California Tribal Casino Acquires Body Temperature Kiosks Ahead of June Reopening
A tribal casino in California is buying kiosks that allow guests and employees to have their body temperatures scanned without making contact with the machine. People who receive a temperature reading of 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit or higher will be denied entry.
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This seems like a pretty good approach and quite frankly, exceeds my (low) expectations for casinos doing anything. I was at several AC casinos the day before all of AC was shut down and despite all the panic, the only precaution implemented at that time was one lonely cleaner that would wipe down the main door entrance. That's it. They were out of hand sanitizer in the poker room. They did switch to 9 handed tables but did not even bother spreading active tables around the big room, everyone was sitting in a tiny little section.
Of course, all the casinos send out their nice emails how they are doing everything they can but on actual casino floor, it was business as usual at the 3 casinos I visited. They shut down events/buffets/etc - things that cost money - and didn't have any safety measures in place. I will often check the same slot machines during the day and it was obvious that there was no additional cleaning - the garbage left behind hours ago would still be there hours later. If anything, as they started to cut back on labor, they had fewer cleaners. The CEO emails saying they are doing
everything they can was a nice work of fiction...