Inside Asian Gaming

IAG SEP 2019年9月 亞博匯 70 Opened in 1638, Casino di Venezia in Venice, Italy is recognized as the world’s first casino. Casino di Venezia於1638年在意大利開業，是全球第一家賭場。 T oday we are going to talk about the past, present and potential future of one of the most iconic types of employee in land- based casinos – the casino dealer. If we consider the opening of the world’s first casino, Casino di Venezia, in 1638, casino dealers have been plying their trade for almost four centuries and for the most part the job they did back then is not much different from the one they do now. In many ways it’s a romantic thought given just how fast the world outside casino walls has changed in that time, including the advent of video games, the internet and growing popularity of digital gaming. But it also results in one big problem – walk through any gaming floor around the world and you’ll find an array of dealers bored to death. After years spent performing the same repetitive tasks, their learning curve has fallen flat, leaving them frustrated and lacking motivation. The situation is understandable. Although dealers performarguably themost important roles of anyone on the gaming floor, the nature of the job means there isn’t any real option to change it up. Potential for promotion – particularly at smaller venues – is somewhat limited, the games never change and the players, well, they behave the same no matter which casino they’re in. COLUMNISTS