Brand new computer system monitoring slot machines
Pennsylvania's new law on expanding gambling ruled in July, yields about $21 million to the revenue department responsible to recruit additional slot machines. The slot law allowed the state police and gaming board to enrich itself with additional $7.5 million in order to conduct minute background checkups on casino operating firms and potential employees.
This has prompted the recent decision made by the State Revenue Secretary, Greg Fait to purchase a sophisticated central controlling computer system that is set to supervise the wagering and money-handling procedures across 14 Pennsylvania casinos with 61,000 prospective slot machines. The computer will be programmed to pin point a range of illegal activities that could occur at each slot machines, such as tampering, unauthorized withdrawals or others. Until state regulators determine that something improper occurs, that machine can be turned off from a centralized location, perhaps revenue department in Harrisburg. The computer will include a monitoring device that to overview the money wagered at each machine and ensure that 34 percent share of the proceeds will be conferred to the state.
A nonvoting member of the state's new Gaming Control Boardm Fait expects the purchase to be completed by the next month. The board will eventually approve valuable licenses for suppliers and slot machine manufacturers, casino operators and other sources that are in business with casinos, such as food caterers, janitors, hotel employees and others.
