Gamble In Ohio - Big Brother Wants To Watch You Even More

[Mben]

CINCINNATI (Associated Press) - A provision in the Ohio Senate's budget proposal would let the state collect and save camera images of each casino customer who redeems earnings for cash.Republican lawmaker Sen. Bill Coley sponsored the amendment. He tells The Cincinnati Enquirer it's intended to help law enforcement crack down on money laundering and people who use gambling to conceal sources of money acquired illegally. In such cases, people might exchange that money for chips and then redeem them as alleged casino winnings.Ohio's four voter-approved casinos have hundreds of cameras for security and monitoring gambling operations. Coley, of Butler County's Liberty Township, says the measure wouldn't require extra surveillance.He says the provision also would apply to facilities with slots-like video lottery terminals and to sweepstakes parlors known as Internet cafes.

 

[TonyT]

This is all over the news here in ohio.They said it would keep your photo in a database for 5 years.Whats next a camera in the bathroom so they can monitor how many times you take a pee?

 

[krystalkitty]

I think it's called communism!!! This is a free country? That is just lunacy!!!

 

[Mben]

And then there is all that NSA crap going on about how they can pretty much tap into anything.  We are not the land of the free anymore. 10 reasons the U.S. is no longer the land of the free ... By Jonathan Turley,January 13, 2012 Every year, the State Department issues reports on individual rights in other countries, monitoring the passage of restrictive laws and regulations around the world. Iran, for example, has been criticized for denying fair public trials and limiting privacy, while Russia has been taken to task for undermining due process. Other countries have been condemned for the use of secret evidence and torture.(one of the 10 reasons) Warrantless Searches The president may now order warrantless surveillance, including a new capability to force companies and organizations to turn over information on citizens' finances, communications and associations. Bush acquired this sweeping power under the Patriot Act in 2001, and in 2011, Obama extended the power, including searches of everything from business documents to library records. The government can use national security letters to demand, without probable cause, that organizations turn over information on citizens - and order them not to reveal the disclosure to the affected party. (Saudi Arabia and Pakistan operate under laws that allow the government to engage in widespread discretionary surveillance.) Our country is being ruled by dictators who claim it is for our own good.