Author: Dave Schwartz, Center for Gaming Research@UNLV
email: dgs@unlv.nevada.edu

Working in a casino is sometimes as big a gamble as playing in one. This page has some resources for those who work in casinos, those who want to, and those who are just curious.

There is no way to summarize the incredible diversity of experience found working in a casino. Instead, this page is intended to provide some information about casino employment.

That being said, launching a career in casino employment is getting easier by the day with the proliferation of resume posting/job search sites.

If you are a casino employee and are interested in contributing an article about your experiences to the Reading Room, email Dave at dgs@unlv.nevada.edu.

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Books

Field, Shelly. Career opportunities in casinos and casino hotels. New York : Facts on File/Checkmark Books, 2000.

MORE ON THE WAY!!!

Articles online

Casino Waitresses Cash Out with $300 a Day
from Gambling Magazine.

CASINOS: Service with a Smile
from Las Vegas Review-Journal

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JobMonkey.com Casino and Gaming page
Many great resources, including a gaming guide, glossary, and phone directory.

Working as a Slot Attendant
In the words of an Iowa slot attendant...

New Zealand Casino Worker Profile
from KiwiCareers.

Casino career information

Casino Careers Online
Line a mini monster.com for the casino industry.

Casino Career Institute
Not a stand-alone website, it's really the online brochure for an Atlantic Cape Community College program.

Casino Careers
Informational page from Shelly Field.

Casino-Hotel Careers
Another Monster.com type jobsearch site in the testing phase.

Casino Careers in Michigan
From the Michigan Gaming Law Website.

Croupier, a great movie about casino work

Box Office Online Review

Dave Schwartz is the Director of the Center for Gaming Research as well as the author of Suburban Xanadu: The Casino Resort on the Las Vegas Strip, (Routledge, 2003). He is a frequent commentator on gaming history and current issues for a variety of local and national media sources, and is a former casino employee.

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Subject Guides

Atlantic City, NJ--jurisdiction summary | Canada--jurisdiction summary
Casino Employment | Casino Math | Gaming history
Legal aspects of gaming | Status of Gambling Enabling Laws | Problem Gambling
Slot Machines--History | Technology of casino gaming

Online resources

Advocacy Groups | Bingo/Charitable | Collectors' Interest
Consultants/Market Research | Horseracing | Indian Gaming | Internet Gaming
Law of Gaming | Lottery | Poker| Problem Gambling