UNLV's International Gaming Institute (IGI) will host a seminar on gaming surveillance Nov. 8-9 in the Stan Fulton Building on the UNLV campus.

Topics to be covered during the two-day seminar include the following:

• Surveillance Gaming Protection and Procedures
• Making the Advantage Play Connection
• The Power of Teamwork: Neutralizing the Threat
• Identifying and Controlling Skilled Play
• Basic Strategy: A Card Counter's Confession

The seminar will be beneficial for surveillance personnel and gaming regulators responsible for operating, supervising, or maintaining a surveillance room.

The instructors for the seminar are industry veterans Jeff Voyles and Ron Buono.

Voyles is currently employed by the MGM/Mirage Corp. and has 11 years of experience in a variety of positions. He's also an adjunct professor of gaming at UNLV, where he teaches "Protection of Casino Games and Surveillance," "Quantitative Methods-Application Casino Math," and "Gaming Regulation and Control." His teaching and research address the management and leadership styles of table games departments, as well as the math of casino games.

Buono, executive director of surveillance at MGM Grand, is currently a vice president of the International Association of Certified Surveillance Professionals. He has 24 years of experience in the gaming industry and his areas of expertise include gaming policies and procedures, table games, and slot-cheating activities.

For more information or to register for the seminar, call the seminar registration hotline at 895-2008. To learn more about upcoming seminars, contact Mary Ann McDaniel at 895-1052.

The UNLV IGI is part of the William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration. It was created in 1993 in response to the need for increased education programs and research initiated by the incredible growth of the gaming industry.