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Originally Posted by Dan_ref
Unless you're pretty high up in the casino business we're both just guessing as to what they might or might not be willing to hand over to anyone at any particular time. Certainly you can't stop casino employees from talking to private investigators. No tapes needed at all.
I'm not even sure we agree there's no illegal activity that might be found on the casino tapes related to this case.
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You're right. I'm guessing. And I'm guessing that casinos rely on a customer base that wants to maintain its privacy. The ability to maintain customer privacy is a big selling point for a lot of companies; banks, country clubs, etc. Maybe, if the NBA asks for a specific and limited period of time, a casino might oblige. But if they just want to mine what would amount to months of tape, I'd be pretty surprised if the casinos were willing to turn over the tapes.
Do you really think casino employees are going to recognize NBA referees? I doubt these guys were in there name dropping or big-timing it.
I'm willing to retract all of this, however, if it turns out he's accusing other officials of fixing games and/or gambling on basketball.