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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.

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.

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 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.

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?

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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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.

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.

That will be the most difficult thing for you to do in this world. It might sound easy when you are discussing it, but when it comes to the action point, it will be very hard to happen. Let's take an instance. Can you endure working in a bakery without eating the bread? You also know that that will be very hard, so you will find it hard to endure when you see a lot of people gambling and winning. That is what will motivate you to join because you will see it as an opportunity to get another money apart from the salary you have been given, so you will like to utilise the opportunity. 
 
To the second question, yes, you can, but it is very hard because you have to have your own boundaries and also remind yourself about the consequences of gambling. This might help you to lose internet in gambling, but it is usually hard to apply in daily life and behaviour because sometimes your mind tends to be stronger than you.

It is very possible and I have experienced it myself, I have worked in a land based casino for 2 years with 12 working hours every day.
Your friend said "his work environment has exposed him to gambling" that's just an excuse as a justification that he can't save some money because he spent most of his salary on gambling.
In fact, he should be able to restrain his desire to gamble, because every day he sees people winning/losing there and hears sad stories about people who often play and lose there.

Your friend seems to be addicted to gambling, even if he works in another type of job, the story is probably the same.
If he still wants to gamble and has time to do so even though he has worked all day at the casino - he should only use the tips he received instead of gambling with his salary.

Simply, self exclusion if it is possible in the casino he is working with, which is essential if he wants to stop gambling for good without any excuses or plans, the casino also should provide this feature for the workers, to let them get full payment without wasting it, knowing if anyone gambles he is at high risk of losing, not to mention someone who is working there and more exposed to play for long term, which boost the chances of losing everything at the end.
It is surprising to me that a dealer or a worker there is gambling with his full awareness of the chances of losing money, so is it better to explain to your friend the concept which he is aware of, remind him of what’s gambling made more. Moreover, try to ask him about opening a closed account to put his money there for investment purposes to avoid gambling if he is addicted already.

I have never worked in a casino, so I don't know if the situation and atmosphere of the casino will really always make me have a high curiosity to always gamble or not.
But for me and in my opinion gambling is a choice, everyone is free to choose, and when you don't include gambling in your list of favorite activities then I think it is unlikely that you will be involved in gambling even though you work in a casino. I understand that there will definitely be a lot of temptations that come to you, especially if you see one of the visitors who managed to win a big jackpot, but I think you will also definitely or have seen some gamblers who have problems such as running out of big money in a short time at the casino where you work.

Simply put, when I work there, I will definitely see various positive or negative things, especially wins and losses, along with setbacks, meaning that I will most likely know the risks, and also when I become a worker there, I will definitely know one of the reasons why getting a jackpot is very difficult, such as knowing the system that is set in each game, and that can be a big consideration for me not to become myself a victim of the casino.

If I were a casino operator or I owned a physical bet shop, one of my criteria for employing new staff is that the most be gamblers. And to add to it I would have some kind of gambling addiction tests before employment. My reason for this criteria is that, I want a staff with the knowledge and experience of gambling, so that if a rogue gambler comes into the shop and tries to play a fast one with the machines or staff, they will be smart enough to detect it.  However, as long as you are on duty you must not gamble. If you do and get caught, you will be fired immediately. This is the reason for the evaluation to remove those who score high on gambling addiction before employment into the workforce.

If there is a clear rule prohibiting staff from gambling during work hours, I'll stick with it and will still stick with it, if there are none. I have to be professional always. Because it will tell on my next job

Working in a casino can be very tempting, especially if one is surrounded by triggers and the urge to gamble all day. Some of the techniques that you had advised your friend to adopt, in order to reduce their gambling hours and smartly manage money, are good places to start. In order not to feel tempted to gamble every time one is short of money, it's important that a strict budget be set, and adhered to. Finding other activities or hobbies out of work that can preoccupy the mind from gambling as well is essential. It may be useful to have a friend or family member who knows about it and could remind in times of temptation of such weaknesses. If needed as well as talking over about strategies having a professional like a therapist isn't bad at all. Generating great ideas on how you could save more, while avoiding problem gambling, becomes achievable with discipline and also seeking professional support, even though working in a casino environment.

Depositing his monthly earnings is quite a good move not to spend his regular income. Now, as mentioned, he can already survive with the tips alone. In this case, he can very well spend those tips to his gambling as well as his daily expenses. At least, he can say, he has savings because of his monthly income and it won't be wrecked by his gambling activities.

I think casinos have the rule to don't let their workers place bets, or not at least while their are under working hours. But for sure some of them stay in the casino after their shift to place some bets, and that's totally normal because if they see all day people making easy money for sure they want to try too. Even some casinos should have a rule to not let the workers gambler in their casino, it should be part of the contract they signed.

When i used to work on virtual casinos i was a gambler there too, and was sad to see some other employes losing all their payment on the site they worked to.

Working in a casino is stressful, attending to gamblers, associating with problem players, and serving all their needs is a complete work load. Stress contributes to the reason behind casino workers' indulgence in gambling. It's abnormal to gamble as a croupier or dealer, at least not where you work.

But it's hard not to try out if they'll get lucky after seeing others celebrate their wins. Op's friend needs to learn ways of managing stress, to stop gambling excessively, or else he'll have a hard time saving money.

To be honest with you, I was going to say that it's absolutely possible to work in a physical casino without gambling, but upon imaginning all scenarios and circumstances, I got to understand that It might just be difficult to actually not get involved in gambling while working on such a place.
I mean, imagine someone coming in and winning money that even your whole salary for an entire year won't amount to, and when you look at the person who won this money, he or she is a person you are far better than, the temptation to try some games yourself will be way too high to resist.

But on the other hand, It can actually be possible with strong determination, desire not to gamble and will-power to back it up, it's gonna be difficult but if the person is firmly determined not to, I believe the urge will be summountable.

Yup. Got a relative who waits tables in the casino and while the pay isn't that great for you to be able to have the gall to gamble, the added factor of seeing just how desolate people's lives end up when they lose everything in the casino game is more than enough to make her swear off gambling for life. And while yes, it does require some level of discipline to pull off, you gotta understand that everything requires some level of restraint and self-control every once in a while, gambling included.

So yeah, I highly believe that even if you're working for a casino, when you're subjected to seeing people like that everyday you wouldn't have any choice but to actually just live your life free from that kind of shit, this is the very same thing that keeps some people who work for customer service, away from that gig for extended periods of time, if not forever. Just being able to see how shitty things are for the other person is something else.

Well, work should not be mixed with pleasures like gambling so if they can find time to gamble, probably once they're off from duty. Otherwise, they'll get caught and maybe kick out from their work.

Now, if you are working on a gambling casino, most likely you will also develop some gambling urge, and once it happens, learn to manage your emotions as well as your finances as well. To gamble also means to discipline yourself so you won't keep seeing yourself at the losing end and regretting.

I have a cousin who works in the industry. I think she's in the marketing side of things. 

One time, I saw her gambling on her phone but she told me she only spends cents for the whole day they feel the ick to gamble. I suppose it helps that she mostly does local card games so her bets last longer as oppose to myself who is into instant games like slots where I could lose my deposit much quicker lol

Honestly, it may be hard to not gamble if you're exposed in the industry but it's not necessarily a bad thing as long as you can control yourself and know your limits.

It seems like that, even though they can bet, maybe they do it outside of their working hours because it is impossible for them to do it during working hours because as far as I know, casinos run all day long so they have a big responsibility by not being able to ignore their work which they should continue to monitor. and with those who work in casinos, I think they will not be able to bet in the casino where they work, but maybe by using someone else's identity it can be done.

It sounds ridiculous if those who work in casinos but their income is used up for gambling, because in my environment when someone works in a casino it means they have rules or ways to win for sure even though it is also impossible, but are those who work in casinos the same as ordinary players when gambling? I mean their chances of winning are the same as ordinary gamblers who have no way to win for sure when they gamble in casinos.

The things you are do, it's always based of your activity and friend.

IDK, it's kinda hard especially for people who have gambling track. If you ask me, If the person have zero gambling track "YES and for people who have gambling track the answer will be "NO".

People who are having friend are gambling, still can get effect.

Gosh I wish I had that mentality of your friend. Imagine if I was exposed to meetings after meetings after meetings and I was actually influenced by it to do... well, MORE MEETINGS? Kidding aside, no, it's not an issue with the work, it's an issue with him. Pretty sure weakly blaming your work for your habits is wrong and can be a pretty bad habit in itself as well. First step is to acknowledge that his work has jack shit to do with his addiction, and next is to manage his funds properly.

I wouldn't deny that the start is influenced by his work though, especially emotions run high in casinos so it's no surprise if you were influenced by it. But after that? Solely on you.

Actually it depends on how each person attitude is, indeed being in an environment filled with people gambling at all times can make the desire to be able to participate in playing and betting.
Whatever happens, everything is inseparable from ambition, desire and curiosity, especially in gambling which may also see some people who win big and become matter of interest in itself.
But if someone can control themselves and really suppress the desire to gamble to manage spending and using money well, then they will not get any losses even though they are always in an environment like that.

But one thing I want to question is whether it is true and permissible for worker in casino to place bets or gamble in the casino where he works, this is quite strange and is one of the things I want to know.

This scenario is a good example to proof that if you will be spending time in a X environment you will become like the people living their (gamblers) but that's not necessary as if you have control on yourself and firm believe that you can keep yourself away from gambling and can still serve their like as there are many things a person can do in physical casino and lesser in online casino.

I don't like gambling and my elders advices us not to work in such place because when you will be working their surrounded by people gambles then you can also get the thought to gamble as well. That's why they said it never good to be in such company where you have to fight with yourself all the time, that's why I don't even join gambling campaigns.

There is no reason why you should necessarily become an addicted gambler while working in a casino (i.e. being part of the staff). Moreover, if you have developed an addiction, you will most likely be fired as soon as it becomes known to the management. Can we say that working in a casino encourages gambling and the development of an addiction? It all depends on the worldview of the casino employee himself. If he is not immune to addiction, then most likely he will gradually bet more and more of his money. The most important thing to do in such a situation is to simply set a limit for your spending on the game.

I know a drug dealer who does not take drugs but though has been arrested by the police.

