Most people work as a pit clerk for six months or a year and then they apply to become a dealer. As a pit clerk I was making something like minimum wage with no tips, but working as a dealer, you make so much more because of the tips. Of course, being a dealer is where the money’s at. It was easy to learn, and there’s no interaction with the public, not like there is with being a dealer. Basically you’re an assistant to the pit bosses. Like if someone needed a marker in pit six, I’d go over there. There are computers at all the pit stands and as a pit clerk, I would go wherever the pit bosses would send me. The job of pit clerk is really very straightforward. I had a little previous computer experience, but I had never worked in a casino before.Īs a pit clerk, a lot of my responsibilities entailed tracking the games, tracking players’ betting history for comps, and printing out markers. I saw an ad in the paper for pit clerk at Harvey’s and applied.
