Gaming Cage Worker
Gaming cage workers, also known as casino cashiers or cage supervisors, conduct financial transactions for patrons in gaming establishments. They may reconcile daily summaries of transactions to balance books; accept patrons’ credit applications and verify credit references to provide check-cashing authorization or to establish house credit accounts; sell gambling chips, tokens or tickets to patrons or to other workers for resale to patrons; and convert gaming chips, tokens or tickets to currency upon a patron’s request.
License required by 29 states
85th most burdensome licensing requirements
60th most widely and onerously licensed occupation
Twenty-nine states require a license to work as a gaming cage worker. Every state except Connecticut requires a fee, which averages $174, and about two-thirds of states (19) set a minimum age of either 18 or 21. No state requires any education or experience or exams. These requirements make the gaming cage worker occupation the 85th most burdensome of the 102 occupations studied here. However, because gaming cage workers are licensed by over half of states, the occupation ranks as the 60th most widely and onerously licensed.
| Burden Rank | State | States Licensed | Fees | Estimated Calendar Days Lost | Education | Experience | Exams | Minimum Grade | Minimum Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pennsylvania | 29 | $350.00 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 2 | Massachusetts | 29 | $300.00 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 3 | California | 29 | $250.00 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 3 | Illinois | 29 | $250.00 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 3 | Indiana | 29 | $250.00 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 3 | Ohio | 29 | $250.00 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 7 | Arizona | 29 | $250.00 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 8 | Maryland | 29 | $437.25 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Louisiana | 29 | $200.00 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 9 | Michigan | 29 | $200.00 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 11 | Colorado | 29 | $115.00 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 12 | South Dakota | 29 | $110.60 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 13 | West Virginia | 29 | $100.00 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 14 | Missouri | 29 | $125.00 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 15 | Florida | 29 | $88.75 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 16 | Maine | 29 | $299.00 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Arkansas | 29 | $75.00 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 17 | Mississippi | 29 | $75.00 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 17 | Nevada | 29 | $75.00 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 17 | New Mexico | 29 | $75.00 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 21 | Delaware | 29 | $269.00 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Iowa | 29 | $68.00 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 23 | Washington | 29 | $219.00 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Rhode Island | 29 | $185.00 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Oklahoma | 29 | $166.00 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | New York | 29 | $105.00 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | New Jersey | 29 | $95.00 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Kansas | 29 | $60.00 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Connecticut | 29 | $0.00 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |