Pennsylvania casinos offer thousands of jobs
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board released its seventeenth annual report, revealing that the state’s traditional casinos created more than 15,000 jobs for its residents in the 2023-24 fiscal year. That’s an imposing figure, you can’t argue with that. More than 14,000 of the new hires are residents of the Commonwealth.
The report describes the activities of each of the state’s casinos. It provides full information on their diversity plans and the actions the licensed gaming establishments have taken to meet the Commonwealth’s goal of increasing the representation of diverse groups in the gaming industry.
According to the diversity report,about 14,235 of those 15,857 hires (i.e., 89.8% of the total) are Pennsylvania residents. About 41.4% of those. who work at local casinos are racial minorities, and 41.6% are women.
As for management staff at the casinos, there were 2,382, of which 37% were women and 26% were racial minorities.
The report also contains information regarding diversity and on individual casinos. that operate in the state. These include, for example, gambling establishments such as Parx, Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Cours. The proportion of women among the staff in each of them is at least 30%, and the proportion of Pennsylvania residents is at least 85%. Accordingly, they are pretty essential employers for the state.
A small share of Pennsylvania residents from the IT sphere work in virtual casinos and betting companies. A part of workers is involved in interface development, testing slot machines, adding content and performing more complex tasks. Another part is involved in brand promotion, copywriting and writing online casino reviews. Search queries show that the demand for Megapari bookmaker and its detailed review sites has increased significantly in Pennsylvania over the past year. The site that has the most visits is the one that outlines detailed registration instructions. There is no accurate data on the percentage of women, men and racial minorities among the employees of online casinos and betting companies.
Pennsylvania casinos create hiring plans through networking events, mentoring programs, peer-to-peer workshops, and similar essential activities. They also utilize team-building events and boot camps for existing employees. In essence, the principle of continuing education is utilized. Techniques such as job rotation, job shadowing, recognition awards, succession planning, and many others are also used. Jobs are filled qualitatively based on the aforementioned diversity philosophy.
Thus. the report shows. In FY 2023-24, Pennsylvania casinos have shown themselves to be large and responsible employers working for the benefit of the state’s residents.