It is difficult for a gambler becoming a physical casino attendant later on to resist gambling but a non gambler being a physical casino attendant can always resist gambling if he is disciplined and contented with his payment from the casino.

Learning by the experiences of what happens to the clients he attends to such as the addicted gamblers and those who has lost uncontrollably is a big warning for such casino attendant to stay off gambling.
It is about determination to always stay away from temptations so also, such a casino attendant can also gamble without negative effects with the awareness of others being victims but those with a highily greeds would never resist the Irresponsible gambling manners because they are ignorant to addictive potentials that gambling can be attracted.

Have you ever seen a KFC employee eat the fried chicken while serving to other customers? A similar concept is applied here. The person needs to control himself. Moreover, if the person has responsibilities to look after and if he knows how dangerous gambling can be, then I am sure he will be limiting himself from gambling. The guy working in a casino must have also seen that people lose more and win less; hence, this will have motivated him further not to gamble. 

I think this depends on person. If the casino's employee is self-disciplined and biased against gambling he will not be involved into  gambling at any casino including that one where he is employed. Moreover,  I know that casinos practice to employ people who work as the shills. Those people pretend to be  gamblers but many of them are not.

If he work in casino, he must have strong self control from desire to playing gambling. He will see many people comes to his work and playing gambling so he must not tempt by them and follow to playing gambling like them. He can work in a casino and not gambling and that can be done only if he can avoids the temptation of gambling.

He really needs to holds his passion to playing gambling although he knows that is not easy because he will meet different people who playing gambling and will see some of them wins different amount of money. Maybe after he finish his work at that day, he must immediately leave his work and not look at the gambling table. That is for avoiding his minds from thinking about gambling.

It's depend on himself how he wants to solve his problem. If he care with his family or himself, he will not trying to gambling and save his tips. I am sure he can do that but that will depends on himself.

Your friend is the best possible casino employee. Working at a casino and spending a part of his salary back in the casino. The casino owner must keep that guy at all cost. ;D I think that most casino employees aren't active gamblers, because they can see that gambling can ruins people's lives. Most hardcore gamblers, who play at local casinos seem sick and old. Also working at a casino and playing gambling games could quickly become very boring. If I was working at a casino, I would definitely stay away from everything related to gambling in my free time. I would definitely have hobbies, that have nothing to do with gambling.

Of course you can work in a casino and not gamble yourself. It's all about the will. Strong-willed people can't be tricked into doing something they don't want to. Weak personalities find excuses. I am sorry if it sounds harsh, but that's the way it is. Life is going to eat you alive if you can't control yourself. That includes your spending habits as well. It's like saying, how can I not smoke when I sell cigarettes at work. Or, how can I not be an alcoholic when my shop sells wine and vodka. Take control of your life and be the sole decision-maker who can't be influenced by unimportant outside forces and you will be all right.

Growing up, I knew some drug dealers in my neighborhood who never used drugs. I have also seen many workers in casinos who were not gamblers, but they were mainly females. In some cases, you need to be a gambler to be a good gambling staff. I think it will take a high level of discipline and determination to avoid the temptation of gambling as a casino staff. This is because you will be tempted by big wins by other gamblers and will want to bet. There might be some gamblers who always win, and you would want to bet using their predictions.

The best behavioral pattern should be budgeting. He should be able to allocate some part of his income to gambling and follow his budget judiciously. If he knows that he cannot control his gambling habit because of his place of work, he should consider looking for another job in another Industry. It would be unwise to gamble off all his earnings because of where he works.

Just the same way people who sell cigarettes don't smoke and people who sell drugs don't take the substances they sell to others, it's also the same thing for those that work in physical casinos, it's all based on choice and decisions..I have seen a lot of people working in bet shops and still won't place a bet even once..Take note some of these people are looking for monthly incomes just to sustain themselves, not everyone is interested in gambling so there's a possibility in that

Working in a casino and not gambling at all is all dependent on the person's decision.    I do not believe that a person can't regularly avoid gambling if he is working in the casino.  I agree that these gambling games are enticing but if we are firm not to gamble our earnings, we won't be gambling them  no matter how enticing the game is or how much our peers pressure us into playing.

Unless the company requires their employee to gamble a portion of their earnings, I do not think anyone can influence a person with firm stand of not gambling his salaries. 

At the end of the day I believe your friend is just making an excuse for him to gamble his salary.

I have a friend who works in one of the most popular sports bet companies in my country and I've asked him how he copes with his gambling habit, being sorounded by bettors almost everyday. He told me that the whole staff of the bet company were prohibited from gambling, if they want to gamble, they'll secretly do so through none staff. When I heard it I realized that these gambling companies knows the implications of working in a gambling environment and how it can entice the workers to become addicted to gambling. I think that physical casino companies should also restrict their workers from gambling in the casinos where they work, it'll help reduce their chances of being addicted because they're always in the presence of gamblers.

No, working in a casino does not force you to become a gambler. It is entirely down to the individual and if they have any sense to pick up what is happening around them: all they will be seeing is people walking in with money all day long and walking out with nothing. Working in a casino should be the most off putting experience that someone could ever receive when it comes to seeing what gambling really does. It's like people who work in fast food restaurants who eventually get so sick of the food they stop eating it. I have a friend who worked in a casino for a few years and he does not gamble, which is the opposite viewpoint to what you are suggesting. Your friend is simply weak willed and was probably predisposed to falling into a gambling addiction, where he worked did not help.

I think it is quite easy (it will be easy for me) to work in gambling industry and not gamble. A person, working there, will see how people easily and in short time looses their money. I think only from that they will have a resistant to gambling. And I think that a person that works for gambling industry will be fed up with it so much, that he wont even have a wish to try.

I once thought of working in the casino but I have to consider that working in a casino would need me to keep off immoderate playing and that may be particularly challenging due to the almost everyday exposure to gambling activities, and i know it create strong temptations. Your friend's scenario might have this problem, because the attractiveness of gambling often will become overwhelming in such an surroundings like casino of course especially in physical casino. The suggestions like you mentioned of setting aside a part of his money and save the majority into savings is actually the best idea you can give as a friend, by separating uneccesary spending aside from his savings, he can for sure establish a financial management plus its a good investment too. A distant friend of mine who's also a former casino employee said that you need to established routines like gamble only after a certain time or with a set sum of money each day and with that it also can help manage impulses and manage discipline, plus utilizing budgeting equipment or apps to music spending and automatic savings transfers can further guide this attempt since his a employee.

So let me add this and as I whos someone knew a little about disorders due to my college course, seeking a professional help is what we always said for gambling addiction or any kind of addiction because it can provide additional strategies, built a support system and emotional guide that may help you or any of us along the way, and after that, engaging in alternative activities and interests can also help distract from you from gambling desires, whilst setting monetary dreams and tracking your progress can reinforce nice behavior. So with this in mind, combining these thoughts with your method to saving and managed playing can assist in dealing with the challenges of working in such an environment.

It is like working at a bar and not drinking. There are many people who don't drink when working at the bar and, in fact, those who drink don't last long.

I agree that maybe his friend is just making an excuse, but I don't completely agree with the fact that gambling or not when working in a casino is all dependent on the person's decision, so without knowing him I can't tell whether it is an excuse or not. Some people are more prone to keep a proper auto-control and others aren't, so it is your decision only to some extent.

This is not true; it depends on the character of the individual. I've been betting on horseracing and lotto, and the people I met behind these betting platforms are responsible and are not into gambling. Maybe this is required by the betting company they are working for because you don't want to employ people who are very much into gambling, as they may be tempted to steal money from the cashier.

Working in a company requires an ethics about gambling. If you're friends is someone who does not have those ethics, then it's better that he look for another job or talk to his superiors and ask to be transferred to positions where he is not tempted to see gambling tables.

Of course it is. To gamble or not will depend on the individual's decision. A casino employee who is feeling tempted to gamble with his wage and tips received from customers should draw long term goals for his finances and keep focused on it. Check how much income is made monthly and then calculate how much should be splitted to each monthly expenses. The surplus can be used for entertainment purposes (where gambling may be included), although it's advisable to use the surplus for investment purposes, aiming passive income futurely.

Your friend needs determination, will and patience. He must understand how important and impacting it will be to not gamble with his wage to follow the strategy efficiently. On the other hand, if it doesn't make sense for him at all, I fear he won't succeed on the task of following behavioral patterns to stop the waste of money.

It is possible to work in a casino or gambling house and never gamble.

There are individuals who work in bars, in places where alcohol is served, and these people do not drink alcohol; some, surprisingly, have never tasted it. There are some others who sell illegal drugs for recreational use to people but never use the drugs themselves. This is the same situation with people who work in casinos. Not everyone who works in a casino will become a gambler because some people are really not just interested in gambling, or rather, they are just interested in working to make their own money, and they find fun in other activities.

Most casinos don't allow their employees to gamble in their establishments. They'll fire the employee, least that's the way it is in the USA. Employees of the casino probably get bored as well of seeing the same shit over and over. For example, a blackjack dealer probably avoids blackjack if they do visit a casino because it will just remind them of their job.

I cannot say that an employee would never want to gamble, but I think they probably want to gamble less than the regular person.

Before you are hired on a gambling platform, they assess the character of the individual if they are prone to gambling. Since they will be exposed to gambling, they will not hire those addicted or prone to addiction because it could ruin their business later on, so your friend better be careful not to get caught.

Companies do not hire people who could potentially harm their company so even if these are gambling platform  the employees have ethics and guidelines to follow on how they should behave and act.

There is a possibility of working in a physical casino and not gamble but that will depens on himself because gambling can tempt him easily and makes him playing gambling. If he can have strong self control and only focus with his work in the casino, he will not trying to playing gambling especially he can see many bad examples from people who playing gambling. They will not stops playing gambling if their money is not gone in gambling but some of them can return to casino easily after they have money.

If he insist to trying to playing gambling, he must have self control to prevent from the want to keep playing gambling. Gambling can tempt him to keep playing gambling without he can deny especially if often see some people win in gambling. He will trying to win like those people and that can be bad for him because he can addicted to gambling easily and he can get fired from his work if he is addicted to gambling.

