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Brussels Grand casino is going to fit its tokens with electric chips to foil fraudsters.

RFID chips, such as those found in bank cards or the latest electronic identity cards, are one of the most secure means of protecting information. They can be more or less sophisticated and so permit the traceability of a product or a ... casino token. Certain tokens have a value of several hundred euros, it's very tempting for counterfeiters to try to copy them and then exchange them at cashiers' desks without having placed the smallest bet. In the gaming meccas of Las Vegas or Macau, FRID chips have already appeared. They allow false tokens to be identfied, to quickly calculate the players' winnings and to be kept up to date live with the situation at each table or each slot machine. Each player's winnings are counted automatically and manual counting is no longer necessary. An enormous gain in time but above all increased security.

In the Brussels Grand casino, previously in rue de la Madelaine before moving to Boulevard Anspach to its permanent base which is being completed, this new technique for securing tokens has been decided upon. « As soon as we're settled in Boulevard Anspach, next year, our tokens will be equipped with electronic chips » say the directors.

« Such a system has many applications. In particular they allow complete traceability of the tokens, with scanners on the tables to read live the bets placed, the bets owned by players, the winnings, losses etc. It's a very costly system, which we don't really need. Especially since at slot machines the players don't need tokens. They use cards which are already secure. We'll limit ourselves to equipping our tokens with chips in order to authenticate them as they are cashed in. »