There are tens of thousands of Croupiers keeping casino games going in casinos all over the world and the life must seem like a very glamorous one to people on the outside. In fact it can be for many of the people who work in gaming. As a fully trained Croupier then you can expect to travel to most places in the world and be able to get a job. In the UK, the normal requirements are that you be in very good health, have no visible tattoos, be of a certain age and to have no criminal record.

Qualifications or intelligence levels basically have nothing to do with it as the job of a Croupier is a taught skill and so everyone starts from scratch. However though, intelligence does come into the equation and the bright ones go onto to become Pit Bosses and managers although I will counter that by saying that I have met some pretty stupid managers in my time.

However though there is plenty of scope to travel the world and get paid for doing so. I have known plenty of people who either went to work abroad or came from abroad to work in the UK or who went to work on the cruise ships and who enjoyed the experience. I never did any of those things because I had a family and so my ability to see the world in that job was severely restricted.

The training program to be a Croupier can be done one of two ways. Either you can enrol on a training course run by an agency or by the actual casino itself. On the whole I always found the Croupier’s who were trained in house to be of better quality but I am sure that many will disagree and a bigger sample size may show different results. The training course that I enrolled on back in 1990 was six weeks long and incorporated the two main games which were roulette and blackjack.

At the end of that six week period then you are ready to deal the games although you are merely nothing more than able to do basic things even after six weeks. The experience comes afterwards and let me tell you that having to do your job in front of numerous watching people is very nerve wracking at first but it is something that you get used to after a while and that eventually wears off.

In most locations in the world the pay isn’t great but in some countries with different standards of living then it is a pretty good job. Even in the UK there are large differences in salaries and if you are prepared to work more hours then you can earn some decent money these days. For a person who has left school with no qualifications or poor qualifications then it is a chance to start a career that has prospects. How many people could get to be the general manager of a casino and the importance and responsibility that comes from a job of that standing after leaving school with no qualifications?