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  1. A suspected advantage player team uses hand signals across a baccarat pit. Which surveillance technique is MOST effective for confirming coordinated team play?

    Answer: Tracking individual bet patterns across multiple sessions and correlating with team member movements

    Cross-session bet correlation and movement mapping across multiple sessions is the most reliable method to identify and document coordinated team advantage play.

  2. Under typical Nevada MICS, how long must casino surveillance recordings be retained at a minimum for table game areas?

    Answer: 15 days

    Nevada MICS typically require table game surveillance recordings to be retained for a minimum of 7 days, though some areas require longer retention.

  3. A chip cup scam involves:

    Answer: Stealing chips using a hollowed-out cup or tube device concealed on the body

    A chip cup scam uses a hollow device to secretly remove chips from a gaming table by capping or scooping them into the concealed container.

  4. Which of the following best describes 'wonging' in blackjack?

    Answer: Entering a game mid-shoe when the count is favorable and leaving when it becomes negative

    Wonging, named after Stanford Wong, is the advantage play practice of back-counting a shoe and only sitting in when the true count is favorable.

  5. A surveillance operator observes a craps player repeatedly 'sliding' dice rather than tumbling them. This technique is used to:

    Answer: Control the dice outcome by keeping desired faces up

    Dice sliding or controlled shooting attempts to prevent the dice from tumbling to control or influence the final outcome.

  6. In a casino surveillance context, a 'fill' occurs when:

    Answer: Chips are added to a gaming table from the cage

    A fill is the movement of chips from the casino cage to a table game to replenish the table's chip inventory.

  7. What does 'soft count' refer to in casino operations?

    Answer: The counting of paper currency and tickets removed from gaming machine drop buckets

    Soft count refers to the count room process of counting paper currency, TITO tickets, and other paper items removed from gaming machines.