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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.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Answer questions about game rules or casino policies.AI could speed this up a lot
- 02Collect cards or tickets from players.Mostly human for now
- 03Compute and verify amounts won or lost, paying out winnings or referring patrons to workers, such as gaming cashiers, so that winnings can be collected.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 04Pay off or move bets as established by game rules and procedures.Mostly human for now
- 05Conduct gambling tables or games, such as dice, roulette, cards, or keno, and ensure that game rules are followed.Mostly human for now
- 06Start gaming equipment that randomly selects numbered balls and announce winning numbers and colors.AI could speed this up a lot
- 07Check to ensure that all players have placed their bets before play begins.Mostly human for now
- 08Record the number of tickets cashed and the amount paid out after each race or event.AI could speed this up a lot
- 09Supervise staff and games and mediate disputes.Mostly human for now
- 10Collect bets in the form of cash or chips, verifying and recording amounts.Mostly human for now
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job lossToo little dataNot enough work use was seen to measure. This does not mean the job is safe from AI.Anthropic, 2026
27%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 79% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Above 96% of jobsin how much of this job’s physical work robots have been shown to do, from factories to homes (2026).Anthropic, 2026
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- 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.
- Check to ensure that all players have placed their bets before play begins.