The competition is open to dealers employed full time, part time, on-call, or as a dual-rate employee at land-based or online legal, regulated casino operator in the United States. 

Dealers that are not currently employed at a legal and regulated casino entity or do not have the support of their employer are not eligible.

Maximum of one participant per operator property and no more than four properties per enterprise/corporate entity will be considered for participation.

Competitors must be able to travel to Las Vegas and participate in the event on all three days, October 7 – 9, 2025, full schedule to be announced.

Each competitor must be accompanied by an executive from their casino in a table games role holding the title of director level or above. This person will serve as a judge in the competition and must be available to participate in judging on all of the competition days. The judges will be with the players during the competition.

Nomination does not guarantee participation in the competition.