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Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners
Post information enabling patrons to wager on various races and sporting events.
- Sector: Social Impact
- Preparation: Zone 2 — some preparation needed
- O*NET code: 39-3012.00
What you'll actually do
The activities O*NET rates highest for this occupation, most important first. Numbers are out of 100.
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Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
a major part of the work — rated 78/100 for importance.
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Getting Information
a regular part of the work — rated 67/100 for importance.
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Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
a regular part of the work — rated 65/100 for importance.
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Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
a regular part of the work — rated 63/100 for importance.
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Processing Information
a regular part of the work — rated 58/100 for importance.
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Assisting and Caring for Others
a regular part of the work — rated 56/100 for importance.
Post information enabling patrons to wager on various races and sporting events. Assist in the operation of games such as keno and bingo. May operate random number-generating equipment and announce the numbers for patrons. Receive, verify, and record patrons' wagers. Scan and process winning tickets presented by patrons and pay out winnings for those wagers.
What it takes
Two numbers per line: the level the work expects, and how important it is to doing the job well. Both are O*NET ratings, already on a 0–100 scale.
Skills
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Active Listening
Needed at a basic working level (45/100), and rated 63/100 for importance.
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Monitoring
Needed at a basic working level (45/100), and rated 53/100 for importance.
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Speaking
Needed at a basic working level (41/100), and rated 53/100 for importance.
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Coordination
Needed at a basic working level (43/100), and rated 50/100 for importance.
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Social Perceptiveness
Needed at a basic working level (41/100), and rated 50/100 for importance.
Knowledge
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Customer and Personal Service
Needed at a solid working level (51/100), and rated 78/100 for importance.
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Mathematics
Needed at a solid working level (50/100), and rated 73/100 for importance.
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English Language
Needed at a basic working level (40/100), and rated 50/100 for importance.
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Economics and Accounting
Needed at a basic working level (36/100), and rated 42/100 for importance.
Abilities
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Oral Comprehension
Needed at a solid working level (55/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
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Oral Expression
Needed at a solid working level (55/100), and rated 69/100 for importance.
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Near Vision
Needed at a solid working level (50/100), and rated 66/100 for importance.
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Speech Clarity
Needed at a basic working level (45/100), and rated 60/100 for importance.
How people get in
O*NET places this occupation in Zone 2 — some preparation needed. That is a statement about what employers typically require, not a rule about you.
Education
A high-school diploma is the usual starting point.
Experience
Some prior work experience helps but is rarely required.
Training
Expect a few months to a year of on-the-job training.
What it pays
These are typical social impact compensation bands by employer tier — sector-level figures, not a measured salary for Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners specifically. Treat them as the shape of the market, then check a real posting for the number.
UN · Gates Fdn · WHO
$90k – $160k
Large NGOs & Government
$60k – $100k
Local Nonprofits
$40k – $70k
How the work tends to run
Each line below is read off a single O*NET activity rating for this occupation — named, so you can disagree with it.
- You are in front of the public, so the job is partly performance.From “Performing for or Working Directly with the Public”
How FlightWay scores your fit against this
No black box. Here is the whole method, factor by factor.
- 1. You answer a short quiz
- Your answers build a profile across the same 161 O*NET dimensions this page is describing — skills, knowledge, abilities and work activities. Same axes, so the comparison is like-for-like.
- 2. We correlate the two profiles
- Fit is a mean-centered cosine — a correlation between the SHAPE of your profile and the shape of Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners. Centering matters: raw similarity between any two occupations sits at 0.70–0.85 because all work shares a common profile, so without it every career would look like a match.
- 3. The number you see is personality fit only
- "Would I want this work" and "am I ready for this work" are different questions, and averaging them answers neither. So readiness — what your résumé, coursework and projects prove — is scored separately and shown next to fit, never blended into it.
- 4. Every factor is visible
- You can open any match and see which dimensions pushed it up and which pulled it down. If you disagree with the number, you can see exactly where it came from.
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