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Gambling Cage Worker

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:

  • Follows all gaming regulations.
  • Converts gaming checks, coupons, tokens, or coins to currency for gaming patrons.
  • Maintains cage security.
  • Maintains confidentiality of customers' transactions.
  • Counts funds and reconciles daily summaries of transactions to balance books.
  • Cashes checks and processes credit card advances for patrons.
  • Determines cash requirements for windows and orders all necessary currency, coins, or chips.
  • Prepares bank deposits, balancing assigned funds as necessary.
  • Verifies accuracy of reports, such as authorization forms, transaction reconciliations, or exchange summary reports.
  • Provides customers with information about casino operations.

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 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
  • Using abdominal and lower back muscles repeatedly or over time without tiring

Work Hours and Travel

  • Regular working hours and limited travel

Specialty and Similar Careers

Careers that are more detailed or close to this career:

  • Cage Cashier
  • Casino Cage Cashier
  • Casino Cashier
  • Gaming Cashier
  • Mutuel Clerk
  • Gaming Cage Worker