This quotes really suit with this thread "You’re NOT The Average Of The Five People You Surround Yourself With" (https://medium.com/the-mission/youre-not-the-average-of-the-five-people-you-surround-yourself-with-f21b817f6e69)

It's really hard to not doing what other people around you are doing, you might not get addicted, but it's high unlikely you're not a gambler. More over working in casino doesn't mean you get paid high, instead you only get paid with minimum wages, which could influence you to gamble to win money.

Back to the principles and goals of our work, many people work in bars and nightclubs, whether they are all entertainers or sex workers, no, many of them have the same principles and goals, as long as they can keep themselves from getting involved in anything negative for me they remain safe and professional with their own finances, whether it be tips or their salary.

As long as your friend can be a professional in working in a physical casino, for me it doesn't matter to him about deposits and he doesn't have to be involved in gambling, as far as I know, physical casino employees are not allowed to be involved in gambling games, that's the casino rules, employees only serve guests as best as possible, both when they bet and also other services such as giving them drinks, food and so on.

If physical casino employees are involved in gambling, it will have a bad impact on the casino, employees are not serious about serving guests, so as far as I know physical casino employees are not allowed to gamble, except: outside working hours and at other casino locations.

It's quite possible to get involved with gambling with if you are working at a casino.
At the same time, it also depends on how strongly you can hold your emotions to gamble.
As mentioned in OP, the person almost loses everything in gambling itself and this should be avoided at all costs.
Being a casino worker himself he should know how people lose money in gambling and that should keep himself from overgambling.

Yes I understand that it is quite difficult to be completely unaffected by the atmosphere and situation in the casino, I am sure that when you see some people who have managed to get a big jackpot then maybe at least it will be able to move your heart and mind to try it, and I think it's all about choice, you are free to choose to get involved in gambling as long as from the start you must be truly aware of the risks along with preparing various things that lead to risk management such as having the ability to control emotions and have good money management, don't let all your salary only be enough to pay all your gambling debts.

Basically gambling is a choice, and you will only be able to choose something right and structured when you think using common sense when making considerations, and when you find yourself having problems due to being involved in gambling then of course stopping or reducing is the best way to do it. Gambling is nothing more than just for entertainment, and I am sure you know this when you are one of the workers in a casino, so if the habit actually causes problems then it should not be continued, learn to make peace with yourself to be able to let go of everything that has been lost.

That's another possibility for him too, but do you think it is a solution without any risks? Especially with addiction behavior it is very hard for someone to resist not spending much money once he begins playing, the worse thing about addiction is not knowing when to stop, losing or winning that won't make a difference for him.
It is the same with alcoholism, where that person should avoid even a sip of alcohol, so I believe it is the same thing with an addicted gambler.

If that person is not addicted and doesn't spend much money in gambling even that he works in a casino, then it is totally find to spend a small portion of his total income. Personally, I would use only 5% maximum for gambling, other than that it is a risk of becoming an excessive gambler, feeling bad if I lose more than that, later you will always try to recover your losses, finally you will unlock the addiction.

Someone can work in a casino and still not gamble just as there are some people working for casino campaign but have not gambled before. There is nothing bad in that because every individual is different from one another. There could be reason why the user have to settle for a casino job because maybe he has tried to find other jobs but he is not getting lucky but the casino jobs was available and they hired him therefore he is going to do the job while he look for other job if he does not like working with casino. But it is going to be very hard to resist the urge to gamble when you see others doing and probably winning life changing money that you also need and think that you can win. The behaviour that you can do is to concentrate on your casino job and stop looking at people gambling.

I never working at the casinos before so i don't know about this situation just like this but i have been read an article some time ago but i forgot what is the title of that article because actually casino owners are prohibit their employees from gambling in the casino where the employees work and around the casinos where they work because the owners doesn't want their employees to spend their free time to gambling because they may be more likely to develop gambling addiction than people who work outside the gambling world

Indeed all of it depend on the person because they can decide only go for working at the casino without thinking to gambling but i have to says workers exposed to gambling activities during their works for each days and this makes them very tempted to gamble especially when the employees watching there is people who gets huge winning from jackpot so probably they inspired to those person and starting to gamble

to reduce the chances of workers getting too addicted in gambling, I believe it will be better for those working for a casino not to gamble at all. If they gamble, chances are that they might end up spending most of thier salaries on gambling. It's just like telling an alcoholic to work in an environment where alcohol is being sold and he has access to consum as much as he can, do you know what will become of it? While it's possible to be disciplined even while working in such environment, chances of being disciplined for the long run is very slime and it might take one out of 10 person's that gamble while working in a casino shop from not getting addicted. If you have to work and still have plans to gamble, it's best to make adequate plans that will safeguard your earnings. It could be as strict as depositing an amount that's small from your salary that will be used for gambling. Alternatively, I don't know if this works also for casino shops but for sports betting shops, after a certain gambler wins his bet, they usually show the cashier some love by giving him small money from what they've won and that way you can get side money apart from your monthly salary. You can decide that you're going to use only that money for your gambling and that you will never touch the money you're receiving as a salary.

A person who works in a casino never gets addicted to gambling because they earn a lot of money. Most of his money is in savings and he knows that gambling has the potential to lose. But he must be familiar with gambling and know about other technical problems of gambling. However in some cases it happens that some people are addicted to gambling because of which they gamble even though they work in casinos. They don't need to gamble with the money they earn.

The only way that I can see someone working at a casino and not gambling at least ONCE they would have to be one of three things. Either deaf blind or mute! That would surely keep them from or at least make it very difficult, or if they had some sort of special needs employed by the casino maybe I am wrong but I would assume they would be less inclined to gamble maybe not, is not uncommon in some states to have special needs employed on simple jobs etc.

casino workers who become gamblers. Indeed, not all of those who work in casinos will gamble, but I am sure more casino workers still allocate some of their money to gambling.
they will be quite familiar with gambling, and it will not be difficult to understand how to play and profit from gambling. when you are more often in one place with certain habits and routines, I think it is impossible for you not to follow the habits around you. even though a little, you will join in.

At least to me this sounds like an excuse, while it is true that being in an environment in which gambling is commonplace may cause a person to think more about the possibility of gambling some of their money away, the reality is that as long as you are disciplined you should be able to resist the temptation without too much of a problem, so your friend needs to accept that this is on him, and if he wants to save any money then he needs to just endure the temptation and refuse to gamble no matter what.

Very possible. If you are there just to work and bring food to your table, you'd definitely not going to have that itch to gamble. But if you're a gambler in nature and you think that you can't avoid that temptation then you may try to find a new job that won't tempt you to gamble. Because the main goal is to work there, save and provide to the family. If you can't do that flawlessly and you are being tempted to gamble a portion of your salary, there is a possibility that your whole salary might be at stake.

It's not about your emotions when you can see your job everyday that's related to gambling and you have the emotion and that can trigger yourself to gamble. It's best to avoid that kind of temptation to protect your well being and as well as to focus your goal by being a provider. Although if you are too focused enough to work even if you're in the premises of a casino, it's very possible.

I've seen workers that are hardworking and doesn't think about gambling but their work nature is in gambling.

The sentence you say is not consistent about your opinion, first says that people who work in casinos are not possible to be addicted to gambling, while you also say that there are some people who are addicted to gambling even though he works in the casino, so which is right to express your opinion?

For me personally, the possibility for someone who works in the casino is experiencing very small addiction, but it is not impossible that there are also some people who work in casinos can be impulsive in gambling activities that cause addiction.

That person who becomes a gambling addict simply because of his work environment already has a problem controlling his greed for money. He is being paid some wages or salary, while subject himself again to excessive gambling? Ofcourse he has seen lots of people walk into the casino cashless and walk out of the casino with lots of money, hence the need to try his luck too even though he has no experience on the right strategy to use.There is no guarantee that he would stop gambling if he resigns from his job because the greed is still there.

The best advice is for him to stop paying attention to customers' wins and discipline himself to stop gambling completely for a while and if he won't stop gambling, he can then change his environment.

Update, I saw him yesterday and he showed me some evidence of funds deposited to his account on Saturday evening, he claimed he saved 1/2 of his tips as against 4/5 that were agreed(I can't tell because I don't know the actual total). But the good thing and what impressed me was his determination to get better and giving the strategy a try. He thanked me very much and I bought him a bottle of chilled beer to celebrate his little success. I hope he continues and doesn't relent.

Thank you all for your suggestions, I showed him some comments from this thread so he'll see for himself that he started off his employee's activities on the wrong foot.
He still argued that if he doesn't gamble, he wouldn't be able to entertain his clients well and give them meaningful suggestions from his experience that brings about some of his tips.

Good thing is that he's starting to take things easy, I didn't ask him to stop gambling entirely because I know from experience he'll not agree easily, he's changing and that's more important.

The only thing that can make you work in a physical casino and not gamble is if you are restricted by the shop's terms and policy not to gamble and also if you don't work there for a very long time.

I have had a few friends that worked in a land base casino and when I asked them same question, exactly what u said above is what they respond to me. In land base casino, there are games you might see as to be simple but the moment you are playing and winning, your attention can be carried away and you will still lose every profit you made.

I believe that it's very possible that one can work in a casino and not become an addicted gambler but it's not possible to work there and not stake on a game or make a single bet.

I think not everyone can hold back their curiosity even though they know about the algorithm applied by the casino to every game provided, and maybe not all workers there know that overall the games provided are only to benefit the casino where they work. There are two possibilities that can happen to someone who works in a casino, first they fall into gambling or become someone who is active in gambling because they are unable to resist the temptation of the atmosphere in the casino especially when they see some visitors who have won big, and the second possibility is that they will not touch gambling at all even though they work in a casino, which is because they already know that the system in the game is designed only to benefit the casino itself which makes the idea of ​​making money in gambling impossible, but if the intention and goal are only to seek entertainment then maybe that's okay.

I rarely or have never seen people who work in a casino and dont gamble. They are the ones who eventually become so addicted to gambling after some weeks of working there. The sad truth is that they can resist gambling because they always see people gambling, winning and losing every day they are in the casino and sometimes they are friends to these people. If they do not want to gamble today, a friend or someone in the casino might pressure and persuade them to gamble on the same picks assuring them that it is a good pick.

