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Betting Shop and Gambling Establishment Managers

Betting shop managers plan, organise, direct and co-ordinate the activities of betting shops and gambling establishments.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£19,296
£35,180
£59,351

New workers start around £19,296. Normal pay is £35,180 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £59,351.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 17,513 vacancies for this type of job

2.41%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Promotes the betting shop and generates new business.

  • Provides customer service and deals with customer complaints.

  • Ensures compliance with relevant legislation and regulations.

  • Determines staffing, material, financial and other short- and long-term needs..

  • Maintains the accounts of betting shops and manages the budget.

  • Co-ordinates the work of other staff, plans work schedules and assigns tasks and responsibilities.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Housekeeping

  • Continuous Improvement Process

  • Competitive Analysis

  • Marketing

  • Marketing Management

  • Product Knowledge

  • Auditing

  • Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

  • Cash Collection

  • Engineering Support

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Customer Service

  • Communication

  • Management

  • Coaching

  • Operations

  • Sales

  • Enthusiasm

  • Professionalism

  • Planning

  • Supervision

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

Routes to this career

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Leadership and Management

SGS (South Gloucestershire and Stroud College)

HNC · 1 Year · Full-time · Bristol · 09/2025

Tariff points: 48/48

Business Enterprise Top-up

University College Birmingham

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Variable · Birmingham · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Business Management

Buckinghamshire New University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · High Wycombe · 29/09/2025

Tariff points: 88/112

Business Management (Marketing)

London South Bank University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · London · 01/2026

Tariff points: 112/112

Leadership and Management for England

Chichester College Group (inc Brinsbury, Chichester, Crawley, Northbrook & Worthing Colleges)

HND · 3 Years · Part-time · Chichester · 09/2025

Tariff points: 80/80

Business with Foundation Year

Birkbeck, University of London

BSc (Hons) · 6 Years · Part-time · London · 10/2025

Tariff points: N/A

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