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<\/a>Members of the media were invited to check out their training facility at the Bank of Guam building in Garapan yesterday.<\/p>\n
Of the 46 employees in training, about 29 are dealers.<\/p>\n
According to pit manager Isha King, many came from the U.S. mainland\u2019s casino capitals such as Las Vegas and Atlantic City.<\/p>\n
Training manager Mike Shure, who has been in the casino business for 20 years, said the dealers-in-training are \u201cgood.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re just naturals,\u201d Shure said. \u201cThey really want to be dealers.\u201d<\/p>\n
So far, Shure said, he has lost only three students.<\/p>\n
King, who worked for Tinian Dynasty Hotel and Casino for 13 years, said that one of the challenges for her was to teach the dealers Baccarat with a 5-percent commission.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not easy for new dealers to do 5 percent,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
She started training with the dealers just last week.<\/p>\n
King said that math skills, attitude, and personality are some of the criteria needed to be successful dealers.<\/p>\n
Casino supervisors and managers as well as surveillance personnel are also being trained.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey need to know the game too,\u201d King said.<\/p>\n
Right now, Shure said they are focusing on training U.S. citizens and green card holders, especially those who live on island.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy requirements for me to train you [is you] need to be an islander. I like to train people who live here,\u201d Shure said.<\/p>\n
\u201cRight now that\u2019s my directive. More islanders should get involved,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
King echoed the same.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor now we don\u2019t have CW-1s,\u201d she said, adding that CWs are \u201cnot approved yet.\u201d CW1 employees are foreign workers that are petitioned to work in the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n
The training facility started last June 15 and the number of trainees continue to increase, according to Shure.<\/p>\n
He said that they will be training another batch of dealers soon after the first group begins working at the live training casino.<\/p>\n
Asked if the dealers are ready for the soft opening, Shure said \u201cYou\u2019re never ready as you want to be. But I think they are ready.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said they will be operating for 12 hours for the first week or so but by August they are looking at staying open for 24 hours.<\/p>\n
Last week, Commonwealth Casino Commission executive director Edward Deleon Guerrero said that BSI is looking to open the casino \u201cthis month.\u201d<\/p>\n
The commission is set to have a meeting this Friday but it is not clear if BSI\u2019s opening is on the agenda.<\/p>\n
BSI earlier said that the opening date for the casino is a \u201cmoving target.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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