Where an odds compiler can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an odds compiler already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Odds compilers are in charge of counting the odds in gambling. They are employed by a bookmaker, betting exchange, lotteries and digital/on-line as well as casinos who set the odds for events (such as sporting outcomes) for customers to place bets on. Apart from pricing markets, they also engage in any activity regarding the trading aspects of gambling, such as monitoring customer accounts and the profitability of their operations. Odds compilers may be required to monitor the financial position the bookmaker is in and adjust their position (and odds) accordingly. They may also be consulted as to whether to accept a bet or not.
Also known as odds manager, sports odds compiler, betting expert, risk trader, sports trader, horse racing odds compiler, odds expert, odds trader, football odds compiler.
Clerical support workers 16 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: gambling quality assurance engineer, 37%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
An odds compiler needs 10 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.
- calculate betting target odds information skills
- work out odds information skills
- display betting information communication, collaboration and creativity
- solve problems in gambling through digital means working with computers
- place bets communication, collaboration and creativity
- legal standards in gambling business, administration and law
- games rules business, administration and law
- persuade clients with alternatives communication, collaboration and creativity
- follow ethical code of conduct of gambling assisting and caring
- mathematics natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an odds compiler does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- gambling quality assurance engineer 44% covered · difficulty 51.2
- bookmaker 41% covered · difficulty 52.9
- bingo caller 36% covered · difficulty 57.6
- gambling games designer 36% covered · difficulty 57.4
- gambling games developer 36% covered · difficulty 57.4
- gaming inspector 34% covered · difficulty 59.6
- lottery operator 33% covered · difficulty 59.8
- race track operator 28% covered · difficulty 64.7
- games development manager 22% covered · difficulty 68.5
- director of compliance and information security in gambling 19% covered · difficulty 70.7
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Odds compiler is filed under Clerical support workers, ISCO major group 4. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an odds compiler’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.