Casinos are big business in Manitoba. In the last fiscal year, more than $225 million was spent in the buildings. And it's all protected by an elaborate security system that includes state-of-the-art video surveillance.

"We've been to the big rooms in Vegas and the big properties in Vegas, and our property is on par or exceeding those properties,” said Wayne Harrison from Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries.

CTV News was invited into the secure off-site nerve centre where teams of security specialists watch every inch of the casino floors – searching, scanning and zooming in with high definition cameras.

Their job is to ensure everyone is safe and following the rules because some people don't always do that.

"Their movements are always captured. Their play at the tables is captured. So, it's not a good spot to come if you want to get away with something,” said Harrison.

Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries says only a very small handful of guests ever engage in bad behaviour, but the consequences for those who do can be severe, including anything from being banned to arrest and prosecution.