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Tipping Inside Casinos (always an interesting subject).
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| September 5th, 2010 at 1:15:09 PM permalink | |
| MathExtremist Member since: Aug 31, 2010 Threads: 46 Posts: 2518 |
I think it's unfortunate that certain members of the service industry are often under-appreciated with respect to others. I'd wager that a craps dealer's job is, in most cases, more complicated than any of the others you listed. Anyone who's both dealt and tended bar want to chime in? I'd be interested in actual experiences. I played a few sessions of dice yesterday. My total loss was around $30, just about break-even. My total dealer bets + hand-ins were about $10. I tip regardless of whether I win or lose, because my results have nothing to do with the service I get. But as another poster said, the dealer is not the casino. The dealer is the casino's customer service representative, and you are the customer. If you receive excellent service, it is customary (but by no means required) to tip. I received excellent service yesterday, so I tipped. "In my own case, when it seemed to me after a long illness that death was close at hand, I found no little solace in playing constantly at dice."
-- Girolamo Cardano, 1563 |
| September 5th, 2010 at 1:27:35 PM permalink | |
| mrjjj Member since: Sep 4, 2010 Threads: 62 Posts: 1304 | Those same 'under-appreciated' people have free will to seek employment elsewhere. It is a WAR walking into the casino, its not my responsibility to keep their lights on at home. Its all about me. Ken If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.
Playing at the casino doesn't make you a pro any more than standing in a garage makes you a car. I prefer to be hated for telling the truth, than loved for telling a lie. No person has yet convinced me that their way of playing roulette is better than my way. Winners have simply formed the habit of doing things roulette AP players don't like to do. I'm sure AP (roulette) worked just fine back in 1923. Gambler's Fallacy is a term coined by unsuccessful gamblers to validate their reasons for losing. 5.26%, so what?......I get taxed everyday. Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it. Don't play/study roulette for a TOTAL of 9 hours in your lifetime and then preach that a person can not do 'well' with it.
Also, don't let the '2+2 will never equal 5' crowd bring you down. TRIAL & ERROR guys, I can't say it enough! When you're finished changing, you're finished. |
| September 5th, 2010 at 3:22:33 PM permalink | |
| iamthepush Member since: May 26, 2010 Threads: 5 Posts: 65 |
once you play at a certain casino you never go back? |
| September 5th, 2010 at 3:46:22 PM permalink | |
| scudder Member since: Aug 30, 2010 Threads: 3 Posts: 16 |
Huh. Let's do some math: Scenario 1: You lose $100 and have no players card. Then you go to the buffet and spend, say, $15 on dinner. You are now down $115. Scenario 2: You lose $100 and have a players card. You ask for a comp and get one greater than $0, maybe even the whole $15. Then go to that same buffet. You are now down less than $115. Nothing of value, eh? |
| September 5th, 2010 at 7:22:31 PM permalink | |
| mrjjj Member since: Sep 4, 2010 Threads: 62 Posts: 1304 | "once you play at a certain casino you never go back?" >>> I'm looking at it from the opposite view. How many will GO BACK because of a comp? Let me ask the other question a bit different. Can anyone name me the negatives to having a comp card? We'll see who here is honest and/or educated. Ken If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.
Playing at the casino doesn't make you a pro any more than standing in a garage makes you a car. I prefer to be hated for telling the truth, than loved for telling a lie. No person has yet convinced me that their way of playing roulette is better than my way. Winners have simply formed the habit of doing things roulette AP players don't like to do. I'm sure AP (roulette) worked just fine back in 1923. Gambler's Fallacy is a term coined by unsuccessful gamblers to validate their reasons for losing. 5.26%, so what?......I get taxed everyday. Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it. Don't play/study roulette for a TOTAL of 9 hours in your lifetime and then preach that a person can not do 'well' with it.
Also, don't let the '2+2 will never equal 5' crowd bring you down. TRIAL & ERROR guys, I can't say it enough! When you're finished changing, you're finished. |
| September 5th, 2010 at 7:31:55 PM permalink | |
| Keyser Member since: Apr 16, 2010 Threads: 19 Posts: 578 | Mrjjj, Even though you're playing for small stakes, you should still use a players card so that you can get the greatest return on your initial investment. -Keyser |
| September 5th, 2010 at 7:36:30 PM permalink | |
| mrjjj Member since: Sep 4, 2010 Threads: 62 Posts: 1304 | Can you think of any negatives to using one? Ken If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.
Playing at the casino doesn't make you a pro any more than standing in a garage makes you a car. I prefer to be hated for telling the truth, than loved for telling a lie. No person has yet convinced me that their way of playing roulette is better than my way. Winners have simply formed the habit of doing things roulette AP players don't like to do. I'm sure AP (roulette) worked just fine back in 1923. Gambler's Fallacy is a term coined by unsuccessful gamblers to validate their reasons for losing. 5.26%, so what?......I get taxed everyday. Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it. Don't play/study roulette for a TOTAL of 9 hours in your lifetime and then preach that a person can not do 'well' with it.
Also, don't let the '2+2 will never equal 5' crowd bring you down. TRIAL & ERROR guys, I can't say it enough! When you're finished changing, you're finished. |
| September 5th, 2010 at 8:07:08 PM permalink | |
| EvenBob Member since: Jul 18, 2010 Threads: 231 Posts: 6397 |
I don't use one in roulette because they don't give you squat for points. Its pathetic, why bother. One casino owner to another: "It would be so much easier if we could just hit them over the head, steal their money, and throw their bodies in the creek." Al Swearengen, Deadwood |
| September 5th, 2010 at 8:10:24 PM permalink | |
| Keyser Member since: Apr 16, 2010 Threads: 19 Posts: 578 | Actually, roulette provides a great deal of comps. Like I've said, if you want the best return on your money, then use the players card. |
| September 5th, 2010 at 8:16:04 PM permalink | |
| DeMango Member since: Feb 2, 2010 Threads: 11 Posts: 318 | The reply that Ken expected, is that if you are making money hand over fist playing roulette, using the greatest system in the world, the casino will have a method of tracking all your wins, and after a period of time will bar you for all the money you have won! Happens all the time, so refuse all players cards please! |
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