Casino Key Control: Stack the Odds in Your Favor

While casino guests are immersed in the flashing lights, constant noise, and possibility of instantaneous wealth, you’re focused on protecting assets behind the scenes. But is your key control process capable of protecting the cash, chips, drop boxes, and other assets that keep your casino running? 

Electronic key control systems provide secure, layered protection for your keys and assets. Here’s how.  

Strengthen Key Security

It’s important to properly secure the keys for cash vaults, cash-handling rooms, or casino offices. An electronic key control system can prevent keys from falling into the wrong hands or being misused. Select a system with multifactor authentication that requires users to log in with a password, proximity card, and/or fingerprint to access a key. Once you set these additional security measures, the system will deny key access without the proper credentials.  

For additional security, consider a key control system with a total lockdown feature to prevent any other key from being taken, even accidentally. Only the requested key will be unlocked, and all other keys will stay locked in place, so you can be confident your casino keys are secure. 

Improve Accountability With Automatic Key Tracking

Insider fraud is one of casinos’ biggest threats. One gaming consultant estimates that over 90% of money cheated from casinos has involved an employee. Employees who misuse their access, authority, and knowledge of internal procedures can bypass security measures.  

Over 90% of money cheated from casinos has involved an employee.

It’s essential to use a system that automatically records who removes a key and when. If someone does misuse a key, you’ll be able to trace it back to a specific user. This verifiable audit trail is crucial for compliance with federal, state, and tribal regulations. 
 

Lock Down More Than Just Keys

To best protect your assets, look for a key control system that can also secure assets such as:  

• Gaming supplies
• Radios and other equipment
• Guards’ firearms 

Just as keys can be physically locked down, you can restrict employees’ access to lockers for which they’ve been authorized. By limiting access to only people who need certain items, you reduce the chances of theft.