GAMING AND SPORTS BOOK WRITER

Job Definition:

• Authors, journalists and linguists conceive and create literary works, interpret and communicate news and public affairs through the media; and translate or interpret from one language into another.

Job Description:

• Assist in the operation of games such as keno and bingo. Scan winning tickets presented by patrons, calculate amount of winnings and pay patrons. May operate keno and bingo equipment. May start gaming equipment that randomly selects numbers. May announce number selected until total numbers specified for each game are selected. May pick up tickets from players, collect bets, receive, verify and record patrons’ cash wages.

Duties and Tasks:

• 1) Seat patrons at gaming tables.
• 2) Start gaming equipment that randomly selects numbered balls, and announce winning numbers and colors.
• 3) Take the house percentage from each pot.
• 4) Deliver tickets, cards, and money to bingo callers.
• 5) Exchange paper currency for playing chips or coins.
• 6) Participate in games for gambling establishments in order to provide the minimum complement of players at a table.
• 7) Prepare collection reports for submission to supervisors.
• 8) Record the number of tickets cashed and the amount paid out after each race or event.
• 9) Sell food, beverages, and tobacco to players.
• 10) Supervise staff and games, and mediate disputes.
• 11) Answer questions about game rules and casino policies.
• 12) Check to ensure that all players have placed their bets before play begins.
• 13) Collect bets in the form of cash or chips, verifying and recording amounts.
• 14) Collect cards or tickets from players.
• 15) Compare the house hand with players’ hands in order to determine the winner.
• 16) Compute and verify amounts won and lost, then pay out winnings or refer patrons to workers such as gaming cashiers so that winnings can be collected.
• 17) Conduct gambling tables or games, such as dice, roulette, cards, or keno, and ensure that game rules are followed.
• 18) Inspect cards and equipment to be used in games to ensure they are in proper condition.
• 19) Open and close cash floats and game tables.
• 20) Operate games in which players bet that a ball will come to rest in a particular slot on a rotating wheel, performing actions such as spinning the wheel and releasing the ball.
• 21) Pay off or move bets as established by game rules and procedures.
• 22) Push dice to shooters and retrieve thrown dice.

Activities:

• 1) Performing for or Working Directly with the Public — Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
• 2) Handling and Moving Objects — Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
• 3) Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
• 4) Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
• 5) Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
• 6) Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
• 7) Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• 8) Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
• 9) Selling or Influencing Others — Convincing others to buy merchandise/goods or to otherwise change their minds or actions.
• 10) Monitoring and Controlling Resources — Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money.
• 11) Controlling Machines and Processes — Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
• 12) Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
• 13) Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
• 14) Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.

Abilities:

• 1) Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand
• 2) Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• 3)  Number Facility — The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
• 4) Time Sharing — The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources).
• 5)Perceptual Speed — The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
• 6) Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• 7)Wrist-Finger Speed — The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.
• 8) Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
• 9) Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• 10) Finger Dexterity — The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
• 11) Selective Attention — The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
• 12) Mathematical Reasoning — The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
• 13) Memorization — The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.
• 14) Auditory Attention — The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.
• 15) Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
• 16) Visual Color Discrimination — The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.
• 17) Peripheral Vision — The ability to see objects or movement of objects to one’s side when the eyes are looking ahead.
• 18) Far Vision — The ability to see details at a distance.
• 19) Extent Flexibility — The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
• 20) Response Orientation — The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part.
• 21) Manual Dexterity — The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.

Knowledge

• 1) Mathematics — Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
• 2) Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.