ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MO (KTVI-FOX2now.com) - More than 1000 jobs are about to come to the St. Louis area, courtesy of the new River City Casino. But to get some of these new jobs, you have to make the grade. A trip to dealer school may be part of a lot of peoples' futures.

The River City Casino is set to open in about two months near the Mississippi river off Carondelet. But before it opens dealers have to be in place.

And if you make it through dealer school, a great job is on the way.

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Keith Henson tells us, "I started as a dealer and you can make 30, 40, even 50-thousand dollars a year day one."