0 a person who works in a casino (= a place where people risk money in games) who is responsible for a particular table and whose job is to collect and pay out money and give out playing cards, etc.
That was the reason for seeking to remove the right of appeal for a croupier.
As we all know, croupiers in casinos receive psychological training in order to spot players with addictive behaviour.
There are those in which members play simply among themselves, and where the croupier employed by the casino is merely a spectator and referee.
The strong feeling in the west midlands is that we have a lottery with a corrupt croupier.
It will have arbitrary powers over individual croupiers.
That will become obvious from the dismissal of the croupier, even though the owner of the premises is sheltering behind him.
A croupier has cheated, there is a disturbance, and the police move in.
The fact is that one rarely has conclusive evidence of misconduct by croupiers and so on.