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Absolutely go to dealers school. There are a couple of things you need to learn, mainly how to shuffle and how to pitch a card properly. These are just a couple of very important things we look at when auditioning new dealers.

I am completely biased about this school, I went here, a lot of people I have worked with went here. Go see Nick Kallos at Casino Gaming School, its cheaper than a lot of other schools and he has good contacts.

Also keep in mind, in the customer service driven market of today, personality and appearance are very important.

The next big room to open is going to be the Venetian. There are also rumors about new york new york adding a room and hooters, too, has advertised that they are going to add a low limit room.

As far as finding a job is concerned, it isnt as easy as it was one or two years ago but new rooms have to take break ins. They may advertise that they want xxx years of experience but they aren't going to get many of those people. There are a lot of tourney dealers looking for perm jobs and they arent having much luck. They may be great at what they do, they may be great dealers, but if they don't have a great smile or personality, if they can't pass a background check, or if they can't pass a drug test, they aren't going to be working here.

Another way to go about finding a job is to talk to the staff of the rooms you frequent. Not every job available makes it to an online posting or in a newspaper ad.

Good luck!