The competition is open to dealers employed at land-based or online legal and regulated casino operators in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Contestants must be nominated for the contest through their employer – the employer must submit the nomination.
Dealers that are not currently employed as dealers at a legal and regulated casino entity or without the support of their employer are not eligible.
Dealers employed in full-time, part-time, on-call, or in a dual-rate capacity are eligible for the event.
Every nomination must also include a judge from the same property to accompany the dealer.
Both the competitor and judge must be available to participate in all of the competition days: September 29 - October 1, 2026.
One nomination per individual casino property is allowed.
For industry employers with multiple casino properties, the number of competitors that may participate per casino operator is subject to the following limits:
For industry employers with one (1) casino property, one (1) competitor may participate in the competition.
For industry employers with two (2) to seven (7) individual casino properties, a maximum of two (2) competitors may participate in the competition.
For industry employers with eight (8) to nineteen (19) individual casino properties, a maximum of four (4) competitors may participate in the competition.
For industry employers with twenty (20) or more individual casino properties, a maximum of seven (7) competitors may participate in the competition.
No industry employer is guaranteed any specific number of competitors who may participate in the competition, final selection is at the discretion of G2E.