Topic: It's there a possibility of working in a physical casino and not gamble - page 9. (Read 1402 times)

Of course it’s possible for someone to work in a physical casino without gambling. Many roles such as dealers, security personnel and customer service reps focus on operations and customer interaction rather than personal gambling.

Employees can maintain a professional stance and adhere to workplace policies that discourage gambling during work hours ensuring they engage with the casino environment while refraining from participating in gambling themselves.

It's very possible to work in a company of breweries and not drink or even taste alcohol. Same as people who work in a casino and not engage in gambling. Gambling is a thing of individual decision and decisions come with interest. It's not everyone that has interest in gambling so if a worker doesn't show that interest in gambling, he won't even think of belonging in it.

It is very possible to work in a physical casino without gambling. Most casinos have rules that guide how employees can gamble while on the job. These rules which will be very lax as the casinos will want you to gamble as much as you can as long as it does not affect your work.

It comes down the the ability of the person to gamble responsibly or control themselves not to gamble at all. An addict will likely gamble excessively if exposed to games constantly. Working in a casino increases the risk of excessive gambling but it is very possible to control it.

- Jay -

I think that is very difficult to do.From my personal experience as I have worked at such place in early 2000-s and it is exactly there that I learned about gambling,the company where I worked was based on UK although had branches almost everywhere in the world back then,they offered us 30 dollars to gamble both in online platform which was firstly created at that time and also 50 dollars to gamble in slot machines,physical ones so we can attract people to come and gamble there.It was exactly by doing such things that I started to fall in love with gambling and I had no clue what gambling was before starting working there as office assistant at that time.So from my perspective it is almost impossible to work in a physical casino and not gamble,that is just my point of view though,maybe there are people who can work and not gamble.

It's very possible to work in a gambling environment and yet not gamble, it's all about discipline and self control, because inasmuch as working in such venue exposes to the gambling lifestyle, whereby you opportuned to see people losing and likewise winning huge sum daily and wished you were the person who just won that money, one thing I have always known is that if you don't agree to gamble by yourself in an gambling environment, nobody is ever going to force or sack you for working in a gambling environment and not gamble.
Note: Gambling is a choice we make influence by our desire to make money, hence, until people have a concrete decision or what to always do when faced with such desire to gamble, they can never overcome it.

It's very possible because everyone has personal standards and things that they find interesting to them, not everyone can be influenced by what they see around them especially when it comes to casino gambling, a casino worker sees what goes on and how people go bankrupt within a matter of minutes, this alone is enough reason for that worker not to even engage in it cause they know the dangers and how addictive it can be. It's very possible for a someone to work in a physical casino and not gamble

I don't know about casinos and how they operate, but here in my country, some of the cashiers who work in a physical bet office, or will I call that a bet agent office, are always allowed to place their own bet on whatever game they go to.
 
One thing that the casino just doesn't allow is that you, as the worker, should not allow your gambling activity to affect your work. You should attend to your customers when needed, and you can't use the company's funds to gamble, and even if you do, it will be deducted before your salary is paid on your next pay day.

I think you are asking a question which has no common answer. It's definitely depends on the person. For example, I have worked with many gambling clients but I don't gamble aggressively. In fact I am not a gambler at all. Occasionally I like to gamble but it's only limited in entertainment. I did lost a lot in the past but that's not because I was heavily in touch with gambling industry.

My thoughts are on the side that it is completely possible to avoid gambling while at the same time one is employed by a physical casino, otherwise it would not be sustainable for people to work on those kind of establishments, dont you think?  
I think you friend is probably more prone to suffer from the attraction to gambling games and he has found himself to be kind of trapped in a sad situation, he probably has co-workers who do not have any problem at all with gambling and they are very aware of the risks, so they choose not to take part in them.
I have the personal point of view that working for a casino does not sound rather like a life long career, for some reason, it is the kind of job I would only like to take if there are possibilities for me to climb up and get a management position, otherwise it would be a temporary job.

At least your friend is willing to listen to your advice, there are other situations and individuals who are blinded by the prospects of money and power and do not do anything besides getting in trouble. If possible, your friend should consider to pursue a different career in the long term.

I can tell you that its very possible that one should be working in a casino without gambling at all, but the chances of seeing someone of this category is very weak, it is not common and you will rarely find out someone who can be in the best position to be under this same condition, though some will tell you that the more you're getting too much exposure towards something, the more likely it becomes part of you as it continue to draw your interest, but i can say this that some people can also be determined not to do something and it stands.

if you are there to work. then you won;t be able to gamble. i doubt the casino will hire you if they caught you gambling while on duty.

maybe if they are not on duty they will gamble. idk but casinos usually check their dealers most of the time whether they are conspiring with some players. they are closely watched by the guards. right?

It all boils down to discipline because it is not everyone that works in a casino that are gamblers, therefore, your friend is gambling excessive because he lacks self control and maybe is always carried away by other people's win which do trigger him to gamble more to see if he can win like those other gamblers who tops him.

Since he gets enough funds that can sustain him from tips, he should only focus on spending wisely and have self control by only gambling with the amount of money that he can afford to lose, if he must gamble or go on a break before he gets addicted and gamble with his Boss funds.

That means he do not know the statistics of the gamblers that are winning versus those that are losing.

Tell him to stop gambling for months to know if he can control himself not to waste money.

It is possible to work in a casino and not gamble at all. Some people discipline themselves than other people.

To the last question. Tell him not to gamble at all. Losing money that he can not afford to lose is not an entertainment. If gambling is not entertaining you, stop gambling. He may start again after some months of self-exclusion.

It is very difficult for someone who works in a casino but doesn't gamble, because he has to be familiar with gambling, and must know about other technical issues in gambling.

But the important thing in this case is the use of money, it depends on his own principles, and how he controls his money, if he budgets a small amount of money to do gambling I think he can still save, and he sticks to his gambling budget, environmental interventions can be overcome, such as the obligation to share tips and so on, things like this go back to personal management in determining attitudes.

I was discussing with my friend that works in a physical casino yesterday evening. He lamented that his work environment has exposed him to gambling excessively that he hardly saves enough, if at all at the end of the month although he sees good funds from the tips he receives regularly from his clients that clinches wins. He also receives a manageable salary at month-end, but almost everything goes back into gambling.

He stressed that working in a casino exposes you to irresistible desires to gamble and you can do little about it.

I told him that it's possible to save part of the money and gamble with the rest and this was my strategy.
I asked him not to gamble until it's 6pm in the evening and by then he should divide his daily tips into five places, then go straight to a money collection point tho deposit 4/5 of the funds, then come back to gamble with the rest, he agreed to try it out from today and I'm yet to hear of his success as at now. We also agreed that he'll open a fixed deposit account where his salary goes in and remain untouched until every 6 months as his main savings since his tips are enough for his daily expenses

This got me thinking and I decided to share it here, is it not possible to work in a casino and not gamble?
Are there other behavioral patterns that could be employed to reduce gambling excessively while working in a casino?
Let me have your thoughts on this.