Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners
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.
Also known as: Bookie · Caller · Bet Taker · Bookmaker · Bingo Clerk · Bingo Caller
This score estimates how exposed the tasks in a role are to current and near-term AI capabilities. It does not predict whether a specific person will lose a job.
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Most exposed task
Prepare collection reports for submission to supervisors.
Automatable 65/100 exposure
Most durable task
Operate games in which players bet that a ball will come to rest in a particular slot on a rotating wheel, performing actions such as spinning the wheel and releasing the ball.
Durable 10/100 exposure
Useful next step
Make one change to the task mix
Pilot AI on one augmentable task, then document the judgment, relationships, and accountability you still own.
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Highest structured exposure values in this role’s task mix — the work AI systems can already do most of.
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Prepare collection reports for submission to supervisors.65
Augmentable tasks
Work where AI assists rather than replaces — the productivity frontier of this role.
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Record the number of tickets cashed and the amount paid out after each race or event.55
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Compute and verify amounts won or lost, paying out winnings or referring patrons to workers, such as gaming cashiers, so that winnings can be collected.35
Most durable tasks
Lowest exposure — typically judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability. This is the human moat.
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Operate games in which players bet that a ball will come to rest in a particular slot on a rotating wheel, performing actions such as spinning the wheel and releasing the ball.10
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Conduct gambling tables or games, such as dice, roulette, cards, or keno, and ensure that game rules are followed.15
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Deliver tickets, cards, and money to bingo callers.15
Task exposure values and classifications are published, versioned estimates audited against the anchored rubric. This page reads them from the data release rather than generating them at request time. Bars show exposure contribution relative to this role’s task mix.
What this means
A score of 26 puts Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners in the second quartile of analyzed occupations. In practice, exposure this level is about the mix: 1 of 18 analyzed tasks lean automatable, 2 augmentable, and 15 durable. The useful question isn’t “will AI take this job” — it’s which tasks go first, which get faster, and where to reposition time. That’s what the personalized report maps against your actual week.
Lower-exposure adjacent roles
No adjacent role in the current data release is at least 10 points lower with ≥50% skill overlap — we don’t label anything “safer” unless the data supports it.
Labor-market context
- $34,980median wage
- 8,950employed
- 1,200annual openings
- -6.1%projected growth
Context only — labor statistics are not inputs to the exposure score. See methodology.
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How this score was calculated
The score is the plain average of the AI-exposure values of this role’s 18 analyzed tasks (equal task weights in this release — no hidden factors):
- Automatable 1 task, averaging 65/100 exposure
- Augmentable 2 tasks, averaging 45/100 exposure
- Durable 15 tasks, averaging 21/100 exposure
score = (1×65 + 2×45 + 15×21) ÷ 18 ≈ 26
Every task’s exposure value was scored against a published anchored rubric that scores tasks as actually performed — physical, in-person, and accountability requirements included (data release 2026.07.12-r2). The band (Moderate) is a corpus quartile; the percentile is tie-aware across all 968 occupations.
FAQ — Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners
- Will AI replace Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners?
- This score cannot predict whether this occupation or any individual job will be replaced. It shows which tasks current and near-term AI can perform or accelerate, which tasks remain more durable, and where a worker can adapt. Employer decisions, demand, regulation, and how the role changes are outside the score.
- What does a score of 26 mean for a Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners?
- It means that, weighted across the 18 tasks we analyzed for this role, the task mix sits at 26 on a 0–100 exposure scale — in the second quartile of analyzed occupations. It measures task exposure to current and near-term AI capabilities, not the probability of losing a job.
- Which tasks in this role are most exposed to AI?
- The highest-exposure tasks are: Prepare collection reports for submission to supervisors. Exposure comes from the published, rubric-scored data release rather than being generated when you open this page.
- Which parts of this job are most durable?
- The most durable responsibilities are: Operate games in which players bet that a ball will come to rest in a particular slot on a rotating wheel, performing actions such as spinning the wheel and releasing the ball; Conduct gambling tables or games, such as dice, roulette, cards, or keno, and ensure that game rules are followed; Deliver tickets, cards, and money to bingo callers. Durable tasks typically depend on judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability.
- Is this score personalized to me?
- No — this page shows the occupation-level baseline. Two people with the same title often do different work. The $9 personalized report recalculates the score from the tasks you actually do and builds a concrete 7/30/90-day plan around them.
Score version jr-v1 · data release 2026.07.12-r2 · updated 2026-07-13 · baseline mapping: 18 of 18 tasks carry source-level provenance · methodology