Salary and Outlook

According to the US Department of Labor, there are 3,900 people employed as gambling managers in the United States. The median annual salary is $75,500. Entry level employees earn approximately $46,540 per year and senior employees earn approximately $139,680 per year.

Estimates do not include other potential benefits such as health insurance, overtime pay, or retirement benefits that may be offered by employers.

Job Duties

• Market or promote the casino to bring in business.
• Prepare work schedules and station arrangements and keep attendance records.
• Set and maintain a bank and table limit for each game.
• Maintain familiarity with all games used at a facility, as well as strategies or tricks employed in those games.
• Monitor staffing levels to ensure that games and tables are adequately staffed for each shift, arranging for staff rotations and breaks and locating substitute employees as necessary.
• Review operational expenses, budget estimates, betting accounts, or collection reports for accuracy.
• Train new workers or evaluate their performance.
• Interview and hire workers.
• Direct the distribution of complimentary hotel rooms, meals, or other discounts or free items given to players, based on their length of play and betting totals.
• Establish policies on issues, such as the type of gambling offered and the odds, the extension of credit, or the serving of food and beverages.
• Record, collect, or pay off bets, issuing receipts as necessary.
• Explain and interpret house rules, such as game rules or betting limits.
• Track supplies of money to tables and perform any required paperwork.
• Resolve customer complaints regarding problems, such as payout errors.
• Remove suspected cheaters, such as card counters or other players who may have systems that shift the odds of winning to their favor.
• Circulate among gaming tables to ensure that operations are conducted properly, that dealers follow house rules, or that players are not cheating.
• Monitor credit extended to players.
• Notify board attendants of table vacancies so that waiting patrons can play.
• Direct the compilation of summary sheets that show wager amounts and payoffs for races or events.

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