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December 5th, 2019 at 9:24:06 AM permalink
Hi All,
Can anyone share the industry standard for casino loss based on dealer errors?
In other words, what is a casino’s per hour, per dealer cost attributed to dealer mistakes?
Happy with any stats in this sense or a good source to get these stats.
Thanks!
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December 5th, 2019 at 2:34:11 PM permalink
Quote: LIV777

Hi All,
Can anyone share the industry standard for casino loss based on dealer errors?
In other words, what is a casino’s per hour, per dealer cost attributed to dealer mistakes?
Happy with any stats in this sense or a good source to get these stats.
Thanks!



Welcome! It's a great question. But I am sure there is no industry standard, per se. Do you consider a 'flashing dealer' an error, by the way? There must be huge differences depending on game, side bets, table minimums and maximums, number of players per table, amount of oversight by pit boss, technology used (Pai Gow poker reader has essentially eliminated dealer mis-sets, as an example), and probably 4 other things I haven't thought of.
I just thought of another.... Dealer experience....

Zcore I think is in casino management, and hopefully will add to my comment.
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December 5th, 2019 at 4:35:28 PM permalink
Quote: SOOPOO

Welcome! It's a great question. But I am sure there is no industry standard, per se. Do you consider a 'flashing dealer' an error, by the way? There must be huge differences depending on game, side bets, table minimums and maximums, number of players per table, amount of oversight by pit boss, technology used (Pai Gow poker reader has essentially eliminated dealer mis-sets, as an example), and probably 4 other things I haven't thought of.
I just thought of another.... Dealer experience....

Zcore I think is in casino management, and hopefully will add to my comment.



Lots of factors, as you mentioned, go into considering the affect of dealer mistakes. As a Director, I just considered it part of doing business and made sure my games House Edge could not be overcome by an innocent mistake. Everyone in every profession makes mistakes. Servers drop food, Dr's mis-diagnose, football players fumble.

Errors also go both ways. A dealer could pay when they shouldn't or overpay, but could also take or underpay. I'd say errors tend to end up favoring the players in the long run because many player will speak up when not paid or underpaid, while they stay silent if paid wrongly or overpaid.

Whatever the percentage is, it's VERY small, unless you have someone who is paying hands wrong everytime, or a new game is being paid incorrectly. In both cases, it would be a matter of hours or days before that should be exposed, in most cases.

Every situation is different of course.


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December 5th, 2019 at 9:35:31 PM permalink
4 card poker dealers are notorious for not realizing they have a flush when setting their hand. I’ve seen this many times.

I’ve also known of several roullete dealers who routinely forget that someone is playing colored chips as quarters and thinks they are playing nickels. A $500 cash re-buy gets you $2500 in your colored chips. Usually happens when it’s a low limit table and someone plays quarters
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December 9th, 2019 at 5:16:15 AM permalink
ZCore13, SOOPOO and Michael99000 thank you all for your detailed responses.
I am also in casino operations and working on a project whereby I am trying to quantify the average cost of dealer errors for a casino. This is part of a bigger project that would help my company determine whether to employ a certain new technology that has the added benefit of tracking dealer errors so they can eventually be coached (not crucified :))

Granted there are a myriad of scenarios for dealer errors and I fully understand errors are an inherent part of a casino's operation.
I was hoping research had been done to establish an industry standard so I have reached out to UNLV's research department and if I am able to get an answer, I will share.

Don't mean to flog a dead horse here but are you aware of any data or sources regarding capping & pinching bets (past posting) and a possible cost impact on casinos?
Many, many moons ago, I participated in a seminar by a reformed casino cheat who was working with authorities and established casinos to train on how casino cheats operate. Back then he mentioned a statistic I haven't been able to find online. Something along the lines: a casino loses an estimated X dollars per dealer per hour due to past posting.

Thanks very much for your input!
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December 9th, 2019 at 6:45:38 AM permalink
If the technology can teach dealer errors why can't it stop them? That will be the next huge technology jump. All games will have card reading technology and led lights.

The game will know every hand total or poker hand or hand value and will light up the correct winning hands and pay amounts. A love dealer will still deal, but mistakes will almost be completely eliminated.

I'd wait for that. Hands per hour sensors and things that can read an error after the fact seem like a waste of time and money to me.


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December 9th, 2019 at 9:36:17 AM permalink
Thanks, appreciate the input.
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July 16th, 2020 at 3:59:17 PM permalink
In Blackjack without a supervisor and without surveillance watching and assuming that the player (drunk or not drunk) himself does catch the dealer's mistakes that go against him (which happens far more often than the other way round), it turns out that every 500 hands the dealer will consider a lost bet to be a stand off and pay a bet that should have been a stand off, so the disadvantage for the house in this situation is 0.2%

However all this changes when supervisors and surveillance keeps an eye on you. I know for a fact that certain mistakes against the player are not always honestly being dealt with. Anyhow I would say 1 in 5000 hands is still being overlooked, but do not consider this situation to be a disadvantage, as I am sure that pay-outs get more scrutiny than player losses. Yes, casinos do cheat!
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July 16th, 2020 at 4:24:44 PM permalink
Quote: acw

In Blackjack without a supervisor and without surveillance watching and assuming that the player (drunk or not drunk) himself does catch the dealer's mistakes that go against him (which happens far more often than the other way round), it turns out that every 500 hands the dealer will consider a lost bet to be a stand off and pay a bet that should have been a stand off, so the disadvantage for the house in this situation is 0.2%

However all this changes when supervisors and surveillance keeps an eye on you. I know for a fact that certain mistakes against the player are not always honestly being dealt with. Anyhow I would say 1 in 5000 hands is still being overlooked, but do not consider this situation to be a disadvantage, as I am sure that pay-outs get more scrutiny than player losses. Yes, casinos do cheat!



Do you have a source for these numbers or are they based on your own experience?
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July 16th, 2020 at 10:08:21 PM permalink
If a dealer overpays me $5, I figure he's angling for a tip bet.
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July 16th, 2020 at 11:38:54 PM permalink
I generally point out mistakes on my hands, unless the dealer is a real ass. If I see a dealer underpay a player, I'll point it out, unless the player is a real ass. I don't pay much attention to dealers interactions with others.
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July 17th, 2020 at 1:40:09 AM permalink
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If a dealer overpays me $5, I figure he's angling for a tip bet.



That's a silly assumption to make.
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