Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers

What the job really is

Exchange coins, tokens, and chips for patrons' money. May issue payoffs and obtain customer's signature on receipt. May operate a booth in the slot machine area and furnish change persons with money bank at the start of the shift, or count and audit money in drawers.

At a glance

• Sector: Sales
• O*NET-SOC code: 41-2012
• O*NET job zone: 2 — some preparation
• Work sample tasks on file: 12
• Tools and technologies listed: 12

What you actually do

Work sample tasks recorded for this occupation:

• Keep accurate records of monetary exchanges, authorization forms, and transaction reconciliations.
• Exchange money, credit, tickets, or casino chips and make change for customers.
• Count money and audit money drawers.
• Check identifications to verify age of players.
• Maintain cage security according to rules.
• Reconcile daily summaries of transactions to balance books.
• Obtain customers' signatures on receipts when winnings exceed the amount held in a slot machine.
• Calculate the value of chips won or lost by players.
• Accept credit applications and verify credit references to provide check-cashing authorization or to establish house credit accounts.
• Furnish change persons with a money bank at the start of each shift.
• Listen for jackpot alarm bells and issue payoffs to winners.
• Sell gambling chips, tokens, or tickets to patrons, or to other workers for resale to patrons.

Tools and technology

Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, 10-key calculators, Automatic coin sorters, Automatic coin wrappers, Coin counting machines, Coin sorting setups, Desktop computers, Personal computers, Spreadsheet software, Two way radios, Word processing software

What employers expect you to already be comfortable with.

Where this job leads

Related occupations — the usual moves up and sideways:

• Gambling Cage Workers
• Tellers
• First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers
• Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners
• Cashiers
• Gambling Managers
• Gambling Dealers
• Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators

Getting in

O*NET assigns this occupation job zone 2 (some preparation). The related occupations above are the realistic routes in and out.

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