Casino Volunteer – Count Room

Count room volunteers take on one of four possible jobs:
Sorter: Sorts all cash or chips by denomination
Counter: Counts the sorted cash or chips, by denomination
Recorder: Records the number of bills, coins, and chips counted
Amalgamator: Verifies the cash or chips counted and groups them into bundles and summarizes the cash and chips with the count room supervisor

Sorter Duties:

  • empties contents of the drop box, and shows open box to camera to ensure that it is empty;
  • sorts cash or chips into denominations and places them into money bin with a “Box ID Card,” and passes the bin to the counter;
  • witnesses the count by the counter;
  • may witness table chip count, if required, at the close.

Recorder Duties:

  • enters the table number from the “Box ID card” into the CasinoTrack system; and
  • enters the number of bills, coins, and chips (if any) counted by the counter into the CasinoTrack system.

Counter Duties:

  • counts the contents of money bin using money counting machine;
  • places contents of the drop box back into the money bin along with the “Box ID Card” and passes bin to the amalgamator;
  • assists sorting of chips and cash as needed.

Amalgamator Duties:

  • receives cash or chips from counter in money bin;
  • verifies that all bills are of the same denomination;
  • uses a counting machine to verify contents of the money bin and advises count room supervisor of the amount by denomination;
  • amalgamates all cash or chips in count room by denomination into bundles of one hundred after receiving confirmation from the count room supervisor that the totals from both counts match.