Overview
Bookmaker's Clerks assist Bookmakers to provide oncourse betting services at race meetings.
Day-to-day
- takes bets by debiting credit accounts and bank accounts electronically or physically receiving cash
- records and enters bets electronically and in transaction ledgers
- issues tickets and prepares summaries of transactions
- monitors amounts of money placed on race entrants
- checks details and numbers on winning betting tickets against those in betting ledgers and electronic records, before paying out money on winning tickets
- verifies the identity and account balances of betting agency customers
- answers betting inquiries over the telephone, via email and in person
- may work in a call centre.
To become a Bookmaker's Clerk
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You can work as a Bookmaker's Clerk without formal qualifications. Some on the job training may be provided. Some workers have university or Vocational Education and Training (VET) qualifications in areas such as accounting.