Tipping Inside Casinos (always an interesting subject).

I don't think some here get it. Casinos are not your friends. They want to destroy you by taking as much money from you as they can (and more if you see how many ATM's they have) and you go in to take their money, thereby putting some kind of hurt on them and their livelihoods. And part of their game is to put you all in a make-believe world for the time you're there, making it easier to take your money because now for some reason you'll feel good about it.

Dealers are the biggest pretenders in the world because, well, they're looking for your TIPS! They play the same kind of game the floor people do when they congratulate jackpot winners, because all they want is, yes.... your TIPS! Jackpots and socializing at tables build confidence and are things the casino employees count on. What better way to take your money from right under your nose than to make you feel good about it?

Smart players don't care how casino employees "feel" or how friendly they are. They also don't hand out those type of tips. These are not service people like cocktail waitresses, bartenders and valet parkers. The people who want your money while you're gambling or winning are your biggest enemies while you are playing in their place of employment.

I always tip dealers, housemaids, drivers and anyone who helps me when I visit Las Vegas. When I go there, which is four to five times a year, I believe that most of the tips are used by the people to sustain their lifestyle. I firmly belive in tipping. I have a few cheap friends who don't agree with with me, but I believe that everyone who assists me in making my vacation or dinner better deserves to be tipped. At tables, I always play a hand for the dealers(if I am winning), and when I am losing I play a hand to change my luck. If I were a professional gambler maybe my thinking would be different, but since I am on a vacation and I believe that most service personnel work for tips, and when they give good service I tip.
I usually bring 4 to 5 K to play when on one of these trips. After listening to most of you whinners, I think that you can't afford to gamble and have a good time.

Quote: JerryLogan

I don't think some here get it. Casinos are not your friends. They want to destroy you by taking as much money from you as they can (and more if you see how many ATM's they have) and you go in to take their money, thereby putting some kind of hurt on them and their livelihoods. And part of their game is to put you all in a make-believe world for the time you're there, making it easier to take your money because now for some reason you'll feel good about it.

Dealers are the biggest pretenders in the world because, well, they're looking for your TIPS! They play the same kind of game the floor people do when they congratulate jackpot winners, because all they want is, yes.... your TIPS! Jackpots and socializing at tables build confidence and are things the casino employees count on. What better way to take your money from right under your nose than to make you feel good about it?

Smart players don't care how casino employees "feel" or how friendly they are. They also don't hand out those type of tips. These are not service people like cocktail waitresses, bartenders and valet parkers. The people who want your money while you're gambling or winning are your biggest enemies while you are playing in their place of employment.

Wrong. We get it entirely. No one here thinks that casinos want to "be our friends", any more than the local bartender wants to be my friend. We are the customer, they are the business. They provide us a source of entertainment, we pay for that entertainment in the form of HA.

Is my local NFL team "my friend"? No, of course not. But they offer me an entertainment option that I really enjoy, so I chuck out big dollars to go watch the games and drink $8 beers. As mosca said, if you want a place to make money, go find a flipping job, or start a business, or do any of a zillion other things that easier than trying to make money from gambling in a casino.

I don't go to the casino to "put some kind of hurt on them". Thats ridiculous. I go to hang out with friends, have some drinks, chat with the dealers and maybe I win some money, maybe I won't. Any other entertaiment option I'm GUARANTEED to walk out a loser, if how you count winning/losing by the amount of dollars your started/ended with. At least at the casino I can go have fun and MAYBE get a free (or even positive) night of fun out of it.

Will you people learn how to spell ridiculous already.

I'm just wondering, are all Republicans as much fun as you are?

Quote: luckyjackg

Will you people learn how to spell ridiculous already.

11 posts in 8 months and this is one of them? I fixed it since it was obviously bothering you.

I am not a Republican, I just can't stand incorrect spelling. If you don't know how to spell it use a different word.

Quote: Mosca

I'm just wondering, are all Republicans as much fun as you are?

Oh, you had to go there..... :-)

Quote: luckyjackg

I am not a Republican, I just can't stand incorrect spelling. If you don't know how to spell it use a different word.

You might as well be, you're as uptight as the stereotype.

You guys are a trip!