What You'll Do

  • Exchange paper currency for playing chips or coin money.
  • Pay winnings or collect losing bets as established by the rules and procedures of a specific game.
  • Deal cards to house hands, and compare these with players' hands to determine winners, as in black jack.
  • Conduct gambling games, such as dice, roulette, cards, or keno, following all applicable rules and regulations.
  • Check to ensure that all players have placed bets before play begins.
  • Stand behind a gaming table and deal the appropriate number of cards to each player.
  • Inspect cards and equipment to be used in games to ensure that they are in good condition.
  • Start and control games and gaming equipment, and announce winning numbers or colors.
  • Open and close cash floats and game tables.
  • Compute amounts of players' wins or losses, or scan winning tickets presented by patrons to calculate the amount of money won.

Essential Skills

Active Listening 3.38/5
Speaking 3.38/5
Social Perceptiveness 3.12/5
Service Orientation 3.12/5
Reading Comprehension 3.0/5
Monitoring 3.0/5
Coordination 2.88/5
Mathematics 2.75/5
Critical Thinking 2.75/5
Persuasion 2.62/5
Instructing 2.62/5
Judgment and Decision Making 2.5/5

Career Fit Overview

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Top passions

  • Organizer: Bringing order to data and processes satisfies you.
  • Leader: Taking charge and moving ideas forward motivates you.
  • Maker: Building and fixing energizes you. You like tangible results and practical tools.

Common styles

Integrity, Self-Control, Stress Tolerance, Cooperation, Social Orientation

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Key Abilities

This career demands strong capabilities in the following areas:

Oral Comprehension 3.75/5
Oral Expression 3.75/5
Speech Recognition 3.5/5
Speech Clarity 3.5/5
Near Vision 3.38/5
Problem Sensitivity 3.25/5
Deductive Reasoning 3.12/5
Information Ordering 3.12/5

Technologies & Tools

Apache Hadoop Apache Spark Email software Microsoft Excel Microsoft Office software Slack

Work Environment & Style

Common Styles for This Career

  • Integrity (High importance: 4.53/5)
  • Self-Control (High importance: 4.41/5)
  • Stress Tolerance (High importance: 4.35/5)
  • Cooperation (High importance: 4.3/5)
  • Social Orientation (High importance: 4.24/5)

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How to Become One

Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience may be helpful but is usually not required. Training is often provided on the job.

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Also Known As

This career is known by many different job titles across industries. Here are all the variations:

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