“It’s become a more generally acceptable thing to do,” said Butta.
Tribal gaming is reportedly a $30 billion industry in the U.S., with California commanding a huge slice of that pie at over $7 billion, according to the Indian Gaming Industry report produced by California economist Alan Meister.Įnrico Butta, a former Palomar instructor who is now a consultant for the MSJC program, said a lot has changed in the 26 years he has spent working in the gaming industry in Las Vegas and Southern California as a dealer and teacher. She said it was eventually discontinued when the college closed its community education program. MSJC Community Education and Workplace Training Director Teri Safranek helped get the program started after getting a similar program off the ground at Palomar College earlier in the 2000s. “There’s a lot of demand for dealers right now,” said Harrison, the owner of Jack Black Casino Dealer School which has operated in and around the Inland Empire since 2001.
