What it pays
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Half of all Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators in the U.S. earn more than $43,370 a year — the middle 80% land between $32,730 and $61,970. About 9,520 people in the U.S. do this work. Figures are for the U.S. occupation group “Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators”. (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics survey, published 2025.) In India, Service and sales workers earn about ₹15,575 a month on average — around ₹1.9 lakh a year (government PLFS survey via ILOSTAT, occupation-family figure).
$43,370typical pay / year
9,520people in this work
$61,970+top 10% earn
₹1.9 lakha year in India (family avg)
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Protecting2
Oversee adherence to state gaming laws
+Monitor live casino-floor feeds and transaction logs for any activity that could breach state gaming…
Oversee adherence to state gaming laws
+Monitor live casino-floor feeds and transaction logs for any activity that could breach state gaming statutes, flag and timestamp suspected violations with camera IDs and table numbers, notify the compliance officer and legal counsel immediately, and attach the relevant clip and log extract for review.
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Act as oversight and security agent
+Patrol assigned surveillance sectors, verify perimeter cameras and access points show no tampering, log…
Act as oversight and security agent
+Patrol assigned surveillance sectors, verify perimeter cameras and access points show no tampering, log security exceptions with location and officer on radio, escalate attempts at restricted-area access to security supervisor and open an incident record.
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The daily work18
Operate radio equipment
+Operate the radio rack on Watch B, tune VHF Guard and tower frequencies, log signal strengths and…
Operate radio equipment
+Operate the radio rack on Watch B, tune VHF Guard and tower frequencies, log signal strengths and interference incidents in the comms log, and immediately pass any loss of lock or spurious transmissions to engineering with timestamped notes.
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Geographic information systems
+Update the aerodrome GIS layer for Runway 27 approaches with the latest beacon fixes, upload corrected…
Geographic information systems
+Update the aerodrome GIS layer for Runway 27 approaches with the latest beacon fixes, upload corrected coordinates, and produce a short map showing changed coverage before the 08:00 traffic briefing.
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Coordinate the allocation of Mode S radars to Interrogator Codes
+Reallocate Mode S interrogator codes for Sector North to avoid recent code collisions, record the new…
Coordinate the allocation of Mode S radars to Interrogator Codes
+Reallocate Mode S interrogator codes for Sector North to avoid recent code collisions, record the new assignments, notify adjacent sectors and engineering of the cutover window at 22:00, and monitor replies for conflicts.
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Monitor airport surveillance infrastructure
+Run the hourly health check on all surveillance sites, note degraded feeds or missing plots, escalate any…
Monitor airport surveillance infrastructure
+Run the hourly health check on all surveillance sites, note degraded feeds or missing plots, escalate any radar returns below threshold to on-call engineers, and attach the sensor status snapshot to the shift report.
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Apply technical communication skills
+Draft a concise technical update for the morning operations meeting explaining last night's intermittent…
Apply technical communication skills
+Draft a concise technical update for the morning operations meeting explaining last night's intermittent ADS-B noise, include measured SNR values, probable causes, and three recommended mitigations for discussion.
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Work in an aviation team
+Coordinate with tower, approach and engineering to cover the 14:00 slot while I perform the phased radar…
Work in an aviation team
+Coordinate with tower, approach and engineering to cover the 14:00 slot while I perform the phased radar maintenance, confirm contingency comms and handover procedures, and circulate the agreed checklist to everyone before leaving.
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Report all violations and suspicious behaviors to supervisors, verbally or in writing.
+Report every violation and suspicious behaviour from tonight’s shift to Sergeant Miller and the duty…
Report all violations and suspicious behaviors to supervisors, verbally or in writing.
+Report every violation and suspicious behaviour from tonight’s shift to Sergeant Miller and the duty inspector by 07:00, include time, camera ID or sector, aircraft or vehicle IDs, radio logs and whether I attempted contact, and hand the paper copy to control room before leaving.
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Supervise or train surveillance observers.
