tipping a dealer?

Question

when tipping a dealer at a casino, does the dealer keep the chip or is it split between all the dealers? if i tip the dealer at the blackjack table i want all the money to go to that dealer, how does it work?

Answer 1

yes they do split all of it I personally think its wrong because some dealers are an ***. Now blackjack dealers they have a rotation around the floor but still split tips

Answer 2

I am a dealer and in most casinos, tips are split over the coarse of a day or shift. There are some casinos that allow dealers to keep their own tips, but these casinos usually only have one type of game like blackjack only. That is because a game like Carribbean Stud gets almost nothing in tips and a game like Blackjack gets around $20 an hour in tips (depending on what casino you're at), they don't make anywhere near $2000 a day or whatever that earlier said. I know most people don't want their money to be split with a jerk dealer, but don't worry about those things. Tip your dealer as if you are tipping him personally. That is how it is perceived to the dealer. The lousy dealers usually end up quitting after a short while, because their lousy and they wonder why no one is tipping them.

Answer 3

The tip that the dealer puts in the box is split between all dealers over a 24 hour period. This is so dealers that are beating everyone still can get the tip along with the dealers that everyone is beating. It may not be the way we want it to go, but that is how the casinos and dealers like to.

Answer 4

I've worked at casinos for a number of years, and much of that was as a blackjack/poker dealer. Almost all poker dealers keep their own tips. Tips are far more consistant in poker than in the blackjack pits. The speed of the dealer resulting in a larger number of hands dealt per "down" (the time that a dealer is on a specific game) is the primary factor in how much a poker dealer can potentially make. Blackjack/Carnival games dealers usually split their tips either by shift or 24 hour period. I personally dislike that method strongly. It promotes poor customer service, and decreases a dealer's desire to work efficiently. Oftentimes "full split" casinos find themselves carrying a large number of apathetic (or just plain pathetic) dealers that pull in less revenue and chase off business. I still tip when I play at a full split casino but it isn't nearly as much. The growing trend is "keep your own" casinos. In these casinos the dealers take their tip boxes from table to table with them and the tips are counted at the end of the night usually by a cashier who records their income so that they will receive the full amount on their paycheck. The problems with a keep your own casino is that there CAN be favoritism which is heavily frowned upon by the majority of managers and dealers, and is easily discovered. Some dealers also have a tendancy to try to stab the other dealers in the back by either talking badly about them or even worse going to another dealer's table in an attempt to cash in on the good tippers that are there. This is quickly noticed by the managers and I've seen a few dealers fired on the spot for this kind of behaviour. These "downsides" are dramatically offset by the benefits of better customer service, stronger work ethic, and the attraction of a higher caliber of dealer. Often times a table games manager will set up the situation so that dealers have to earn their way onto better shifts and better tables. This is done usually by performance. That means avoiding write ups, and attention to the complex craft of dealing cards (YES it IS more difficult than it looks!) Most of the dealers that I have had the pleasure of working with are very proud of their knowledge and abilities, and they work hard to ensure that the guests have a great experience with them in the hopes that they will receive better tips. None of the good dealers expect you to tip if you are losing with them, but if you have been losing all night and they come to your table and you go on a winning streak it is nice to throw them a thank you tip even though you are still not even for the trip. There are many BAD players that will attempt to trick dealers into thinking they are going to get a good tip at the end of their down. The players then wait until just before they know the dealer is going to get tapped off the table and then they run off to the restroom or to buy a beer. When they get back they work the same scam on the next dealer. It is ignorant to think that the dealers don't talk to each other. Oftentimes they sit in the break room and tell each other the experiences that they just had on their last table. They share who their favorite players are and wish the dealers going to that table good luck, and they share what players have been problems and pity the dealers heading their. Overall dealers are a pretty tight knit group and you will be ensuring yourself a good experience by throwing a little love their way.

Answer 5

1) Tommy is a jerk.

2) It is different from casino to casino.

but the most common practice I have seen is the shift gets the tips on a split.

3) Im not a dealer and all I play is poker at our local casinos I just want all the poker players out there that dont tip ettiquitte says to tip the dealer as LEAST the big blind. Those kids are trying to hustle up a living. ive then a break. I have seen too many $500 pots that the dealer gets 2 bucks or even stiffed. thas bad karma kids!

Good luck all.

Answer 6

Pretty much every Las Vegas casino splits tips. Many California casinos don't. Unfortunately splitting tips is really the only fair way to do it. There is a huge difference in the amount of tips a high limit BJ game takes in compared to say Pai Gow Poker or Let It Ride. So how do you decide which dealers get the $2000.00 a day and who gets the $40.00 a day? It would come down to favoritism and paying off the scheduler. Favoritism, cronyism and even nepotism is rampant in the casino industry.

Answer 7

I think it depends on the casino. I've seen some casinos where the dealers take the boxes with them when they rotate, and others where they leave them there.



One dealer at a casino I went to also stated that she didn't want to work at a rival casino because they split tips.

Answer 8

I'm sick and tired of the greed of casino owners. Pay your help out of the big on every bet. Players pay the edge so you can pay your bills, that includes LABOR! There are no entitlements in a casino as far as I am concerned. You bet for a dealer and if it wins they keep it all and expect you to reset for them. They are all in cahoots with owners. I just stopped giving them anything. Be happy you have a job and take what owners pay you. You agreed to the wage when you were hired. If owner promised you tips, let them tip you. It's not my responsibility to make you BMW payments. Sell it if you can't afford it and keep your eyes off of my chips. They're not yours you greedy twit. I don't owe you a living because you spent a lousy six weeks in dealer school. Get a real diploma if you desire big pay.

Answer 9

It really depends on the Casino. At the casino near me the dealers keep their own tips.

Answer 10

IDE never tip a dealer in ;im there to make money not give it away however the girl in the tight shorts with the drinks i tip her