Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners
Post information enabling patrons to wager on various races and sporting events. Assist in the operation of games such as keno and bingo. May operate random number-generating equipment and announce the numbers for patrons. Receive, verify, and record patrons' wagers. Scan and process winning tickets presented by patrons and pay out winnings for those wagers.
8,950 people do this job in the US. $34,980 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 26%
- 0%
- 74%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 11%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 26%. Today's estimate: 26%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 17 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conduct gambling tables or games, such as dice, roulette, cards, or keno, and ensure that game rules are followed.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 37% | 38 min13 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Supervise staff and games and mediate disputes.Done daily by most who do it. | 14% | 25 min8 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Prepare collection reports for submission to supervisors.Done daily by most who do it. | 12% | 33 min13 min to 1.3 h | 99%Half by now | |
| Compute and verify amounts won or lost, paying out winnings or referring patrons to workers, such as gaming cashiers, so that winnings can be collected.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 7% | 4 min2 min to 13 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Pay off or move bets as established by game rules and procedures.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 5% | 3 min1 min to 8 min | Stays with people | |
| Record the number of tickets cashed and the amount paid out after each race or event.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 7 min3 min to 17 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Start gaming equipment that randomly selects numbered balls and announce winning numbers and colors.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 4% | 4 min2 min to 8 min | Stays with people | |
| Collect cards or tickets from players.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 4% | 3 min1 min to 7 min | Stays with people | |
| Answer questions about game rules or casino policies.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 4 min2 min to 13 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Check to ensure that all players have placed their bets before play begins.Done daily by most who do it. | 2% | 3 min1 min to 7 min | Stays with people | |
| Operate games in which players bet that a ball will come to rest in a particular slot on a rotating wheel, performing actions such as spinning the wheel and releasing the ball.Done daily by most who do it. | 2% | 4 min2 min to 8 min | Stays with people | |
| Collect bets in the form of cash or chips, verifying and recording amounts.Done daily by most who do it. | 2% | 3 min1 min to 8 min | Stays with people |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
Jobs that share skills with this one
From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
Where this job works
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