Gambling Cage Workers
In a gambling establishment, conduct financial transactions for patrons. Accept patron's credit application and verify 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.
Most important skills
- Speaking
- Active Listening
- Mathematics
- Reading Comprehension
- Writing
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
- Social Perceptiveness
Key knowledge
- Customer and Personal Service
- Mathematics
- English Language
- Administration and Management
- Administrative
- Economics and Accounting
- Computers and Electronics
- Public Safety and Security
What the work involves
- Follow all gaming regulations.
- Maintain confidentiality of customers' transactions.
- Count funds and reconcile daily summaries of transactions to balance books.
- Convert gaming checks, coupons, tokens, or coins to currency for gaming patrons.
- Maintain cage security.
- Determine cash requirements for windows and order all necessary currency, coins, or chips.
- Verify accuracy of reports, such as authorization forms, transaction reconciliations, or exchange summary reports.
- Cash checks and process credit card advances for patrons.
Strongest interest areas (O*NET): Conventional, Enterprising, Social.
Qualifications and licensing
- Most common education
- High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) (84.9% of respondents)
- Related experience
- None (28.1%)
- On-the-job training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months (39.5%)
- Preparation level
- O*NET job zone 2: Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed
- Licensing
- Not yet verified. Check your state licensing board.
Check before planning
- Licensing for Gambling Cage Workers is not yet verified for any state: check the state licensing board before planning.
Limits
- Distributions show what current workers or occupational experts report, not legal minimums.
- Requirements vary by employer and state; time to qualify is not estimated.
Source: O*NET 31.0 Database (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections · dataset 2026.10.8 · method e3-qualification-1.0.0
Work environment
How the typical conditions of this occupation compare with 911 occupations in O*NET (very low = the lowest fifth).
Levels are relative. Most occupations involve a lot of contact with people, for example, so “very low” can still mean regular contact; the last column shows what workers actually reported.
| Condition | Level | Compared with other occupations | Most common answer (O*NET survey) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact with others | Very high | Higher on contact with others than 96% of occupations compared | 96% of surveyed respondents chose “Constant contact with others” |
| Dealing with the public | Very high | Higher on dealing with the public than 93% of occupations compared | 79% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Teamwork | Moderate | Lower on teamwork than 50% of occupations compared | 60% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Freedom to make decisions | Very low | Lower on freedom to make decisions than 93% of occupations compared | 35% of surveyed respondents chose “Some freedom” |
| Time pressure | High | Higher on time pressure than 67% of occupations compared | 50% of surveyed respondents chose “Every day” |
| Conflict situations | High | Higher on conflict situations than 75% of occupations compared | 34% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a week or more but not every day” |
| Dealing with unpleasant or angry people | Very high | Higher on dealing with unpleasant or angry people than 95% of occupations compared | 41% of surveyed respondents chose “Every day” |
| Consequence of error | Very high | Higher on consequence of error than 88% of occupations compared | 50% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely serious” |
Work-pressure profile
- Time pressure: high
- Conflict situations: high
- Dealing with unpleasant or angry people: very high
- Consequence of error: very high
Each part is shown on its own. There is no combined stress score, and conditions vary by employer and role.
Full answer distributions
Contact with others
- No contact with others: 0%
- Occasional contact with others: 0%
- Contact with others about half the time: 0%
- Contact with others most of the time: 4.02%
- Constant contact with others: 95.98%
n = 23, Incumbent 08/2023
Dealing with the public
- Not important at all: 5.8%
- Fairly important: 0%
- Important: 1.48%
- Very important: 14.02%
- Extremely important: 78.7%
n = 23, Incumbent 08/2023
Teamwork
- Not important at all: 9.08%
- Fairly important: 0%
- Important: 5.06%
- Very important: 25.44%
- Extremely important: 60.41%
n = 23, Incumbent 08/2023
Freedom to make decisions
- No freedom: 9.8%
- Very little freedom: 19.96%
- Limited freedom: 19.88%
- Some freedom: 35.25%
- A lot of freedom: 15.11%
n = 23, Incumbent 08/2023
Time pressure
- Never: 6.87%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 7.71%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 7.42%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 27.8%
- Every day: 50.2%
n = 23, Incumbent 08/2023
Conflict situations
- Never: 10.45%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 25.01%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 13.75%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 34.13%
- Every day: 16.66%
n = 23, Incumbent 08/2023
Dealing with unpleasant or angry people
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 12.36%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 9.08%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 37.28%
- Every day: 41.28%
n = 23, Incumbent 08/2023
Consequence of error
- Not serious at all: 6.23%
- Fairly serious: 12.81%
- Serious: 7.55%
- Very serious: 23.34%
- Extremely serious: 50.08%
n = 23, Incumbent 08/2023
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