Jobs / Food service, cleaning, and personal care / 39-3012.00
Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners
Post information enabling patrons to wager on various races and sporting events. Assist in the operation of games such as keno and bingo. May operate random number-generating equipment and announce the numbers for patrons. Receive, verify, and record patrons' wagers. Scan and process winning tickets presented by patrons and pay out winnings for those wagers.
- US jobs
- 8,950
- Median wage
- $34,980 a year
- Job family
- Food service, cleaning, and personal care
Can agents do the work of gambling and sports book writers and runners?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Food service, cleaning, and personal care: Not yet (first measured in the last 12 months)
Direct benchmarks exist, but agents complete less than 20% of their tasks.
Evidence: BEHAVIOR Challenge 2025, 12.4% of tasks fully completed (Full task success rate).
0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.
- 36%Conduct amusement or gaming activitiesNot measured
- 20%Execute financial transactionsNot measured
- 11%Respond to customer problems or inquiriesNot measured
- 10%Maintain sales or financial recordsNot measured
- 6%Calculate financial dataNot measured
- 5%Prepare reports of operational or procedural activitiesNot measured
- 5%Inspect commercial, industrial, or production systems or equipmentNot measured
- 3%Mediate disputesNot measured
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in food service, cleaning, and personal care, not always this occupation's tasks.
Direct evidence
Work benchmarks mapped primary to this family. They set the step when they report how many tasks agents complete.
Also relevant
These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.
- 1735 EloDreamZero (dreaming_zebra) · 24 Sep 2026Unrated
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Answer questions about game rules or casino policies.
- Collect cards or tickets from players.
- Compute and verify amounts won or lost, paying out winnings or referring patrons to workers, such as gaming cashiers, so that winnings can be collected.
- Pay off or move bets as established by game rules and procedures.
- Conduct gambling tables or games, such as dice, roulette, cards, or keno, and ensure that game rules are followed.
- Start gaming equipment that randomly selects numbered balls and announce winning numbers and colors.
- Check to ensure that all players have placed their bets before play begins.
- Record the number of tickets cashed and the amount paid out after each race or event.
- Supervise staff and games and mediate disputes.
- Collect bets in the form of cash or chips, verifying and recording amounts.
- Prepare collection reports for submission to supervisors.
- Inspect cards or equipment to be used in games to ensure they are in proper condition.
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