Las Vegas company invents 'Gaming Barriers' for casinos

NEWS: Screaming Images is creating a line of coronavirus protection items for the casino industry.

CHANGE THE FACE OF GAMING.13 ACTION NEWS REPORTER SEANDELANCEY IS LIVE RIGHT NOW ATSCREAMING IMAGES - - WITH ALOOK AT THE "KEEP VEGAS CLEAN"INITIATIVE.ROSS - - SCREAMING IMAGES IS APRINTING COMPANY.THEY RELY HEAVILY ON BIGEVENTS AND SPORTS - - AND THOSEHAVE DISAPPEARED -SO THEY'VE SHIFTED TO THIS.A THIN - CLEAR PIECE OF ACRYLIC- - THAT COULD HELP PUT LASVEGAS BACK ON THE MAP.(NATS: SAW) THEY CALL IT GAMINGBARRIER...(NATS: HOSE) A SERIES OF THIN -FLEXIBLE PIECES OF ACRYLIC - -ASSEMBLED MUCH LIKE AN ADULTERECTOR SET.AND WHEN IT'S PUT IN PLACE OVERA CARD TABLE - - IT'S NEARLYINVISIBLE.POTENTIALLY PROTECTING PLAYERS- AND DEALERS - FROM THECORONAVIRUS.TORRE "IT LOOKS GOOD.EFFICIENT." TORRE IS THESPECIAL PROJECTS ENGINEER ATSCREAMING IMAGES.THE GAMING BARRIER'S CREATOR.HE SAYS THE INVENTION COULDGIVE TOURISTS A FEELING OFSAFETY - WHILE STILL GAMING.TORRE/SPECIAL PROJECTS ENGINEER"BEING ABLE TO GIVE EVERYONEENOUGH ROOM JUST TO PLAY, ANDFEEL SAFE TO COME BACK." WHICHCOULD BE CRITICAL TO RESTARTINGTHE ECONOMY.OWNER JAMES SWANSON SAYS THAT'STHE POINT - - OF MOST OF THEIRCONTINUED OPERATION.JAMES SWANSON/SCREAMING IMAGESOWNER "I HAD TO FURLOUGH ABUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT I LOVEVERY MUCH, AND I WANT TO BRINGTHEM BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE."MACHINE BARRIER - A BARRIER FORRIDE SHARE DRIVERS CALLED SHARESHIELD - - AND THEY'RE PRINTINGSOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINESFOR CASINO FLOORS AND WINDOWS -AND MORE.SWANSON "EVERYBODY GETS BACK TOWORK, IT HELPS EVERYBODY.IT'S A BIG FULL CIRCLE."A FINAL PROTOTYPE - - AFTERTESTING AT WEST GATE AND ELCORTEZ.SWANSON "PEOPLE WANT TO GO OUTAND HAVE FUN, PEOPLE WANT TOGET BACK TO THEIR NORMAL LIVES.IT'S GOING TO MAKE THEM FEELHUMAN AGAIN."ONE COOL THING ABOUT THESEGAMING BARRIERS - - IS THATTHEY'RE TEMPORARY.THEY DON'T DRILL INTO THETABLES OR DAMAGE THEM.THE HOPE THERE IS THAT WHENTHIS PANDEMIC ENDS - IT CAN BEREMOVED AND RECYCLED.SEAN DELANCEY - - 13 ACTIONNEWS.N-H-P UNIFORMS