Gambling Manager

The gambling manager is the person who is in charge of the day-to-day activities of the organization’s gambling operation. The gambling manager must:

1. be licensed by the Gambling Control Board;
2. have a $10,000 bond;
3. have attended a gambling manager seminar and passed a written test; and
4. complete a continuing education class every calendar year.

License required—See the Gambling Manager License section for qualifications to be a licensed gambling manager.

Gambling Manager Duties

A gambling manager’s duties include but are not limited to:

1. supervising, hiring, firing, and disciplining gambling employees, including an assistant gambling manager, if any;
2. reviewing and monitoring the conduct of games;
3. determining the product to be purchased and put into play;
4. determining the policy of when to put games into play;
5. ensuring all receipts and disbursements have been properly accounted for in compliance with statute and rule requirements;
6. ensuring that all inventory records have been reconciled each month;
7. supervising all licensing and reporting requirements;
8. promptly filing all required monthly and annual reports;
9. assuring that the organization is in compliance with all statutes and rules related to lawful gambling;
10. assuring that illegal gambling is not conducted at a permitted premises; and
11. attending a majority of the organization’s regular meetings.

The gambling manager must also ensure that required reports are properly filed with the Gambling Control Board, the Department of Revenue, the IRS and, if required, the local unit of government.