SecureIDNews | Alberta considering smart card for problem gamblers

Monday, May 4, 2009

Alberta, Canada is thinking about issuing smart cards to gamblers in order to help those who may have gambling problems, according to a Casino Gambling Web report.

The cards would be loaded with a playing amount of money from the gambler and would shut down once the money is lost, or, when a certain amount of time has passed. The player would set the parameters for the card.

“We are considering that (smart cards), there are some drawbacks to it that we need to address,” said Fred Lindsay, the provincial gaming minister, in an interview with CBC News, “When you use the card systems it also tends out to be a promotional tool for the casinos.”

After a nearly three-year delay, the Algerian government has finally launched its biometric passport program.

Magharebia reports that the biometric passports, which contain a contactless smart card chip that holds a digitized photo, fingerprints and signature, were supposed to be released in 2009. But the documents were delayed due to complexities with the operation of the project and the need to thoroughly research and analyze other countries’ experiences with biometric passports.

ARMM to use biometrics to detect absent and ghost employees

The government of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Philippines announced plans to begin searching for and ghost employees and absent employees by incorporating a biometric time and attendance system for government employees across the region, according to an Inquirer News article.

Australia considers biometrics for gambling solution

As a potential solution to problem gambling, the Australian Prime Minister wants to use biometric smart cards and flash drives to operate poker machines and monitor gambling limits by 2014, according to a Port Macquarie News article.

Smart cards replace paper coupons in Indian prison

Prisoners at Tihar prisons, located near New Delhi, India, will now be using smart cards instead of paper coupons for their food purchases.

As reported by The Economic Times, the former system of paper food coupons led to misuse and illegal activity within the jail. Some prisoners would use it for currency in order to get banned substances or buy favors from others.

Viv.ie announce planned summer release for high security face recognition solution

Viv.ie, a start-up located in Ireland working on face recognition technology, announced it is finishing a new type of facial recognition technology that does away with a number of the security pitfalls current facial recognition technology is commonly guilty of, according to a Sydney Morning Herald article.

Ontario casinos’ facial recognition coming in spring

The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG), a group that controls 27 gambling facilities in Ontario, Canada, is moving forward with plans to install facial recognition surveillance technology in all of its establishments by this spring, according to an article from The Star.

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