A conversation podcast about working in casinos and on cruise ships. Gammonfrog hosts unpack applying to cruise lines and casinos, getting hired, life on board, working on the floor, port guides for crew, and what a career in the casino and cruise industries looks like. From gammonfrog.com.
Pick up a backgammon set and you are touching one of the oldest games still played anywhere on earth. The 24 points and 30 checkers describe a structure that has barely changed in two thousand years, and parts of it are older than the pyramids. Mesopotamian kings played a version.
1 Jun 2026
Weaponize Your Sea Time for Corporate Jobs
Most people working on cruise ships eventually start thinking about what comes after. Contracts do not last forever, and life circumstances change. The moment arrives when something closer to home becomes the priority, and when that moment comes, many former crew discover something that was not obvious while they were onboard.
31 May 2026
Why Hawaii Cruise Casinos Stay Closed
Hawaii is the only port on most major cruise itineraries where the casino does not open at all. Federal law prohibits gambling within three miles of any US coastline, Hawaiian waters are US territory, and that means casino staff arrive at the most spectacular stop on the schedule with around five days off in a row.
29 May 2026
Copenhagen Port Tactics for Ship Crew
Copenhagen is not the easiest port to get in and out of quickly. The cruise terminal sits at a noticeable distance from the city center, which means you cannot simply step off the gangway and start walking.
28 May 2026
Surviving the Cruise Line Hiring Pipeline
The recruitment process for cruise line positions follows a fairly consistent path across most companies, regardless of department. This article focuses on the casino department, but with a few exceptions noted below, the same general process applies to most guest facing roles onboard.
26 May 2026
Beat the Casino Hiring Gauntlet
Applying for a casino position at a land based casino follows a structure that most candidates encounter without much advance warning. The stages are fairly consistent across the industry, particularly at larger companies, and knowing what to expect at each one gives you a real advantage before you even sit down for the first conversation.
25 May 2026
Weaponizing the Carnival Corporation Casino Ecosystem
When most people hear the name Carnival in the context of cruise ships, they picture one company on one fleet. That assumption will cost you if you walk into a Carnival casino recruitment process without understanding the bigger picture. Carnival Corporation is not a single cruise line.
24 May 2026
The Lethal History of Playing Cards
Pick up a deck of cards and you are holding something that has passed through more hands, crossed more borders, and outlasted more empires than almost any other object in human history. The standard 52 card deck sitting in a casino shoe looks unremarkable, a disposable consumable replaced every few hours and thrown away.
22 May 2026
Why Casino Managers Spot Resume Lies Instantly
Job hunting in the casino industry comes with its own kind of pressure. You want the role. You want to be taken seriously. The gap between where you are and where you want to be can feel wide when you are staring at a job listing with requirements that stretch slightly beyond your current experience.
21 May 2026
Trading the Casino Grind for Cruise Ships
Every casino dealer knows the moment. Somewhere around the third hour of a night shift, the same faces around the same tables, the same city outside the same walls, a question begins to form in the back of your mind: is this it? For many, the answer is yes, and there is nothing wrong with that.
19 May 2026
The Mechanical Roadmap to Casino Dealing
To start working at a casino as a dealer, you need to complete a croupier course. Some courses are paid. Others are provided for free by the casino you are applying to. The better route is usually the second one: a course provided by a casino that wants to train its own dealers.
18 May 2026
Trading the Pit for the Casino Cage
Most people who enter the casino industry come through the pit. They train as dealers, learn the games, and for many of them that is where the entire career happens. Running parallel to the pit, though, is another path.
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