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

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 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

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 4

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

Answer 5

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 6

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 7

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

Answer 8

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