Lottery manager to gambling manager
A lottery manager already meets 37% of what the gambling manager role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.
68.8/ 100
1 How much of what a gambling manager is expected to do is already part of a lottery manager’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the gambling manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A gambling manager role treats 10 of its required skills as things a lottery manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- corporate social responsibility
- follow company standards
- liaise with local authorities
- maintain customer service
- manage budgets
- manage staff
What stands in the way is 16 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A gambling manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a lottery manager background worth leading with.
- already held schedule recreation facilities management skills
- already held promote recreation activities communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held recreation activities services
- already held manage logistics management skills
- already held represent the organisation communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held set organisational policies management skills
All 16 carried skills, including the 10 the gambling manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 29 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn follow betting strategies required
- still to learn establish daily priorities required
- still to learn recruit employees required
- still to learn supervise daily information operations required
- still to learn supervise the work of staff on different shifts required
- optional, not held develop recreation programmes optional
- optional, not held manage recreational facility optional
- optional, not held organise labour optional
- optional, not held work in an organised manner optional
- still to learn advise on betting required
- still to learn display betting information required
- still to learn supervise game operations required
- still to learn train employees required
- optional, not held manage online gambling optional
- optional, not held apply gaming psychology optional
- optional, not held handle game complaints optional
- optional, not held identify customer's needs optional
- optional, not held place bets optional
- optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
- still to learn assist customers required
- still to learn follow ethical code of conduct of gambling required
- still to learn identify indicators of problem gambling required
- still to learn prevent money laundering in gambling required
- optional, not held handle incidents optional
- still to learn analyse gambling data required
- still to learn measure customer feedback required
- still to learn monitor customer behaviour required
- optional, not held monitor casino finances optional
- optional, not held online gambling optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a gambling manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 advise on betting practise this
- 02 analyse gambling data practise this
- 03 assist customers practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 16 skills that carry over
- already held corporate social responsibility knowledge
- already held follow company standards skill
- already held liaise with local authorities skill
- already held maintain customer service skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held manage supplies skill
- already held perform project management skill
- already held represent the organisation skill
- already held set organisational policies skill
- already held handle customer complaints skill
- already held keep task records skill
- already held manage logistics skill
- already held promote recreation activities skill
- already held recreation activities knowledge
- already held schedule recreation facilities skill
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held manage online gambling optional
- optional, not held online gambling optional
- optional, not held apply gaming psychology optional
- optional, not held develop recreation programmes optional
- optional, not held handle game complaints optional
- optional, not held identify customer's needs optional
- optional, not held manage recreational facility optional
- optional, not held monitor casino finances optional
- optional, not held place bets optional
- optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
- optional, not held handle incidents optional
- optional, not held organise labour optional
- optional, not held work in an organised manner optional
22 held skills the gambling manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role accounting knowledge
- not needed by the target role arrange audit skill
- not needed by the target role budgetary principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
- not needed by the target role customer service knowledge
- not needed by the target role financial capability knowledge
- not needed by the target role financial management knowledge
- not needed by the target role involve volunteers skill
- not needed by the target role lead process optimisation skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with financiers skill
- not needed by the target role lottery company policies knowledge
- not needed by the target role lottery equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain lottery equipment skill
- not needed by the target role manage database skill
- not needed by the target role manage fundraising activities skill
- not needed by the target role manage lottery operations skill
- not needed by the target role manage payroll skill
- not needed by the target role manage profitability skill
- not needed by the target role manage volunteers skill
- not needed by the target role perform fundraising activities skill
- not needed by the target role promote company skill
- not needed by the target role sell tickets skill
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held online gambling optional
Common questions about this move
Can a lottery manager become a gambling manager?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A lottery manager already covers 37% of what a gambling manager is expected to do: 16 skills carry over, 10 of which the gambling manager role treats as required.
What skills does a lottery manager need to become a gambling manager?
16 required skills are missing, plus 13 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is advise on betting.
How hard is the move from lottery manager to gambling manager?
Its learning distance is 68.8 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.