Gaming Dealer Licensing
States Licensed
29
of 50 states and D.C.
Burden Rank
85th
for average burdens 1st is worst
Combined Rank
59th
for states licensed x average burdens 1st is worst
Change from 2017 to 2022, if any:
- ↑
- Burden increased
- ↓
- Burden decreased
- ↕
- Mixed burden change
- N
- New license
- E
- Eliminated license
2022 Licensing Burden Rank
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Gaming dealers, or card dealers, operate table games. They stand or sit behind a table and operate games of chance by dispensing the appropriate number of cards or blocks to players or operating other gaming equipment. They distribute winnings or collect players’ money or chips and may compare the house’s hand against players’ hands.2022 Snapshot
- 22 unlicensed states
- Days lost are 0 in all states
- Fees range from $0 (5 states) to $536 (Virginia)
- 0 states require exams
- 18 states set minimum age
- 0 states set minimum grade
Changes Since 2017
- No licenses removed; 1 license created when Virginia legalized casinos
- Fees changed most often and slightly more often decreased, though average fees increased
- Burden rank worsened 2 spots and combined rank worsened 4 spots, largely because of a new license
2022 Licensing Burden in Detail
Data Notes: 2022 data collected between February 3, 2020, and March 18, 2022. Fees include charges for application review and license issuance; exams; background checks, credit reports and fingerprinting; recovery fund contributions; third-party certification; and certain fees for training courses. Calendar days lost were estimated based on required education and experience; except for amounts smaller than one day, days lost are rounded to whole days and thus may not reflect very small changes between 2017 and 2022. Appendix A details methods for estimating days lost and calculating burden ranks. Complete data, including revised 2017 data, are available at https://ij.org/report/license-to-work-3/ltw3-data/.