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Gambling Cage Worker

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AVG. SALARY

$27,770

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EDUCATION

High school (GED) +

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JOB OUTLOOK

Decreasing

What They Do

Gambling Cage Workers Career Video

About This Career

In a gambling establishment, conducts financial transactions for patrons. Accepts patron's credit application and verifies credit references to provide check-cashing authorization or to establish house credit accounts. May reconcile daily summaries of transactions to balance books. May sell gambling chips, tokens, or tickets to patrons, or to other workers for resale to patrons. May convert gambling chips, tokens, or tickets to currency upon patron's request. May use a cash register or computer to record transaction.

This career is part of the Hospitality and Tourism cluster Recreation, Amusements and Attractions pathway.

A person in this career:

  • Maintains confidentiality of customers' transactions.
  • Follows all gaming regulations.
  • Maintains cage security.
  • Cashes checks and processes credit card advances for patrons.
  • Supplies currency, coins, chips, or gaming checks to other departments as needed.
  • Converts gaming checks, coupons, tokens, or coins to currency for gaming patrons.
  • Counts funds and reconciles daily summaries of transactions to balance books.
  • Verifies accuracy of reports, such as authorization forms, transaction reconciliations, or exchange summary reports.
  • Determines cash requirements for windows and orders all necessary currency, coins, or chips.
  • Performs removal and rotation of cash, coin, or chip inventories as necessary.

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

People who do this job report that:

  • You would sit most of the time. There's some walking and standing. You may have to lift and carry things like books, papers or tools weighing 10 lbs. or less.
  • Work in this occupation involves using your hands to hold, control, and feel objects more than one-third of the time
  • Work in this occupation requires being inside most of the time
  • Sound and noise levels are loud and distracting
  • Work in this occupation involves making repetitive motions more than one-third of the time
  • Work in this occupation involves standing more than one-third of the time

Working in this career involves (physical activities):

  • Seeing clearly up close
  • Speaking clearly enough to be able to be understood by others
  • Identifying and understanding the speech of another person

Work Hours and Travel

  • Regular working hours and limited travel

Specialty and Similar Careers

Careers that are more detailed or close to this career:

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  • Cage and Players Club Rep (Cage and Players Club Representative)
  • Casino Services Rep (Casino Services Representative)
  • Cage Cashier
  • Casino Cage Cashier
  • Casino Cashier
  • Gaming Cashier
  • Mutuel Clerk
  • Gaming Cage Worker

Contact

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