This is in accordance with the theory that the environment will change your mindset and actions, basically it is very difficult for someone who is in a gambling environment not to gamble, various kinds of invitations must be there, as well as he works in the casino must understand the technicalities and games in the casino, it is common I have noticed from many gamblers who work in casinos.

Except if someone has good self-control despite working in a casino, but people like that are very rare.

You are basically right and I agree with you, I could compare this with some of us on this forum who promote gambling casinos through our signature ad spaces, most of the time, it's really hard to be wearing a casino's signature without gambling once in a while, specially when the campaign requirement states or added that posting in the gambling board is a mandatory task or requirement, you discover that it's really impossible to effectively and meaningfully contribute to the discussions on the gambling board when you have not tried gambling yourself, so, to achieve that, one have to get involved in gambling even it's with small amount and once In a while.

So for sure, it's hard, or should I say Impossible to find someone who is working on a casino who does not gamble, as much as I believe it's actually possible (for those who are well determined), but it's completely rare to see.

Totally depends on someones control because on the moment that you would really be working on a casino then it would be likely that you would really be getting interested on trying out your luck too
specially if you have seen someone do able to win up a significant amount of money or winnings on the time that they do gamble. You would really be that also thinking that if they do able to hit then
why cant you?. It is really just that depending into a certain individual on this case because not all would really be having on the same mindset when it comes into this aspect. Self control would really be the key on here but not to generalize all on which there would really be those people that despite on working on a casino or gambling place but still able to resist on playing because they've seen that they are really that
losing too much and only a few would really be able to get out and make those winnings on which everything would really be that according into someones extreme luck in most cases.

It's possible but it requires a lot of discipline or maybe if that casino employee is traumatized when he sees a lot of gamblers losing their minds whenever they get wrecked.

But it will be hard. Most employees will probably gamble the other way, perhaps online. They might also try it if they see some gamblers win some good amounts while they are working.
I think it's better if they learn something from all the gamblers that they will serve because it's always the losing side for the gamblers and the house always win and I bet they will come to realize that reality while they are working for them.

 Very well... This is a perfect topic for me I guess... How did I even get to miss this on tracks?...

I was previously a cashier in a casino house - I think I've made references to this story in almost every post I make and, it should be a common knowledge by now.
It's possible to be a cashier and not gamble. I haven't gambled on my own/ for myself... We had a rule in our stall - no cashier is permitted to wager for themselves as that can run the company on a big loss..
I heard a couple of stories that warranted the boss to improvise, asking everyone to present a guarantor.

I do agree with this on which this is really indeed right because even if you are really that a worker or employee on a casino but doesnt mean that you would be also playing.
Just like on what you have said that they are aware on how gamblers losing up their money and its impossible that you wont really be seeing  your boss laughing because of the profits
that they are making with those gamblers who do keep on losing and this is why it would really be that make yourself wary or aware that its never been good on dealing up yourself on doing gambling.
I do agree that it will really be that a matter of control and discipline towards yourself because if you dont have that control then you would definitely play.

Being an employee doesnt mean that you would really be also a player. You would really be surely thinking that it is really just that a waste of money
and you are really that working for earning money but if you are gambler at heart then you would be playing but if you are really that hating on wasting
money then it would be normal that you would be not that liking on playing because you do know on what are the risks.

That's true, working in a physical gambling casino exposes a person to excessive gambling addiction. I had a friend that once worked in a physical casino hall, he regularly makes alot of money from it, but usually spent all the money he has made back to Gambling. He said that when ever client wins a game and he pays them, some will give him 1 to %5 of their win as form of showing how happy they are, sometimes the left over money from a won amount from different people will sum up to a reasonable amount which he will still use all and bet including the bankroll in their gambling physical shop due to addiction. Sometimes his boss would not pay him because of gambling addiction. He keep on repeating it till his boss fired him, that's how he was free from such addiction. Now he no longer works in a gambling Shop.

Great question, OP.
Is it possible to work in a bar and not drink alcohol?
Is it possible to work in a cigarette factory and not smoke?
The answer is always yes and many people manage to do that.

If your friend has a problem staying away from gambling and his casino work is leading him astray, he should find another job.

Perhaps it's possible not to gamble at all or at least minimized it. I know someone who works on the casino, although not directly as a dealer or in the floor. But he is more on the back office. And he told me that they are not allowed to play inside as they are a employee.

Although it's possible that he can go outside and gamble online, but I do know that he is not really into gambling. So I guess he has a big self control and being a insider, he really knows what gambling can do to him and so he stays as much as possible.

A gambling casino worker will be more knowledgeable and also have better customer relations. His experience will give him a better understanding of the game and customers' behaviour. His suggestions can either lead to gains or losses, so receiving tips is not certain 

There is nothing financially or morally wrong with gambling. It could be a good source of entertainment and an additional source of income.  The only problem s when it is done excessively or uncontrollably.

I might be wrong but I guess that the reason why employees might be restricted from gambling might be to protect the business from fraud. These employees can easily connive with other workers to exploit the system through fraudulent means. It could also be a means to protect them from excessive gambling.   

Working in a casino and gambling responsibly needs a high level of self-control. It's like working in a brothel as a young unmarried man and not having a sexual relationship with any of the sex workers.  Lacking this important quality might lead to unthinkable losses and frustration. 

In general, as far as I know, casino employees are prohibited from gambling in the casino, even if it is outside working hours. I do not put my hand in the fire because it is so in all countries of the world but I think it is a general rule.

Another thing is if those same workers gamble in other places outside working hours, and I suppose that having it so normalized many do, but I do not see a direct relationship.


Well, that's it.

when they work in a field of course it does not mean they do the same thing. because I think there are some people who work of course it is a demand of their needs. for example those who do not smoke but because of their needs that must be met and there is only work in a cigarette factory, most likely they will take this job but smoking or not is a decision from themselves, if they do have a strong reason not to smoke then it is not strange if they are not smokers even though they work in a cigarette factory.

besides that we all have our own choices in determining everything, so even though we work in a casino it does not mean we like to gamble. also if compared to guessing it is difficult to determine which is more of these two things, whether they work in a casino and at the same time gamble or those who work in a casino but purely do not gamble at all.
I myself think there is a possibility that people who do not gamble even though they work in a casino, maybe even a lot.

I see it more simple - employees are so fed up with gambling routine at work, that they dont have much desire to gamble. Also gambling itself, as an entertainment, does not look interesting to them anymore. And as a source of money, they get salary and see how people lose and casino earn; I bet casino gamblers dont look on gambling as a source of income anymore.

That provably happen since for sure that they fed up with different stories including those bad things happen especially to their clients experience an addiction. So provably they know what is the possible consequences that's why they provably avoid to gamble and just participate in this activities since this is part of there work.

I know someone who works on physical casino and usually I see him doing fine relaxing in his free time.

But for sure people aiming to win when they play, but for sure they didn't seek for passive income in gambling since provably those people in this activity knows that winning is not really consistent so for sure they just try their luck to gain big.

I definitely agree to this also that he can  possibly stay away from gambling while working and everyone sure Will if they discipline themselves like you said,I know of a friend that works in some place as this and when he comes back home he shares his experiences to me and we talk over it too.

What he said was, almost all his colleagues are  gambling while working and they tend to loose some money cause sometimes they borrow from the companies funds to cover up and when be paid monthly stipends it's been deducted from there.but for him it's a loss and he can't try it,tho they get little tips from customers and all that and it's enough to tackle little bills and what he said that amaze me is that,he said working in such places create awareness to learn from Life..
And I know why he said this, definitely seeing different stuffs going on there it's an avenue to learn both Good and bad.

Some places drinking on the job would literally be a firing offence.   I've worked behind a bar and we were never allowed to have a drink even if a customer bought us one to join them.  Some very nice places would allow a long serving employee but the vast majority I dont think so.

Same applies to gambling, I doubt its allowed as it introduces complications and the question of bias or advantage.   If it was me personally and I was a blackjack dealer then that is the game I know best of all even while distracted.

  If Im out and in a casino thats the game I'd play, Im bad at learning new games fast and its then rarely profitable but a game you know off by heart from hours of dealing cards; arent you a master at that point and who doesnt like winning :)

Logically yes it makes sense, as you said that maybe they are already very fed up with the gambling activities in their workplace, but I also think that it is just a possibility, in the sense that when you do not feel it yourself then the boredom is not necessarily something you can feel, but if we talk about the system implemented by the casino that makes them always superior to the players then yes I also think that maybe when workers know about it then maybe they will eliminate their intention to get involved in gambling, or only gamble occasionally.

Actually I think there are many possibilities in that situation, when a worker cannot resist the temptation of the situation and atmosphere of gambling activities in the casino such as when seeing some visitors who have managed to win big then yes that can also be a possibility for them to fall into, we cannot ignore the idea that money is something we want especially if we get it easily, and another possibility is that maybe they will not touch gambling at all when they know about the system implemented by the casino in every game.

They would not because they would have seen many gambling lose more than they see people winning because there are always more losers than winners therefore they would not want to lose too by gambling but there is always going to be some workers that will think, they can do better than those gamblers losing but when they try gambling too they will confirm that gambling is not as easy as people think it is. People can do any work without believing in the work because some people do not care how their work is affecting the society but they only want to get paid for the work they are doing and go on with their life. Just as there are some people working in the bar but they do not drink or people working at fast food restaurants but they do not eat there instead cook at home.

It can happen in any context of human choice as a person can become addicted to any addiction. But in our opinion, a casino community team will never want to bet on gambling. The main reason is that they earn a lot of money from us. As many people bet on a game only a few will win and rest of the people will lose. Those who win will get several times the money and the rest of the money will be taken by the team. So constantly they are earning a lot of money due to which their gambling will continue even if they don't bet.

I believe casino workers understand gambling and its consequences more than we the gamblers because they will be enlighten and sensitized on it before they are being employed by the casino management in order to enable them focus on their work and stay away from gambling. There are people that will never gamble no matter where they work or their environment because they just don't like it as sees it as something sinful.

I think that this could depend on the person.

