Bookmakers, Croupiers and Related Gaming Workers: Jobs in Demand in Europe (2025)

Bookmakers, Croupiers and Related Gaming Workers is an official occupation group (ISCO-08 code 4212) used by the International Labour Organization and Eurostat.

  • Bookmaker
  • Croupier
5European countries report a shortage (EURES 2025)
4countries report a surplus
32open job ads right now in Germany and Sweden
4212ISCO-08 occupation code
Short answerIn the 2025 EURES report on labour shortages, 5 European countries reported a shortage of bookmakers, croupiers and related gaming workers: Czechia, Denmark, Italy, Malta and Romania. 4 reported a surplus: Austria, Finland, Germany and Latvia.

Latest bookmakers, croupiers and related gaming workers job ads

Real vacancies from the official public employment services, updated daily. Job titles are translated into English automatically; the full ad opens on the official site in German or Swedish (your browser's translate button turns it into English).

Germany

5 open ads

Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (German Federal Employment Agency). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Germany

Sweden

27 open ads

Source: Arbetsförmedlingen (Swedish Public Employment Service). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Sweden

Where bookmakers, croupiers and related gaming workers are needed in Europe

CountryEURES 2025Average gross pay, all clerical support workers (2022)1-bed rent in the capital
CzechiaShortage€1,301 a monthPrague: €1,250
DenmarkShortage€4,448 a month *Copenhagen: €1,800
ItalyShortage€2,419 a month *Rome: €1,300
MaltaShortageNot yet verifiedValletta: €1,050
RomaniaShortage€981 a month *Not yet verified
AustriaSurplus€3,108 a month *Vienna: €1,250
FinlandSurplus€2,959 a month *Helsinki: €1,150
GermanySurplus€3,141 a monthBerlin: €1,350
LatviaSurplus€1,275 a monthRiga: €870

Pay: Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, mean gross monthly earnings of all clerical support workers in each country, in euros. This is the average for the whole occupation group, not for bookmakers, croupiers and related gaming workers alone, and before tax. * Firms with 10 or more employees only. Rent: Eurostat, good-quality 1-bedroom flat in the capital, 2025.

What bookmakers, croupiers and related gaming workers do

Bookmakers and croupiers and related gambling workers determine odds and receive and pay off bets on results of sporting or other events, or conduct games of chance in gambling establishments.

Typical tasks

  • 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

Finding bookmakers, croupiers and related gaming workers jobs in Europe

  • EURES is the official job portal of the EU public employment services. The search above looks for "Bookmaker".
  • Some jobs are regulated professions: before you can work, your qualification may need to be recognised in the new country.
  • If you are not an EU/EEA citizen you will usually need a work permit or a visa such as the EU Blue Card. Check the rules of the country's immigration authority.

Cost of living where the jobs are

Take-home pay needed to rent a good 1-bedroom flat in the capitals of countries reporting a shortage:

About this data

  • Shortage and surplus: European Labour Authority, EURES Report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annex table 21 (published 2026). Each country's public employment service reports which occupations it finds hard to fill or in oversupply. Countries not listed did not report this occupation as either.
  • Definition, tasks and job titles: International Labour Organization, ISCO-08 structure and definitions.
  • Pay: Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022 (earn_ses22_48), by occupation group.
  • Job ads: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Germany) and Arbetsförmedlingen (Sweden), refreshed about once a day.

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