A professional who accepts and pays off bets placed by patrons of cardrooms, bookmaking, or other gambling establishments. Responsibilities include:

• Sells color-coded gambling chips or tickets to patrons or to other workers for resale to patrons.
• Records transaction, using cash register.
• Accepts cash or checks for chips or approves patrons' credit and charges individual accounts for amount issued.
• Reconciles daily summaries of transactions to balance books.
• May accept patrons' credit applications and verify credit references to obtain check-cashing authorization.
• May accept bets only and be designated Bet Taker.