Casino Surveillance News

was founded in 2002, as a response to a need for training in Casino Surveillance.

Its founder, Jim Goding (see below) had already been working for five years as an investigator in Surveillance and had received some of the best training in Casino Games Protection available, as well as having worked closely with former Nevada Gaming Control agent Gary Powell, one of the best in the best and a successful consultant. Jim continued attending both formal training in more and more fields, including gaming protection, advantage play, security and law enforcement liaison, and expanding CSN through both the training and experience he acquired through continuing work as a surveillance Investigator and Supervisor.

Training provided by CSN over the years between 2002 and 2009 was directed at basic levels of training most needed in casino surveillance, expanding over the years to include Evidence Handling, Law Enforcement liaison, Security training, and many, many games. CSN provides training in Slots Protection, Table Games Protection, Cheating and Internal Theft protection in all parts of the casino environment.

Jim wrote the courses for the other major provider of training to Indian casinos in Surveillance.

CSN courses set the standard for casino surveillance training.

We don’t do card tricks.  We don’t sell our training with fear. We teach practical realities, and we bring them home through real examples from real situations.

If anyone ever tries to tell you they know everything about gaming, about casinos, and that there is no question they cannot answer, turn your back and run away.

Casino Surveillance News courses teach from what we have learned in many years of gaming, surveillance, security and law enforcement experience. Jim, who writes and delivers the course materials, has trained with and worked with the best in the business. We have made the mistakes, and we learn from others no matter where we go. We pass on what we have learned in the past and what we learn every day to you, hoping you can avoid those same mistakes.

Jim Goding, CSN Founder

About Jim Goding, CSP, CPO

Jim Goding writes and provides practical training in the everyday realities of the casino gaming industry, designed to increase profits through reducing casino vulnerability and liabilities with practical, in-depth training in Surveillance, Security, Gaming Regulation and Administration.

Jim’s classes and seminars have been delivered in private, corporate and native casinos across North America and in other areas internationally.

Jim is one of the first people to receive the Casino Surveillance Professional certification, and in fact contributed to the training required for this certification. He is also a CErtified Protection Officer, and has applied much of his Security training to both Casino Security and Casino Surveillance training classes and programs.

He is a respected professional in the field of Casino Surveillance and Security.

Jim has also received training in a number of other fields, include hotel management, management in general, and management in the publishing field. Jim applies all of his various levels of training to both his jobs and his main business, Casino Surveillance News, especially in passing the most valuable and workable parts of that training to others.

Jim’s textbook is in use worldwide. Casino Surveillance Operations Manual has been used by several universities in their casino surveillance training and administration courses, is in use at more than 200 casinos in America and internationally, and has been translated into Russian, Italian and Spanish.

Despite his accomplishments and training in these various fields, Jim has one prime consideration that he would like to pass on to you:

“Never believe that you know it all. Find something to learn in every situation. Every single person that you talk to, every single day, has something they can teach you.

” I have taught courses in corporate casinos, native casinos, international casinos, and have taught people in my home town who traveled internationally just to see me and learn what I have to teach.

“I have learned something new from every class, from every person, and I will continue to learn and to try to pass on what I have learned.”

Jim remains a private individual, and his main business is writing. He can be contacted through the following email addresses:

consultant@casinosurveillancenews.com (for inquiries regarding Casino Surveillance and Security training programs)

inquiries@casinosurveillancenews.com (for general questions and initial inquiries about casino surveillance training programs)

booksales@casinosurveillancenews.com (for sales of books and materials)

spider@casinosurveillancenews.com (for webmaster questions and newsletter questions and replies)

Business inquiries by telephone will reach him through a mobile phone, 702-622-7915