程阳：为防作弊出老千美国赌场严禁谷歌眼镜

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美联社6月5日报道，继美国著名“赌城”拉斯维加斯之后，大西洋城宣布禁止顾客在市内12家赌场戴Google眼镜。技术先进的Google眼镜可拍照、可录像、可上网。管理当局称赌客可能会用Google眼镜在赌场“诈赌”。

新泽西州博弈执法处3日发出命令，要求大西洋城12家赌场禁止客人戴Google眼镜，从此只要有戴着Google眼镜的赌客想进新泽西的赌场，赌场人员会要求他们把眼镜脱掉，而且可以把拒绝从命的客人赶出去。

在此之前，拉斯维加斯与俄亥俄的赌场也曾颁布对Google眼镜的禁令。

新泽西博弈执法处处长瑞波克在给赌场的备忘录写道，“如果有人戴Google眼镜参加扑克牌游戏，他们可能会把其他人的底牌泄露给同谋，或者共谋其他事情”。这在新泽西州构成犯罪。

但是瑞波克称，很难抓到赌客用Google眼镜作弊的确实证据，只能“合理的怀疑”。所以基于这些原因，瑞波克下令禁止Google眼镜出现在赌场或任何其他有赌博行为的地方。瑞波克说：“即使眼镜不是用来作弊，一旦它出现在赌场就会让人有不好的联想，进而让大众对赌场的公平失去信心。”

对于本公司产品遭禁，Google公司于5日发表声明称：“对于眼镜应该如何设计，我们非常深入思考。因为新的科技总是带来新的议题”。

Casinos ban gamblers from using Google Glass

By WAYNE PARRY | Associated Press – 21 hrs ago..

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Casinos in several states are forbidding gamblers from wearing Google Glass, the tiny eyeglasses-mounted device capable of shooting photos, filming video and surfing the Internet.

Regulators say the gadgets could be used to cheat at card games.

The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement issued a directive on Monday ordering Atlantic City's 12 casinos to bar casino patrons from using the device. The directive was first reported by The Press of Atlantic City.

Similar bans are in place at casinos in Las Vegas, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Connecticut, among other places.

"If these eyeglasses were worn during a poker game, they could be used to broadcast a patron's hand to a confederate or otherwise be used in a collusive manner," David Rebuck, the division's director wrote in a memo to the casinos.

That type of use would constitute a crime in New Jersey. But it would be difficult to establish beyond a reasonable doubt that the glasses were actually being used to cheat, Rebuck wrote. For that and other reasons, he decided to ban the glasses on the casino floor and anywhere else gambling is taking place.

"Even if the glasses had not been used for cheating ... their presence at a gaming table would lead to the perception that something untoward could be occurring, thereby undermining public confidence in the integrity of gaming," he wrote in the directive.

In a statement issued Wednesday, Google said, "We are thinking very carefully about how we design Glass because new technology always raises new issues." It said its "Glass Explorer" pilot program "will ensure that our users become active participants in shaping the future of this technology."

The New Jersey casinos must ask anyone wearing the glasses to remove them, and can kick out any customer who refuses.

The prohibition against photography or video filming in the casinos is not unique to Google Glass. New Jersey regulators require five days' advance notice — and explicit approval from the gaming enforcement division — for any type of photos or videos to be shot on the casino floor, and Las Vegas has similar restrictions. But as a new technology, the glasses are catching the attention of regulators, who are updating their rules to keep pace.

In Las Vegas, Caesars Entertainment and MGM Resorts have directed their security workers to ask patrons to remove the devices before beginning to gamble.

Caesars spokesman Gary Thompson said Las Vegas guests will need to take off their glasses when they hit the tables.

"Gaming regulations prohibit the use of computers or recording devices while gambling, so guests can't wear Google Glass while they're gambling," Thompson said. "The devices will also not be able to be used in showrooms."

The edict will also be applied at casinos in Cincinnati and Cleveland.

In Pennsylvania, state regulators plan to advise its 11 casinos that an existing regulation prohibiting gamblers from using electronic devices at a table game also applies to the Google Glass, a Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board spokesman said Wednesday.

Mohegan Sun in Connecticut also bans the devices on the casino floor.

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Atlantic City and Las Vegas casinos ban Google Glass
Posted: 05 Jun 2013, 23:39, by Alan F.

Casinos in Las Vegas and Atlantic City are concerned about gamblers using Google Glass to cheat in card games and have banned the wearing of the device in the casino area. Certainly there could be programs written to help Blackjack players count cards using Google Glass. While counting cards is certainly frowned upon by casino big wigs, it is not illegal unless a device is used to help the gambler keep track of the deck. With that in mind, using Glass at the Blackjack table could be against the law. It is all moot anyway since the casinos are banning the device.

Las Vegas casinos like those owned by Caesar's Entertainment and MGM Resorts, have informed security to ask Google Glass wearing customers to remove the device if they suspect that it is being used to secretly take videos or still pictures. In New Jersey, it is more than just the individual casinos that are concerned with the device. The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement has sent out a notice ordering the ban of Google Glass inside the 12 casinos located in Atlantic City.

While not a casino, earlier this year the 5 Point Cafe in Seattle also banned Google Glass to protect the identities of patrons that might be photographed or filmed at the bar.