Management · Holland code ECS
Gambling Managers
Plan, direct, or coordinate gambling operations in a casino. May formulate house rules.
Also called: Casino Manager, Casino Shift Manager, Slot Manager, Table Games Manager, Casino Operations Manager, Gaming Manager, Pit Manager, Shift Manager.
O*NET 11-9071.00
At a glance
- US median annual pay
- $93,220
- Middle half earn $72,570 to $122,990. BLS OEWS, May 2025.
- Most common education
- High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
- 57% of workers surveyed by O*NET report this level.
- Preparation needed
- Job Zone 2 of 5
- Some preparation. Zone 1 is little or none; zone 5 is graduate-level.
What the work involves
The tasks workers in this occupation rate as most important, from the O*NET survey.
- 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.
- Track supplies of money to tables and perform any required paperwork.
- Set and maintain a bank and table limit for each game.
- Explain and interpret house rules, such as game rules or betting limits.
- Prepare work schedules and station arrangements and keep attendance records.
- 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.
Skills and knowledge it leans on
Skills
- Critical Thinking4.0 / 5
- Speaking3.9 / 5
- Monitoring3.9 / 5
- Active Listening3.8 / 5
- Writing3.6 / 5
- Reading Comprehension3.5 / 5
Knowledge areas
- Customer and Personal Service4.3 / 5
- English Language4.2 / 5
- Administration and Management4.2 / 5
- Mathematics4.2 / 5
- Personnel and Human Resources4.0 / 5
- Administrative3.8 / 5
Importance ratings on O*NET’s 1 to 5 scale. Higher means the occupation depends on it more.
Who tends to enjoy it
How strongly this occupation draws on each of the six Holland interest types, which is the same profile the career interests test compares you against.
- Realistic30
- Investigative6
- Artistic2
- Social31
- Enterprising96
- Conventional74
The same work abroad
Other countries classify jobs differently, so these are the closest matches through the international ISCO-08 standard, not exact equivalents.
European occupation titles (ESCO)
- recreational facilities manager · DE Leiter einer Freizeiteinrichtung/Leiterin einer Freizeiteinrichtung · FR directeur d'équipement de loisirs/directrice d'équipement de loisirs
- betting manager · DE Leiter eines Wettbüros/Leiterin eines Wettbüros · FR directeur d'agence de paris/directrice d'agence de paris
- gambling manager · DE Leiter einer Glücksspieleinrichtung/Leiterin einer Glücksspieleinrichtung · FR directeur des jeux/directrice des jeux
- lottery manager · DE Lotteriemanager/Lotteriemanagerin · FR directeur d'agence de loterie/directrice d'agence de loterie
- casino gaming manager · DE Spielbetriebsleiter/Spielbetriebsleiterin · FR directeur de casino de jeux/directrice de casino de jeux
- casino pit boss · DE Pit Boss · FR chef de partie en casino
Closest UK occupation groups (SOC 2020)
- Leisure and sports managers and proprietors (1224)60,500 employed
- Betting shop and gambling establishment managers (1256)8,700 employed
- Managers and directors in the creative industries (1255)67,300 employed
Employment is the UK Annual Population Survey for April 2025 to March 2026, all workers in the group, which can be broader than this one occupation.
Pay across Europe, for the whole group
Median annual earnings of all employees in “Managers”. This is the broad ISCO group this occupation falls in, not the occupation itself, so treat it as context for the wage level, not as a salary for this job.
| Country | Median pay |
|---|---|
| Belgium | €96,629 |
| Italy | €96,052 |
| Germany | €90,192 |
| Austria | €82,936 |
| Netherlands | €69,857 |
| Sweden | €60,369 |
| France | €58,740 |
| Ireland | €55,854 |
| Spain | €54,121 |
| Portugal | €39,189 |
| Poland | €19,596 |
Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey, businesses with ten or more employees outside public administration, in euro and not adjusted for the cost of living. Reference years differ between sources: the US, Japan and Europe figures on this page come from different survey years, so compare them as rough levels, not to the euro or yen.
Exposure to AI
This occupation sits in the higher third of the 774 occupations scored, with an exposure score of +0.83. The scores are standardized across those occupations, so 0 is the average and a score of 1 is about one standard deviation above it.
Our note on reading it: the dataset links AI applications to the abilities that occupations require, so the score reflects overlap between the two. It is a comparison between occupations, not a forecast about jobs. It does not say whether exposure means tasks are replaced or workers get more done with the tools, and it says little about one employer or one role.
Source: Felten, E., Raj, M., & Seamans, R. (2021). Occupational, industry, and geographic exposure to artificial intelligence: A novel dataset and its potential uses. Strategic Management Journal, 42(12), 2195-2217. Matched to this page by 6-digit SOC code (11-9071).
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