The owner of my gym loooooves January. It's that time of year when optimism, self-consciousness, goals and guilt collide with left-over Christmas pudding to bring new Nikes flocking to the treadmills.

With years of blow back from what comes out of my big mouth, I have come to the conclusion that companies that create proprietary games often don’t know their game’s weaknesses, don’t want to know their game’s weaknesses, and don’t want anyone else talking about their game’s weaknesses.

I don’t think anyone can deny the difference in picture quality and the benefits it can bring casino surveillance professionals and the organizations they protect. HD is righting a wrong. From a casino surveillance standpoint, there should be an industry mandate to get the best picture quality we can get.

Two men observed by surveillance operators switching cards on a Three-Card Poker game were arraigned on charges of prohibited acts, theft by deception and two counts each of criminal conspiracy.

Our guest for February is Bill Zender. A regular writer for the Catwalk and author of a number of casino management and game protection books, Bill's most recent book Casino-ology 2: New Strategies for Managing Casino Games was published last year.

Recently a friend of mine was let go from a job after 13 years. At a job interview the interviewer told him they preferred to hire people that had multi-company experience. This was the "new way." If you were hiring a new manager and all things were equal, would you hire the applicant with 12 years experience in one place or the one with 12 years experience equally spread over 4 places?