Do you want to protect the interest of the public and ensure the integrity of legalized gaming by analyzing potential games? Apply for this Statistician position with the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB). With our team, you will analyze pseudo random number generators for gaming purposes, evaluating regulatory compliance and the theoretical return for new gaming themes. Share your skills to help maintain and enhance public trust in legalized gaming with honesty, integrity, and credibility!
This position is responsible for evaluating the theoretical return for each gaming theme submitted for review. Our team will rely on your particular attention to specific rules involving payout percentages, odds, volatility, symbol weights, bonus triggers, and the specific rules of each game play. As a Statistician for the PGCB, you will perform the following duties:
- Analyze Games: Complete sufficient analysis of payback percentages, odds, random number generators, rules, and any other features of each proposed game to ensure compliance with legalized gaming rules and regulations
- Verify Simulations: Check manufacturer simulations to confirm their accuracy and reliability; verify accuracy of award tables, rules, and game descriptions
- Determine Outcomes: Use probability, statistics, and permutation formulas to determine the combined outcome of all payouts represented in the submitted program
- Develop Algorithms: Develop commuter algorithms to assist with mathematical, statistical, and probability calculations required for game analysis
- Document Findings: Create reports and graphs to document the analysis and findings
- Support Collaboration: Coordinate with field units to verify that progressive parameters are within compliance
Work Schedule and Additional Information:
- Full-time employment
- Work hours are 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
- Telework: You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) part-time. In order to telework, you must have a securely configured high-speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania. If you are unable to telework, you will have the option to report to the headquarters office in Harrisburg. The ability to telework is subject to change at any time. Additional details may be provided during the interview.
- Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
- You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.
QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:
- A bachelor’s degree in Statistics or Applied Mathematics or two years of progressively responsible experience in the application of statistical analysis, and programming in SAS or other analytical languages; or
- Two or more years’ experience in gaming product analysis; or
- An equivalent combination of experience and training.
Additional Requirements:
- You must be able to perform essential job functions.
Legal Requirements:
- Employment is contingent upon the completion of a Personal History Questionnaire with a thorough background investigation, including drug screening and the subsequent review and approval by the Board.
How to Apply:
- Your application must include a resume.
- If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
- Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
- Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.
- All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant’s own experience, qualifications, and work. Applicants may use generative AI tools for preparation purposes only. Use of AI to misrepresent or falsify information, or to assist during interviews, is not permitted. Review the Guidance for Generative AI Tools & Job Seekers for additional information.
Veterans:
- Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.pa.gov/agencies/employment/how-to-apply.html and click on Veterans.
Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS):
- 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).
If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.
The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.