I think that if I were working in a casino, I would see all the winnings but I would also see all the losses which would be enough for me to turn away from gambling. It is only a matter of self control and dedication to prevent yourself from all temptation around you. Not to mention that if you are trying to save up while working then you should definitely do everything in your power to make sure you don’t fall for these traps.

Good point and a great suggestion, but in countries like ours, there aren't enough jobs for the youths, so there's little or no guarantee for him to getting another job within the closest time frame, hence I didn't go that route since I don't have one for him myself.

Another truth is that dude's happy with his job, he enjoys his daily activities at the casino, he only needed help with excessive gambling and I provided assistance in that direction. Persuading him to quit the job outrightly without offering him a new one or financial support while he searches for a new one might look as though I want to render him jobless and he might even see me as an enemy of progress.

This is relative, evils are always there, and they are represented in any case by individuals, that is, these specific cases are not the average of the employees, you have a limited vision based on what you know, and generally if you surround yourself with mediocre people that is what you get.

I know a sister-in-law who has a degree in accounting and works for a casino, that has allowed me to meet the manager, dealers, support people, customer service and they are normal people, some are not even interested in gambling, what they have learned is by condition not by conviction.

If that is the case, you can suggest your friend to learn about controlling himself so he can stay away from the wanting of playing gambling. Working at casino have a big temptation to join with the other gamblers to win the games because he will see some gamblers can win some money by playing the gambling games. But he must realizes that if he really want to still playing gambling after he free from his job, he must have a strong self control to avoids from spending much money.

He must remember that he must fills his daily needs so he can still aware that he playing gambling to release his stress of his job. You can be besides of him after he end his job at that day and if he wants to playing gambling, you can watch him playing gambling and reminds him if he almost break his limitation. It needs a strong self controls to say it is enough to playing gambling for this day but I am sure he can do that and you can helps him to solve his problem.

This is a new occupation that you are proposing for me, in as much as I would want him to stop his bad habit, but I think this is to extreme a step for me to take regarding my convenience and availability, I'm a very busy person and wouldn't be having enough time to be babysitting a grown man every day at his place of work and also I'm running at the risk of even being influenced by the events of the gambling house since I was an addict myself earlier in my days and one of the ways I stopped my habit was to stop visiting physical casinos to reduce drastically the drive to over gambling in me.

I call him regularly to remind him of our agreement daily and check up on him when he should have gone to make the deposits. I think that is enough positive energy. I wouldn't complicate issues for myself while being of help to another person. Thank you for your suggestions though

Great analogies. It's possible, but it's risky and needs good self-discipline.

There are people people that work in bar that don't drink, there are people that do drugs that don't take the products they sell, it's all based on choice and lifestyle, some people are not into gambling naturally so it's very possible for them not to gamble even though they work in a bet shop or a casino, but majority of the people working there wouldn't be able to resist this lifestyle because it's very easy to get hooked or trapped in such an environment

Yes, this is actually true because we do know that each person would really be having their own levels on how they would really be controlling themselves in speaking about on the things
that they are really that dealing with. Doesnt matter if that particular thing is in front of you or you are working into or not, it will really be just that depending into someones control because if you do find yourself having no control and would really be that wanting or liking to deal with the things on what you are current working on, then high chances that you would really be doing the same and this is would really be that just normal. This is why it would really be that important that you should really be that wary on the things that you've been into because not all would really be having such control.

Gambling is very easy for a person working in a casino company. Since they are always there they can conduct gambling anytime. But if such a person is addicted to casino then there can be more dire situation for him. Because when others leave the casino they are temporarily released but it may not be easy for the individual casino staff. I think since he has good earning source he can earn a lot if he tries. But this requires patience. He must retain the tips he receives from those who win there. Your advice is correct that if one allocates a portion of his income to a fixed deposit or regular deposit and spends a small portion of his income on casino then he will get rid of the bad influence of casino on his personal life. If he loses regularly there I don't think he would have any problem conducting gambling.

You are really that right and this is why we cant be able to judge up directly that a certain person would be addicted or dealing up with something just because its part of their work
or something that could be that seen on their workplace. There would really be those individuals who would really be able to make out such control and discipline towards their decisions.

When you do work on something then it would really be giving out that kind of influence on a certain individual about whether they would really be dealing up with it or
would really be simply be able to skip out because they are already are about on the risks involves and potential condition that they might faced on. We do know when it
comes into this aspect on which each person would really be that different on decisions and choices among things into this life.

If the things faced are still something reasonable to do in the sense that they do not have the potential for bad impacts in the future, then yes, it is okay to make a decision to engage in the activity, but if it turns out that from a rational point of view it is indeed something that can be dangerous, then clearly taking precautions will always be much better than regretting it when it is too late.

I think it's not just about control but more about how someone can understand it and also maintain awareness of the dangers of the risks that lurk, because that way I believe that it is unlikely for them to lose control or get caught up and carried away by the situation.

Yes, I grabbed a whole lot of sense from what you just said, and it's true what this individual may be lacking is self-control, because for the fact that the person O.P is referring to became addicted to gambling due to the fact that he was working in a casino, is a clear sign that that's the same way he would have continued gambling if he wasn't working in a casino. Because thou the environment a person finds himself may have influenced on a man, so for me, I think this guy was already into gambling before they got a casino good.

People that sell weed and some smoke things don't do it but they sell and it's not because it's not healthy they do it but because it's addictive and expensive for them when they try it. Imagine yourself been a owner of making money from the bet shop and then you wasted the money to gamble and you win nothing, the pain will be unbearable and you wouldn't be able to open the shop the next day because in my place where there I no light, you will have to use power generator which means you need fuel.

To avoid all this temptations, some owners of this betting shops employed people to manage it for them since all games are been recorded and can't be deleted, form of stealing and cheating the owner wouldn't be possible. This way they don't have to even stay at the shop, they only come for inspection in the morning and after that, they show up when the representative is ready to close the place and do accounting of that day bets.

Honestly, I don't know whether the person in question was involved in gambling before he worked at the casino or not, but what is certain for me and in my opinion, no matter what, the point is that the environment and atmosphere in the casino can really make someone who doesn't gamble become an addicted gambler, especially when they can't control themselves and also when they don't understand the fact that the casino will always be the superior party.

And on the other hand, maybe your opinion could also be right that the person might have been involved in gambling before he worked at the casino, and the point is for me, whoever you are, regardless of whether you are a casino worker or not, I think it is unlikely for you not to have self-control along with some other limitations when you do have a true understanding of what and how the chances of winning and the risks actually are.

How is that possible because if a person is doing a job in a casino, then he has to focus on his work and not gamble on his own. Also, gambling is not free and if you say he can gamble all day, will a person doing a job have so much money to gamble  ??? I don't think so, otherwise why he is doing a job then.


I think the algorithms for a gambler working in a casino and ordinary gamblers are same. So you have no advantage working in a casino and you will only win the games based on luck and no other factor will contribute to it.

I have seen someone working at a gambling shop, and the same thing happens to him. The guy is being paid well, and whenever people win, some of them do decide to give him some money, but at the end, you won’t know what the guy does with those money, he will still end up begging for money sometimes, so with time, I got to know what the guy do end up gambling with whatever he makes. Immediately after he is given money, he will decide to gamble with it, hoping to win.

It’s not really easy just as you said. Most of them do see gambling winners frequently, and they are motivated by that, they believe if they keep on trying, maybe they are going to hit a jackpot.

It's might depend according to places but the country I live in has a policy that a employee in a casino can't be involved in gambling in the same casino. Casino is a very demanding full time job and employee have no spear time to gamble on other casinos. There is chance that they might gamble online. This purely defence on individual preference but like every other work places I don't think they would be too keen to involve in gambling as they already know how the business works. If anybody believes that their work place is ruining their economics, they should change their job.

The policy that restricts employees of casinos from gambling where they work is good. I think it will help to make the casino staff focused on their task because it requires attention and calculation. This will help them to avoid making costly mistakes that might affect the casino negatively.

It will also help these workers to avoid spending much of their wages on gambling. It will be easier for them to suffer from gambling addiction since they are in such an environment. But I don't think these workers would have any advantage because the system is fair and not easily manipulated.

If the employees are gamble in the same casino, the owner should be happy because they will make money from the employees' loss. I think the owner have such rules because they worried if the employees can find a vulnerability of their casino and able to gamble without risking anything.

Many people will put their eyes on customers who do something suspicious and most people don't really care when the employees are doing something suspicious, they think it's a part of the job.

My sister has been working in a casino for 7 years, and she doesn't gamble. It doesn't interest her at all, she didn't gamble before that, and she doesn't even after all those years of working in a casino. It's a character after all... someone has a strong character and is not interested in gambling, so even working in a casino with all those games, people winning and losing large amounts of money, won't influence someone to change that about themselves.

But when it comes to me, I doubt that I could stand to work in a casino and not make at least a bet or two on some games... but I am degen. I simply couldn't watch others having fun without joining.

If there is any conclusion at all, it is that there are different people, and until someone finds himself in a certain situation, we cannot say how they would react and what they would do. Even if the casino has a policy that employees can't gamble, some of us would try to get around it... and probably get fired from that job.

I am very aware about such restrictions on casino workers and their involvement in gambling activities right where they work. Its a good logical step to ensure a casino succeeds and also that the workers don't get involved in other customers affairs and thus redefine the relationship between worker and customer.

Even the workers understand how indulging casino games can be and are aware how much they must require to gamble till it becomes an addiction, so they choose to avoid gambling mostly at their work places which in this case is a casino, but would rather focus on their jobs or gamble elsewhere to last longer, gain more favors in their career and earn more from intoxicated gamblers or those who know how to give good tips to their best servers at a casino center.

I would never gamble in the casino where I work (besides it should be at least not allowed...)
I don't think it's a normal thing in general. Those who work in a casino know very well what the real odd of wins and how it works this business ::)

But in my country you can participate in any of them and theirs no restrictions of it, it depends the law that abides citizens in your country, but you have to understand casino is same as gambling and that's why our people in my country can easily work in both if they seems  the opportunity, their is something I want to know in your country, you people doesn't do time regulation in job in your country, if theirs existence of duration your work time can last, I don't think that theirs anything wrong working both job except is the condition that is being given to the casino that you can't indulge in another job if you're working for them.

casino worker should have a very clear understanding of how the gambling system operates and more importantly this is connected to just made money from its visitors. They are aware of the teaks and tactics that casinos would typically have up their sleeves to earn a bit more unlikely, advantageously so as well as there weak corners in games no average joe gambler ever know about.