+Run a training debrief with new observer James and trainee Patel at 09:00 tomorrow: review last week’s missed…
Supervise or train surveillance observers.
+Run a training debrief with new observer James and trainee Patel at 09:00 tomorrow: review last week’s missed events, demonstrate correct camera sweep patterns, log competency outcomes, and email the signed attendance and action items to Training Officer Ruiz before weekend patrols.
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Review video surveillance footage.
+Review the video reels from camera cluster B3 between 22:10 and 22:30 for the incident flagged on the…
Review video surveillance footage.
+Review the video reels from camera cluster B3 between 22:10 and 22:30 for the incident flagged on the console, note exact frame times, export clips of the suspicious approach and hand the clips plus written timeline to Sergeant Miller within the hour.
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Enforce rules and regulations of property
+Document and enforce the property rules violation in Terminal 2: record the offender’s behaviour, obtain ID…
Enforce rules and regulations of property
+Document and enforce the property rules violation in Terminal 2: record the offender’s behaviour, obtain ID if possible, issue a formal warning or call the duty inspector depending on response, and file the enforcement log with security records before end of shift.
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Detect cheating or theft by employees or customers
+Investigate suspected internal theft reported by retail outlet yesterday: review staff access logs and…
Detect cheating or theft by employees or customers
+Investigate suspected internal theft reported by retail outlet yesterday: review staff access logs and relevant camera feeds, compare till transactions with footage, compile a short findings memo and hand it to Loss Prevention and the duty manager by 14:00.
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Monitor alarms and security systems
+Monitor the alarm panel for Zone C and the airside perimeter overnight, log every alarm activation with…
Monitor alarms and security systems
+Monitor the alarm panel for Zone C and the airside perimeter overnight, log every alarm activation with source and response, escalate any sustained or repeated triggers to Engineering and the duty inspector immediately, and hand the overnight alarm run-sheet to daytime supervisor.
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Manage aviation planning
+Produce the week's aviation plan showing assigned Mode S interrogator codes, radar sector allocations, and…
Manage aviation planning
+Produce the week's aviation plan showing assigned Mode S interrogator codes, radar sector allocations, and runway coverage gaps for Heathrow and Gatwick, flag conflicts with adjacent FIRs, and deliver the spreadsheet to James in ops by Thursday midday.
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Coordinate technical standards for global interoperability
+Draft a technical standards note that reconciles our Mode S code usage with ICAO interoperability guidance,…
Coordinate technical standards for global interoperability
+Draft a technical standards note that reconciles our Mode S code usage with ICAO interoperability guidance, list deviations at control centres, and circulate it to Marta in standards and Ahmed in engineering for comment by next Tuesday.
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Common aviation safety regulations
+Compile a concise safety brief summarising applicable aviation regulations, recent incident findings at…
Common aviation safety regulations
+Compile a concise safety brief summarising applicable aviation regulations, recent incident findings at regional airports, and required mitigation actions for controllers, and send the PDF to the duty manager and training mail list by end of shift.
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Use different communication channels
+Prepare a comms plan describing primary and secondary radio nets, telephone routing, and data link fallbacks…
Use different communication channels
+Prepare a comms plan describing primary and secondary radio nets, telephone routing, and data link fallbacks for diversion scenarios, then post it to the ops board and email the duty supervisor and on-call engineer for acknowledgement.
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Write work-related reports
+Write the incident report describing yesterday's radar outage: timeline, affected sectors, root-cause…
Write work-related reports
+Write the incident report describing yesterday's radar outage: timeline, affected sectors, root-cause hypothesis, and immediate fixes, attach log excerpts and send to Simon in safety and the engineering ticket queue before 09:00.
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Manage data
+Reconcile the surveillance database against live feed logs, clean duplicate Mode S entries, update the sector…
Manage data
+Reconcile the surveillance database against live feed logs, clean duplicate Mode S entries, update the sector coverage table, and export the cleaned dataset for use in the weekly situational dashboard.
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