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Casino Volunteers – March 16 & 17, 2025

The West Hillhurst Community Association will be having a casino on Sunday, March 16 & Monday, March 17, 2025. It will be held at ACE Casino Airport (40 Aero Cres NE). Money raised from the casino provides one of the largest sources of revenue to maintain operations at the WHCA.

Casino funding is used for:

  • Facility maintenance & operations
  • Renovations & upgrades
  • Running community programs/events
  • Supplies & equipment purchases
  • Special project

We also require backups for positions in case people cannot make it. Please email generalmanager@westhillhurst.com if you would like to help out.

VOLUNTEER SHIFT SCHEDULE: SIGN UP GENIUS

Shifts Day 1 – Sunday, March 16, 2025- 10am-7pm, 6:30pm-3:30am, 11:00pm-3:30am

Shifts Day 2 – Monday, March 17, 2025 – 10am-7pm, 6:30pm-3:30am, 11:00pm-3:30am

VOLUNTEER POSITIONS

ALL POSITTON5 ARE ASSISTED BY THE ADVISORS AND BY THE CASINO STAFF.

GENERAL MANAGER/ALTERNATE GENERAL MANAGER – CASH CAGE

  1. Ensures a sufficient number of volunteers for each day
  2. Ensures signed cheques are available to pay expenses on the evening of the second day
  3. Verify transactions including the opening and/or closing cash cage float of chips and cash, opening game chip
    counts, and banker shift change
  4. Witness cashier/player transactions of more than 5200.00
  5. May relieve the banker and chip runners during meals/breaks
  6. Must be in the casino at all times

BANKER

  1. Controls the cash cage float of chips and cash
  2. Witness cashier/player transactions of more than 5200.00
  3. Generates fills/credits for cash/chip transfers through the ‘CasinoTrack’ computer system
  4. Busiest during opening, volunteer shift changes, and closing of casino
  5. Computer skills are very helpful

CASHIER

  1. Cashes in chips for players
  2. Cashiers are responsible for their own floats
  3. This position requires concentration and accuracy
  4. Good manual dexterity is helpful

CHIP RUNNER (a job title not a job description!)

  1. A courier for chip orders (requests) from casino games
  2. Operates a touch screen portable computer
  3. This volunteer should be mobile and have a steady hand
  4. This position is usually busy at opening and closing

GENERAL MANAGER/ALTERNATE GENERAL MANAGER – COUNT ROOM
(This optional manager is allowed by the AGLC, can be one of the (minimum) six required in the count room, and is
strongly recommended!)

  1. Ensures a sufficient number of volunteers are present for the count
  2. Open drop boxes and/or help sort cash
  3. On day 1 – Verify cash transactions including signing of the count room cash to the safe
  4. On day 2 – Verify cash transactions including the return of the float and transfer of the balance to the casino
    operator

COUNT ROOM SUPERVISOR

  1. Records cash counts through the ‘CasinoTrack’ computer system
  2. Good computer skills are helpful
  3. Not required to handle cash

COUNT ROOM STAFF

  1. Sorts. counts, records, verifies, and amalgamates cash from the drop boxes from the games
  2. The recorder assists count room supervisor, computer skills are helpful