Teaching Casino Gaming

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such as how to operate the games. On the other hand, if you are afour-year, business-oriented program, then you will want to develop coursework that deals with such things as management philosophies ina casino, financial, and regulatory controls, etc. One shoe does not fitall. At the most basic level, some programs may want to simply integrate casino gaming into an overthere isatremendous shortage of skilled workers and managers inthe casino industry. The average casino inAtlantic City has over 150 position vacancies Every Day! The solution for developing curricula and faculty issomewhat problematic. There are very few hospitality faculty with expertise incasino gaming and fewer programs with more than ayear or two of experience. Unfortunately, the approach many programs have used to emKathryn Hashimoto brace casino gaming has been tocopy what someone else has done, but each school and its surrounding environment will be different, with varying needs. Considering the suggestion that programs offer gaming coursework, what isthe alternative to copying from an existing program? The answer is, Do ItYourself, while utilizing all the knowledge and information at hand. The first step isto assess your mission, which will vary dependent upon whether you are atwo-year, four-year, or graduate program. Is your mission to develop hands-on experience for the floor people or is it to develop a management perspective? The second step isto determine the goals and objectives ofyour casino curriculum, within the context of your mission. Are you a two-year program whose goal isto train dealers? Then you will want acourse, orcourses, that delve into the skills necessary to be asuccessful dealer-