installation from their Olympia, WA office. The flexibility of IndigoVisions IP Video technology means that the migration to digital can be phased so the casinos remain open and any downtime is kept to a minimum. All of the original cameras will be re-used, but the analogue matrix, VCRs and video cabling will be replaced.

The two casinos will each have their own security control room, where operators will use Control Center, IndigoVisions video and alarm management software to view live and recorded video from any of the cameras in the casino. The ageing VCR system will be replaced with IndigoVisions Network Video Recorders (NVRs) which will provide fast access to recorded footage allowing gaming disputes to be quickly resolved.

Commenting on the project Mark Arquette, Surveillance Director for the Puyallup Tribe said, "IndigoVisions IP Video system was chosen following trials of competing systems. We were particularly impressed with the functionality of the Control Center software, the excellent video quality and the speed at which recorded video can be accessed."

Each of the original CCTV cameras will be connected to an IndigoVision 8000 transmitter/receiver which converts the analogue feed to DVD-quality, 4SIF, 30fps digital video for transmission over the IP network. This is achieved without any frames being dropped, whatever the level of motion and activity in the camera scene. This is a fundamental requirement of Gaming Boards and casino operators. Any dropped frames within a video clip could hide fraudulent or criminal activity and make any customer disputes more difficult to resolve.