This insight makes it almost certain that there will be regulations limiting an employee of a casino to gamble where they work, in the interest of honesty and prevention from possible harm. Even if they realize that there is nothing to stop them, they may also be aware of the fact that gambling while at work poses a much greater risk, professionally and otherwise. So, even though working in a casino gives them easy access to gambling, they may be wise to distance themselves from such activities outside of their job.

It's simple to decide because when principled yourself you would be able to work over there and still not gambling determining your interest.

I have a friend who is a staff in a local gambling site, she doesn't gamble when I asked her she said her interest is not to gamble there but to save money to sustain her family and save for her up keep, this made me saying that it depends on personal choice and decision to gamble or not.

Although it depends, if the person is already a gambler and got employed it could be very hard for that person to control themselves but if not a gambler then the person can be able to make savings without touching their salary or even think of gambling.

That's true, because if a worker at a casino who is supposed to attend to gamblers during working hours now start gambling, then he/she is likely to get distracted and not offer an effective service during working hours, because inasmuch as gambling is a game of luck, it's also a game that has physical & psychological impact on individuals, of which if a person gambles and lose, he is likely to be sad, which most times are not the right mood for a working environment. Main reason why it's not good to gamble if you are working in a gambling environment during working hours.


Yes, that's true, and that's the area I was trying to make emphasize on, that is, the ability of he a worker in a casino to have self control, inasmuch as the environment a person finds himself having an influence to their behavior.  And since we both don't have a detailed information about the worker O.P was referring to, our speculation might be right or wrong, which is totally okay, and fine by me.

some time we may not understand better and try to throw blames at people for their habits and think its because they dont have self control only for us to later see that even us if in same shoes may sometimes not do any better rather we may suffer same fate, self control and discipline are two attributes that are not easy to posses at most point especially when we have to put in conscious efforts to get such done.

some gamblers are actually disciplined but may have a driving force which arose from certain stuffs and they will start to behave in patterns that feels like they are not disciplined enough or lacks self control. gambling some times with certain needs in mind could be the problem some of these gamblers have got basically.

Employees are prohibited because they also already know how the system works, so they will never gamble where they work.
In general and not just in gambling it will happen, never use the product where they work or maybe just at the beginning, and then it will not be done again.

Those who work in gambling will only benefit from the large number of players who come in, do not have to gamble, and each employee has their own salary, certainly will not be willing to let their salary go into gambling which in the end will only lose.

I don't think a brick-and-mortar casino owner would allow his employees to explore the casino's weaknesses for personal gain and it is very possible for those employees to be banned from playing by agreement. Employees are paid to look after and serve the needs of other gamblers/customers, so they will not be allowed to gamble (except outside working hours).

Of course, there are rules agreed upon by both parties both casino owners and employees. It could be that casino owners use their employees as bait to attract a lot of interest from other customers with winnings, even though the winnings are illegitimate or just fake.

There is this local saying that if you sell a particular food, there will come a time that it wouldn't freak you again but then again, this is money we are taking about. I think a casino knows and understand how risky gambling can be for people, they wouldn't allow their staffs to gamble while on work, their major duties are to attend to customers and make sure that everything goes well for them and if anyone found breaking the rule will be sack or suspended.

If I am employed to work in a casinos, I will make sure I don't used my money to bet, such thing go well and at the same time back fire. However, if get tipped sometimes by customers, I might want to do put some on games and see that is if the casino company is allow the staff to bet and they pay minimum wage for their staff. I learnt that some places doesn't pay upto minimum wage that's why tips are allow, so I will do that in rare occasions.

The managers are not always thereto strictly monitor and enforce those rules and it is harder to fish out the defaulting gambler since t is still the same process that it takes to play the game for the client and for himself, the only way they are being caught most times is during accounting and the balance is lower than supposed, during interrogations most of them owns up and are penalized. Those that can use their funds t gamble are always not caught and their finances keep diminishing and that is the case with my friend.

You know something big guy, I've always known that advise is easier when you are giving it from the outside, when you experience it firsthand, you might see yourself acting differently over time.

of course, their pay in my country is not even near the minimum wage, its way lower and it makes them want to try their lucks and increase their finances which most times works against them. The minimum wage in my country is much lower than my weekly wage in sig. campaign, I think about $45 monthly, so you can imagine their plight.

Individual principles are still influenced by the working environment, when we are in a certain field, knowledge and acquisition are relatively important but digging deeper, people realize many ways to exploit resources in their work, when this is clearly their advantage, with years of experience, thinking about a win in the casino is not an illusion but the nature of the work and passion is addictive. Addiction in any other area can be a good thing but addiction in gambling, low productivity and gambling environment becomes a place for us to destroy our lives.

I won't believe your friend who has an irresistible desire to play. It depends on each player individually and what is going on in his brain, and not on what kind of job he has and the fact that he constantly sees money. I am simply sure that there are those dealers and casino workers who do not play and do not place bets receiving their payments. At the same time, it is difficult to resist when people around us win huge amounts of money and start their new beautiful and carefree life. But we need to see those who lost, but usually many forget about them as if they did not exist. We need to notice losses and if we cannot do this, we will lose ourselves.

I think a casino employee could and most likely also gamble. but the gambling activities they do may only be to relieve stress from their work. not to make a profit. environmental influences must be big enough to make them gamblers too. they have experience and eventually will not be able to resist. but not as active gamblers. more of them must only seek pleasure in gambling which is done not for profit or even seeking victory.

of course, the situation experienced by each person is different depending on the character of the person. if there is a casino employee who is addicted to gambling. maybe it is bad for his career. their salary must be quite large, and it would be crazy if they also spent the money they got from the casino to play casino.

I don't know the law of your country but here in my country, most employees of physical casino are active gamblers. The reckless gamblers among them spend a large chunk of their salary in gambling and there is no law that prohibits them from gambling. The only people among those category that does not gamble much are the female employees and this is because women are generally more Conservative than men so they wouldn't want to expose their capital to risk. I do not support gambling by employees of a.casino but there is no law against it especially in my country.

You know the reason why most employees gambles is because they feel when they try their luck that they may win and another thing that makes most gambling employees play gamble is when gamblers are winning in that particular Betting shop, it entices them to play with the beliefs that they can win as well but whichever way it is I don't like it when employees are gambling because it can lead them to gambling with the company's funds and I have witnessed several cases of cashiers running cash shortages due to making attempts to gamble which doesn't end well between them and the owner of the betting shop so they should be more disciplined not to encroach the company's funds if they must gamble.

 In the past, female gambling workers don't gamble but in this modern days female gambling workers are even high gamblers than men because you know most women like flashy things and wants to look good always so they see gambling as an easy place to get quick money to buy their own needs.

In comparing between men and women then its true that boys are really that most likely be getting involved with gambling specially if they are really that a staff of a certain company or platform.
Not all people though would really be having this kind of approach though since there would really be still those individuals who could really be able to control and be able to have such discipline on the time that they would really be dealing up with something. Even myself could really be at least make assure that the money would be spent on doing gambling should really be just that minimal and wont really
be tending to add up more. Its not bad to gamble as long it would really be that in moderation.

We do know that when it comes to this aspect then surroundings or the place you are working would also contribute to the things that you could possibly be able to deal on with.
If you are really that interested to play gambling then it would really be just that depending on you.

I think every company will always want to set a standard that won't be abuse by employees. If casino workers really tell what will be the outcome of every game I don't think gambling company will even give them the freedom to play gambling. Know gambling company will even allow their workers to know what can be outcome of a bet because even if their is a rule that restrict them from playing, they can give  give people who are close to them prediction that will come out as a win.

Their may be rules set for casino workers not to play bet when they are at work, even with this rule I don't think if they know the result of every prediction.

Working in a casino ain't an automatic ticket to Gamblers Anonymous, alright? It's about discipline, plain and simple. Yeah, the environment's a temptation playground, but it's not some inescapable vortex of addiction. Sure, employees might dabble. It's like working at Google and playing with the latest tech, or being a brewer surrounded by craft beer. You're gonna test the waters, but that doesn't mean you're drowning

Casinos are built on allure, on pulling you into the action. Employees see it all, up close and personal. But let's not kid ourselves - exposure doesn't equal addiction. Some folks gamble to de-stress, and with the right mindset, it doesn't spiral out of control. We're all wired differently, driven by different things, and controlled by different levels of discipline. Not everyone working in a casino is betting their life savings on the next spin. Some are just there to do their job, clock out, and go home

I agree, and sometimes it can work counterproductively. Seeing gamblers lose large sums of money and encounter all the bad behavior after encountering a loss is enough to discourage you from gambling yourself. Just because you're working at a casino doesn't make you a gambler. Surely, the employees are familiar with the games and how they work; they've most certainly tried them themselves, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're actively playing. Even though it's a casino, the environment I described earlier isn't the most encouraging to try.

Casinos know that if they don't give rules to their workers they can misbehave by gambling excessive and that can put their business at risk. For this reason, casinos do have rules to keep their workers away from gambling when they are at work. After work, if you gamble at home that will not be a problem to anyone. However, there are some people that will not gamble even if they give them access to gamble at work. Just the way there are gamblers that lacks self discipline is the same way some of those casino workers are.

it is hard to resist gambling when you work in a physical casino, especially if you often find many players who win jackpots there, then your desire to play is even greater.

a friend of mine works in an online casino but now he is addicted to online gambling, at first he just tried it because he often saw players who won big, when he tried to play, unfortunately now he is addicted, it is difficult to stop him, the best way is probably to get out of that environment.

Well, it's most likely like that, my friend, the atmosphere or environment can really affect someone, even though previously you really didn't like it, for example, but in the end there is a big possibility for you to love the activity when you have a lot of time in that environment, for example because you are a worker at a casino, at least and no matter how small there will always be an influence from the environment where you are, especially the object of victory in gambling is money, and as you said that there is a big possibility for them to try it when they see customers succeed in winning big.

