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How long to learn to become a casino croupier?

I'm organising a casino event for my department (around 150 employees), we could hire a casino company to come in and organize everything, but this would cost over £700. Alternatively we could use existing casino tables that we have access too, and some volunteer employees could be the croupiers. Would a couple of hours practice be sufficient for a croupier to learn the ropes and be reasonably profficient?

Public Comments

1. Depends if you want a proper casino night, or a fun night. I'd recommend asking experienced card players on your staff to be croupiers for you to keep the budget down.
2. Assuming you are not planning on playing for real money, a couple of hours should be more than enough for most casino games. Just make sure whoever is teaching them actually knows what he is talking about. For a few games, such as craps, you want to get volunteers who already understand how the game works.
3. It takes 6 to 8 weeks to knock out a lumpy that you wouldn't want dealing to more than two punters. A couple of hours practise will do you no good. It takes any where up to a week to train an experienced croupier on another game. If you are going to have around 150 people at the bash I would seriously look at a professional fun casino company. If you have access to tables it should knock the price down a bit.