Race track operator
Also called tote manager, tote technician, tote board operator
Race track operators run the day-to-day functions of the tote operation at a horse race track, such as tote system data entry and verification, prepare the reports for the racetrack office, assist the forwarding of company equipment and spare parts. They maintain, operate and troubleshoot tote boards and auxiliary odds boards. They operate the communication tools used at the racetrack. They install, tear down and maintain equipment.
What you'd do
Bookmakers, croupiers and related gaming workers · ILO- Determining risks to decide odds and to hedge or refuse bets
- Preparing and issuing lists of approximate odds
- Distributing cards, rolling dice or spinning a roulette wheel
- Explaining and interpreting operating rules of a gambling establishment
- Announcing winning numbers, paying winners and collecting payments from losers
- Indoors
- On your feet most of the day
- Constant contact with people, including the public
- Little freedom to decide
- Usually 40 hours a week
- Few deadlines
- Some repetitive tasks
Will there be jobs?
Average prospectsA typical number of jobs will need filling by 2035.
Solid: measured. Dashed: forecast.
What does it pay?
About averagePay depends a lot on the country: from about €1,000 a month (Bulgaria) to €5,000 (Luxembourg), before tax.
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Among clerical support workers in the EU, women earn 9% less per hour than men. Clerical support workers · Eurostat
What do I need to study?
Upper secondary or vocationalUpper secondary or vocational training in law is the usual route.
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Will AI change it?
ModeratelyAI could take on part of some tasks, but none fully.
Average task score 0.45 on a scale from 0 (AI can't do it) to 1 (AI could do it fully).
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Based on what AI could technically do when assessed in 2025. It is not a forecast for a future year, and not a forecast of job losses. Scores for bookmakers, croupiers and related gaming workers. Source: ILO (2025), adapted (credits).