Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators
Observe gambling operation for irregular activities such as cheating or theft by either employees or patrons. Investigate potential threats to gambling assets such as money, chips, and gambling equipment. Act as oversight and security agent for management and customers.
9,520 people do this job in the US. $43,370 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 51%
- 7%
- 42%
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, 1%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 27%. Today's estimate: 33%.
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 . 8 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monitor establishment activities to ensure adherence to all state gaming regulations and company policies and procedures.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 21% | 1.7 h25 min to 6.7 h | 43%Half by Nov 2026 | |
| Observe casino or casino hotel operations for irregular activities, such as cheating or theft by employees or patrons, using audio and video equipment and one-way mirrors.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 21% | 1.7 h25 min to 4.2 h | Stays with people | |
| Review video surveillance footage.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 15% | 1.3 h25 min to 5 h | 63%Half by now | |
| Act as oversight or security agents for management or customers.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 14% | 1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Report all violations and suspicious behaviors to supervisors, verbally or in writing.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 8% | 38 min13 min to 1.7 h | 95%Half by now | |
| Supervise or train surveillance observers.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 2.5 h50 min to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Inspect and monitor audio or video surveillance equipment to ensure it is working appropriately.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 7% | 38 min13 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Develop and maintain log of surveillance observations.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 7% | 25 min8 min to 1.3 h | 97%Half by now |
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.
- Security Management Specialists11% now, 70% by 2028
- Security Managers9% now, 54% by 2028
- Digital Forensics Analysts24% now, 95% by 2028
- First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers20% now, 37% by 2028
- Private Detectives and Investigators12% now, 59% by 2028
- First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers24% now, 32% by 2028
Where this job works
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025).
Where the most of these jobs are
The metro areas with the most people in it (BLS, May 2025).