It Started With a Vision and a Handshake
Alex Kim and David Noll built CEG Dealer School with a clear vision: that dealer training deserved to be taken seriously. Real equipment. Real curriculum. Real professional standards. The two of them combined decades of hands-on casino experience with a shared belief that the industry could do better – for dealers, and for players.
Together, they built something from the ground up. What started in 800 square feet has grown into a nationally recognized institution that has trained thousands of professional dealers.
“Walk through most casinos in the US, and there’s a good chance someone at that table learned their craft with us.”
Hundreds of Years of Collective Experience
Behind every course, every lesson, and every certified dealer is a teaching staff with hundreds of years of collective gaming experience. Career casino professionals – dealers, supervisors, pit managers – who brought the real world into the classroom.
“That depth is what separates CEG from every other dealer school in the country.”
The Team That Grew With Us
Great organizations aren’t built by one or two people. They’re built by the right people showing up at the right time and doing remarkable things. Alex and David both rely on a phrase that has proven true again and again: everything walks through the CEG door.
“As we focused on truth and people, our community, our reach, and our opportunity grew.”
Timmy V was one of our first. He came to CEG to become a dealer, later met his wife here – also a student – and when Casino Quest was just beginning to find its voice online, Timmy was there helping launch the original YouTube channel and our earliest social media posts. He helped us figure out what we were and how to share it with the world.
Building on what Timmy started, Dennis Leon stepped in and took things to another level entirely. Dennis came to us by way of David’s Keno habit. Joining us at just 18 years old, he helped transform our social media presence into one of the most-watched casino education platforms in the world – over 700,000 subscribers and more than 5 million monthly visitors. He didn’t inherit a brand. He helped build one.
Dennis brought on Jet, our Creative Director, who developed much of our visual identity – including the Nexus Jester, which he drew by hand. Jet is one of our few team members who didn’t first pass through the CEG school, which makes his fit here all the more fitting.
Nick H. walked through our CEG doors over five years ago with an itch to become a Craps dealer. That itch quickly turned into a passion for teaching players, and they loved him for it. Today he is the General Manager of Casino Quest and one of the root causes of our 4.9 out of 5 star ratings.
Then there’s John Cokos, known to many as Pro Craps – a Craps fanatic, a grinder, and a man with a cause. He met us at CEG while promoting his now-famous Craps for the Cure charity broadcast, which has raised tens of thousands of dollars for veteran-related causes. Beyond Craps, John has spent decades teaching programming and has played a pivotal role in some of the most recognized content platforms in the space.
And then there’s Brian, our old-school gaming consultant; Playmex Studios, our talented Latin connection; Becky, Jose, Daniel, and the rest of our casino gaming professionals – all of whom bring a collective centuries of experience to this team. This is what Casino Quest actually is. Not one person’s story. A collection of people who found something worth building and gave it everything they had.
What We’ve Built Together
Over the past six years at Casino Quest, we have welcomed hundreds of companies through our doors – corporate events, team-building experiences, private groups – and served thousands of players in the process.
“Casino Quest is now one of the top-rated things to do in Las Vegas – competing with shows, restaurants, and everything else this city has to offer.”