If what you said is true regarding your friend who is now an addicted gambler after he worked at an online casino, then yes, that means it is true that the atmosphere or environment has a big influence on a person's change, and I think if your friend wants to recover from addiction, the only way is that he must first leave the job.

Yes, it's true that sometimes in life when we are thrown with tough challenges, our attitude is likely to change towards many things, of which trying a luck in gambling as a worker there is not an exception, but when such attitude turns to a habit, that's the area I'm trying to make emphasis here, because gambling sometimes is not bad, but when a casino worker gamblers to the point where he/she loses control over his spending, that's the point I'm driving to, as been an unhealthy practice.

Yes, you made a good point in what you just said above, but one thing certain is that addiction do start from one day, and as a worker in a physical gambling environment, it is one unhealthy practice to be tolerated, which is still the main reason I'm trying to point out here.

It depends on person nature and attitude. There’s a lot of workers in the casino especially dealers don’t gamble since they preferred spending their day off outside the casino instead of gambling too since that’s already their working environment that they are used to on daily basis.

Also most of the casino workers has an extreme work shift that makes them have less rest  and more work. I’m not sure what’s your friend work in the casino for him to not getting enough of gambling but I personally don’t want to gamble anymore if I work on it in daily basis.

First of all, I want to answer that yes, it’s possible to work in a casino or a betting shop and not gamble and I’m not saying this out of assumptions as in now a girl that works in a betting shop for over two years now and still don’t gamble and everything is dependent of the worker and his principles.

Everyone wants more money especially when it seems they’re free money and money won and gambling offers that exact scenario but regardless, as a gambler, we should always learn how to gamble within our limits and not gamble what we can’t afford to lose.

I’ve met people that work in casinos and don’t gamble. I’m sure it’s fairly common. Some people just need work and will work wherever they can find it. I also think watching people lose their money day after day is probably a good way to keep someone from gambling. I know if I went to a place to earn money, I wouldn’t also risk losing it all there.

Those who work in casinos should already know how casinos work, so that their interest in gambling will also decrease. If they can see people who can win big, then they should also be able to see many people who lose big, because I'm sure there will be more people who lose than people who win.
So you're right it will depend on them, whether they will be able to learn from what others have experienced or they will be part of the experience. I think they will also gamble once in a while, but if they get addicted and things like that, I don't think they can take advantage of what they can see from many people when working in a casino, because that should be a lesson to suppress so as to avoid gambling addiction.

What do you mean by it wouldn't freaked us again? But from the word freak, it is we will get surprised or get shocked, up to the point that we will avoid it, which I find very weird as a connection to the first sentence that you gave out. Basically if we are selling a food, we will also taste test it and then we will also ate that food. It is inevitable. The same goes for other types of business or work, I mean as long as we are exposed to them, we will definitely consume them.

Maybe there are only some exceptions if we are talking about hazardous stuffs because they are of course deadly once ingested in our body. Not just on a casino but on any working environment, we are also not allowed to play during our working hours, unless only if our managers or bosses say so. Even if we are not working in a casino, we are still trying our best to not use our hard-earned money on the casino games because we already know how devastating they are even if our only intention for a while is to unwind. If we got a tip from our customers, it shouldn't changed our decisions. We must only be thankful, happy & contented, and just use the money on more important things instead.

Well I know a few people that don’t gamble despite them being an agent for a gambling site. I won’t call the person my friend but we normally exchange greetings each time we come across each other and I am close to one of his friends and from a discussion we had he tend not to gamble because he has seen what gambling has done to so many of the people that comes to his shop to place a bet and how they would stay all through the day and gamble till their last money is exhausted.

He said the only thing he has done that he’d consider gambling is to use his money to help a customer place a bet (the one that has his win rate based on his observation) and then if it comes out well he’ll get a percentage from it but if it goes the other way he’ll get a refund from the person. That’s only when he bets not because he sat down to carry out an analysis and then bet on the game.

Well that's the point, and I think it should be the knowledge that people who work in casinos, especially those in charge of managing the system, at least I think they must also know about the amount of profit that the casino gets and also maybe how to make gamblers always lose, and as you said that should be a knowledge that can reduce their interest in gambling.

Basically if we look at it briefly then yes as many people often say that working in a casino will most likely make you a very active gambler in the sense of addiction because of the inherent gambling atmosphere, but actually when we respond to it using another way of thinking then we will find other facts where the conclusion is as we discussed here that knowledge about casinos that will always excel should reduce our interest in being excessively involved in gambling.

I have a relative who works at the casino, and she told me that employees Are not allowed to gamble in their respective casinos, but with other casinos, it would be okay. It could have been about knowing secrets about the casino itself, or they just don’t want to encourage it. I am just not sure, though.

Rules and policies will determine if it is possible or not.

If it turns out that they arent allowed to play then their owners are really that might just that minding about their workers possible gambling addiction or simply they do know if any secrets that lies behind their casinos on where they are working into. In about personal perspective then it would be that likely for a casino employee to have that high chance that they might be that become a gambler basing up on the
nature of their work then it will be that impossible that there's no time that comes up into your mind onto gamble. If its prohibited into the workplace then you would be finding out into other place too.
Actually this is really just that on personal choice because there are really things that despite on having that getting involvement or having work but there are ones who do able to avoid it out.

The Terms and conditions for gamblers when trying to use online casinos don't end with gamblers, casino workers also have their rules and conditions too, they have rules that can't be broken and that's a distraction on duty, while you are to keep monitoring gamblers you shouldn't be focusing on gambling, this will end up getting you fired.

I had a similar experience before, someone I knew worked in a local betting house and he decided to place a bet on a match and he won very big, after cashing out he ended up losing his job, we all knew it was because he is a staff of the gambling company, they don't like that he joined the public and gamble, because the company is responsible for paying his salary every month.

This was a very long time ago, I am guessing the owner of the gambling business just hated the fact that his workers were also making money out of them, some called it hatred, and some called it jealousy.

You would really get fired on the time that you cant be able to do your job well. As an owner then you will really be thinking about it and thats why you would really be setting out those rules that they cant play
into the vicinity and since work and leisure time doesnt coincide then it will really be that understandable into this aspect. It will really be that basing up all about the agreement and terms between you as an employee and towards the employer. There would really be those agreements that wont really be need to be broken.

About spending about their salary then it wont really be that a concern for him/her since those workers will really be having that full rights on what they should gonna do into their funds.
If they would really be doing gambling then its their choice.

Of course not everyone does the same thing even though they work at a casino, because I think maybe some of them who work there already know the rules that they are only unlikely to win so they don't need to think twice about this they choose not to gamble, besides I think everyone is not happy with gambling maybe some of them work at a casino just to meet their needs so they do nothing more than work.
Although maybe that makes them unable to resist gambling but I'm sure there are people who don't gamble even though they work at a casino, it's just that maybe the number is very small compared to people who gamble. Besides I don't think the casino requires its workers to spend their salaries at the casino where they work, that's ridiculous. ;D

Yes, gambling is your choice whether you work there or not. I've seen a friend who runs a gambling shop as a manager but avoided gambling most time. He had full control over the activity and wagered a very small amount if he wanted to gamble. Is that not a human being too? It's all about how we can show restraint no matter how it comes calling. We should think about our lives and welfare first and that of those who are close to us. That money is too little to waste like that.
There is no big deal to discuss here other than for the gambler to face the reality of gambling, it's not where to get the riches they desire. It's either he continues and becomes miserable or he avoids gambling and takes his salary home for survival. If at all he must gamble, a very low amount is enough for it, it's greed and desperation that push most people into uncontrollable gambling and I blame them.

If they know that they can not win from the casino, they will choose not to playing gambling. If they work in a casino because to meet their needs, they should focus with their work and not trying to playing gambling. Even they already see how people lose control in a casino and makes the employee hard to control those who becomes mad and ruins something in that casino. That should makes them not spends their salary just to make more money because that will not easy for them so they better to saves their salary for their needs.
It depends on how those people can hold themselves by not playing gambling in casino and understand the effects that they can get from gambling. So they will not trying to playing gambling when that just give a bad effect to them.

If most of the players in the casino where he works are losing money, the employee is afraid of losing money and does not play. If many players around him are making money, he may want to play so that he can also earn money.
I think gambling is a disease. If an employee has never gambled before, he can stop gambling, but if he has gambled before, he cannot stop gambling.

I don’t think I have observed something similar as this since I don’t visit the casino shop. At some extend it might be tempting seeing people play and win mostly when a person win on regular basis, secondly I think anyone working there should know the necessary things associated with gambling and odds so in essence they’re gamblers from start but the only thing affecting them they get to gamble regular with their money. Self control and discipline can actually help any person in this situation.

I am actually more curious about the rules of casino employees allowed to gamble or not in the casino where he works, unfortunately did not find an answer regarding this rule.
It is indeed difficult to just work in a casino without becoming a gambler, whether an active gambler who does spend quite a lot of gambling or just a seasonal gambler, because gambling is a very tempting activity, especially since he will see people who win every day even though there are more losers.
There is no other way to survive in that job by controlling yourself because without self-control all the money will be spent just for gambling no matter how big the salary or tips are if you continue to follow the desire to gamble then all the money will be used up and maybe even go into debt, if you still can't control yourself then looking for another job is highly recommended before finally falling into an addiction that can endanger yourself.

This is normal rule in casinos since for sure that they don't want to deal with their people since it will create a controversy especially if they win huge amount. We can't deny that there are people will create any bad stories against the casino and will say that only their employee is winning in that places that's why maybe this one contribute to the factor on why casino didn't allow their workers to gamble in their casino.

Also rules maybe different to other casino but usually that is what I see on the casino I go. But also I don't think the worker might also like to gamble anymore since they are dealing with gambling activities whole day and for sure they want separation of their job  to their private life so provably that majority of casino workers will just take a rest and prepare their selves to work on next day.

Well, thats right anyway, it is often said in my place that when a road is good, then many people will want to pass through that road, and the popular one I believe many of us are very familiar with is "one good turn deserves another".

