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18 May 2005
Super Casinos Still On The
Cards
An
agency that specialises in recruiting dealers and
hospitality staff for casinos has claimed it could be on a
winning streak thanks to Labour's re-election.
Labour last month trimmed
from eight to one the number of Las Vegas-style
super-casinos it planned to introduce to the UK. Regulations
allowing smaller casinos are on the statute
books.
However, Colin Thompson,
business development manager at Empire Casino Recruitment in
Staffordshire, said the government could still pave the way
for the introduction of large casinos by amending the rules
- without having to send them to the House of Lords for
approval.
The unsociable hours
associated with gaming mean that casino recruitment is often
difficult.
But an influx of workers
from Eastern European countries such as Hungary, the Czech
Republic, Lithuania and Poland has boosted recruitment in
the sector.
And gambling companies are
not interested in hiring stereotypically glamorous
croupiers, Thompson said.
"Most employers in the
area are not looking for leggy lovelies, although that's
what we thought they would be after when we first entered
the market.
"They are looking for
dedicated customer service staff who care about their work.
As long as they have those attributes, the employers are
interested - you don't have to be good looking."
Empire places around 50 to
60 permanent staff in casinos across the UK every month and
works with two of the country's largest gaming
companies.
A shock tactics campaign
by the Conservatives and right-wing press, focusing on
gambling addiction, led to the watered-down
proposal.
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