Many of us can attest and agree to the fact that we become interested in gambling after seeing how much someone close to us won, like myself, I never used to like gambling for some personal reasons, but after I meet a guy in my work place who was a gambler and also become my friend, seeing how much the dude made from gambling one time gave me chills, and by the next day, I was the one who asked him to teach me how to gamble because I wanted to make such type of money too.

So, when one stays around those who gamble and do well in it, they chances of them gambling as well is very high,.

Casinos do not require employees to participate in casino games but they always attach promotions and discounts to their employees, which is equivalent to encouraging employees to burn the money they earn from the casino to pay back the casino. Although the staff can avoid these temptations, it is just a normal emotion, as long as people have pressure and sadness, combined with a little alcohol, casino staff will become players when they know how to indulge here. So when working here we need to have a neutral feeling and ignore the external pressures that are aimed at our body.

I’m not sure if this is really true but I’m skeptical if this will be conflict of interest to offer bonuses to employees just to encourage them to gamble while they are working already on their own premises?

If I’m a casino employee I will be bored and scared to play already knowing that house always win while I keep seeing gambling game on daily basis on the casino side. This is new to me and it will be helpful if you can provide reference article that contains this info.

Nevertheless I understand that human greediness will always make us want to gamble at some point even though we are already used to gamble.

It's like this: we all know the dangers. Casinos are constructed on temptation, so, people find it difficult to resist that kind of influence. Its like a soccer game in which the goal is wide open and the ball is constantly at your feet. You should definitely pass, but occasionally you simply cant help but take that shot.

Those casino workers are right now in the middle of it. Every day they witness the activity, the wins, the defeats, the complete rollercoaster. Its like having a hundred balls flying at once in front of a goalie. You may save 99, but one that passes you by? That is the one you find most vivid in your memory. Yes, conserving your pay is wise as well. These people, though, operate under great strain. A little gamble can occasionally seem like a release, a means of escape from tension. One becomes addicted to the adrenaline.

There is a saying "your environment influences you", it happens in most cases but it does not 100% true because it will always depending on how we control ourselves.
It is possible to not become gambler although we are working on a casino, it depends on what is our main purpose why do we work on the casino.
Lets say our main purpose is to have good income from the job only, just stick/focus on it and keep it on our mind as hard as possible.
No doubt that temptations will come sooner or later especially when we see some people win huge amount of money then we start thinking to be as lucky as them.
This is the hard work for us, to control ourselves from those temptations, once we can do it then we will not be influenced/affected.

The meaning of the proverb above is very appropriate that we cannot avoid something from the influence of the environment from the workplace, even though we have committed never to gamble at work but the influence of other people who are gambling to win will trigger your desire to gamble small betting sessions trying to win like other gamblers, if you can not control the control of the temptation it will worsen your mind to always use the results of work income only to gamble. There are steps to motivate you to avoid gambling that you have to busy yourself to work without paying attention to other people who gamble and you should know every gambler has lost a lot of money in gambling and they never win above the amount of losses that have been lost in gambling.

If a casino worker realizes that he is losing all the money he has earned, then a reasonable step would be to quit the job and get a job where there are no temptations. There is no point in exhausting yourself with work if all the money you earn stays in the casino.

A few years ago I met a man. He worked as a croupier. After work he liked to drink and gamble. He was well aware of the risks of gambling, but he liked to have fun that way. Now he works a regular job and doesn't gamble. I once asked him why he stopped gambling. He said he wasn't interested anymore. So, yes, environment plays a very important role in a person's life, especially if you have not learned to control yourself.

If the person keep on watching the gambling without a play it’s enough for them to become a gambler in a short period of time.The person who involved in the gambling will adapt to the gambling by seeing daily and one day he will start to play the game with the less capital money.After some games,mostly the gambler will get addicted to the gambling.In this way the person who working in the gambling will start to play and become a gambling addict in some days.The gambler who try to recover the loss money in the gambling will loss the more money at the end.

I've read stories of casino workers who turned out to become gamblers as soon as they got into the job (https://kdads.ks.gov/docs/librariesprovider17/csp/bhs-documents/provider_reports/casino_employee_problem_gambling.pdf?sfvrsn=cc8529ee_6). From all the stories they is one about a girl in her late 20s who weren't able to stop gambling because the first day she tried to gamble—after work, she wagered $2 and won $600, afterwards she had to check other casinos, where she'll focus and gamble without getting distracted by her colleagues. She confirmed that problem gambling amongst casino workers is increasing and it's some thing the government must look into.

Come to think of it this way—as a croupier you watch people win big amounts every day, they'll be no way on earth that you'll avoid the call of other colleagues persuading you to gamble with them. Like you said, the person need to change their environment, but not when they're already caught up with problem gambling.  

But I want to review it from a different perspective. If a gambler in a casino spends all of his monthly salary, he must wonder after a few months whether his other staff are doing the same or something else. He can also change himself by seeing their condition. In that case, if other colleagues who are present also behave the same way in gambling then that person will also lose all their money in the same way. But since that person is an employee of an organization he must work according to the rules and regulations. If he gambles like any other normal gambler without telling anyone about his gambling, that is his responsibility. Every gambler must manage gambling by setting a limit.

I see it in the other way round, people who works in a casino exposed to lot of gambling actions means the outcomes too so they are probably aware of more people lose than winning that itself enough to make a conclusion unless they are not open enough to see the reality and see only they want to see.

It's just as another job, people got bills to pay so that runs on their mind than experiencing the fun but doing it once in a while isn't bad either like a waitress can go to a decent restaurant for dinner once in a while.

I am not sure what the issue of temptation be, at least if you operated table games every day, then you would slowly learn that most people are walking away after losing their money, not winning a lot. And that's probably pretty sad when you need to watch people losing money daily, and people who would lose a lot with you, would see you as bad luck.

That can't do good for your self-image when it's happening all the time. At least i would be hoping that my customers would win more, so i wouldn't feel as guilty, even though it wouldn't be my fault.

But if you work at the bar / door man / cleaning, you would probably be having a confirmation bias as you wouldn't focus on one game. It would just seem that that everyone has lots of money to spend. That would probably trigger some responses for gambling positivity.

But i would imagine that casino doesn't even want their workers to play, as people who work around money need to be responsible about money. That's why banks don't hire people that are irresponsible with their money, as they might end up being broke and steal money.

maybe the experience of seeing more gamblers who lose is also good for building the mindset of casino employees only to be slightly involved in gambling bets. but I have faith that they must also do gambling activities outside of their working hours.
casino employees may have their own way of relieving work pressure, such as going to parties that can be fun for them too, and can really get away from the gambling activities they usually do.

I can understand your friend's situation. But we should never mix the profession and gamble anyway. Your friend's duty is to provide facilities for gamblers, in return, he is getting salary and tips as well. So he shouldn't gamble there besides of his profession. Your suggestion almost matches my idea. If your friend is a gambler, then he should gamble after his duty time ends. And from the part tips he is getting, he could use for gambling. Not just like gamble all the funds that he earned from the tips. Rather, I will advise you to ignore gambling and focus on making money from tips. Everyone won't gain from gambling either in a in a real or online casino. 

In some casinos, the rules explicitly prohibit employees from playing in other gaming establishments. And this is understandable, if a casino employee, after finishing work, goes across the street and continues to place bets, instead of resting and then the next day comes to his main place of work sleepy, then this can entail large losses for the casino.

I would like to also agree with your opinion.
Here I want to give an example as I work part time in a restaurant and I am a foodie myself.  I can eat a certain amount from my celery every week or every day at that restaurant. That doesn't mean I'm going to blow all my money on those restaurant meals
Likewise, working in a casino doesn't mean you have to gamble all the time or spend your entire salary there.  Being a gambler is nothing wrong, but neglecting your responsibilities and crossing your limits is nothing but stupid.

Before you accept the to work with the physical casino either as a cashier or other positions, the person must have an internal (what is gambling) experience of gambling before accepting the position. And if you don't gamble before and you accept the position to be a cashier, one day you must play gamble in the office before when you hear or see someone wins $2,000, $3,000 and $4,000+ and you are the one to pay the person of the wins. Mate, you will play one day to see if you can win such amount to start up your own business.

The possibility of not playing gamble in the physical casino when you are the cashier in the shop is very minimal. And it is not possible because you have to set games and book games for the gamblers and there are times you even play for them so it likely that you will end up to be an addicted gambler.

I agree with your friend thta working in a casino exposes the individual into developing an interest or desire to gamble but however, such desire isn't irresistible. I have seen people tht work in a casino and have never gambled for ones, and it has become a character about them that they don't get moved by it.

What actually makes people that works in casino's to also venture into gambling is due to how they have been witnessing the wins of the gamblers who come to gamble in their casino. Not that they initially wished to engage in gambling as workers of the casino but they just get lured by the wins of their clients supposing they also can get same lucky winnings.

There's absolutely nothing wrong about being a casino worker and also delving in gambling with the casino but while doing so it's appropriate to stay responsible with how the individual would wanna gamble. Your friend gambling away his salary is a show of addiction and he needs to stop it or resign from working there at least that may help him stop gambling.

Yes, we are of the same mind in this matter, I also think that the defeat experienced by many visitors should be a valuable lesson for employees to limit their desire to gamble so that they do not suffer the same fate as visitors who experience large losses, but the analogy can also be the other way around, in the sense that in casinos visitors not only experience defeat but also victory and maybe that can also be one of the factors that makes employees tempted to gamble excessively.

As you predicted, casino employees may have their own way to relieve work stress outside of gambling, and I think it should be like that, but the problem is that there are two possibilities that they can take, namely choosing another type of entertainment because they see the slump experienced by visitors due to big losses or vice versa.

He will probably need to learn to control his emotions, resigning wouldn't help but will only make things worse because if he has a slight addiction, he will struggle without a job because right now, he gambles after earning money, but if he keeps gambling without having a stable source of income, he will suffer even more. So his best bet is to try and control his emotions, gamble only with a limited amount, and stop when it runs out.

I also think that a casino shouldn't allow their employees to gamble only to prevent them from getting addicted to gambling and causing trouble for the house directly or indirectly, but I guess they would never do that since they would surely want the money to stay with the house which means if an employee is getting his salary and then losing it back to the house, they are getting their money back, lol.