Does anyone tip (roulette) like this?......

I admit, I am getting a little better in terms of tipping after a nice win. I will NOT tip on a losing day.

Lets say I hit on a number, $350-and up. I dont tip like this....give the dealer $10.

What I do, I'll put $10-$15 on a street and call it out. If it hits, thats your tip. Yep, sometimes it does hit and they are quite happy. I recently put $15 on the 0/00 and it hit !! $255 for them, not a problem.

The one issue I do have, different dealers have two different styles. Whats your CALL on this? .....Lets say I put $10 on a street (for a tip), it hits. They get their $110. Should I not get my $10 back? Some dealers say its part of the tip and some give it back to me. Kind of odd. Do you guys/gals tip in the same manner as I do?

Ken

I let them place the bet where they like and they keep all of it. Dealers always have their favorite bets, let them choose.

Although I don't play Roulette, that seems like a reasonable way to tip.

But the question of what happens to the wager is not specific to Roulette.

When you place the bet, unless you also specify "Player Control," then it's up to casino rules what happens to it after a win. Some casinos insist that it goes into the tip box, some do not.

Some do not allow "Player Control." If the casino allows "Player Control," then only the win goes into the tip box. The player has the option of moving the wager.

Tipping is always a kind, considerate and gracious act to someone making minimum wage plus tips, which includes dealers. (Few of us are working at Caesars...)

Most dealers bet the white, and lock up red or higher, when given the choice.

"Player control" tip betting cannot be forbidden by the casinos, as it's really the player's money in action on his own stack that he simply promised as a tip. If a player bet $11 and said "player control" (where the $1 tip is slightly offset), this really is no different than betting $11, and throwing in $10 to the dealer if the $11 bet had hit a 10:1 payout, for example.

When I played in Puerto Rico, I could not make a pure dealer bet (in front of the betting spot, or wagered alone next to another bet). You had to bet it on your stack, then throw in the dealer's share of the winnings.

Quote: mrjjj

The one issue I do have, different dealers have two different styles. Whats your CALL on this? .....Lets say I put $10 on a street (for a tip), it hits. They get their $110. Should I not get my $10 back? Some dealers say its part of the tip and some give it back to me. Kind of odd. Do you guys/gals tip in the same manner as I do?

It's almost always considered entirely a tip. You bet $10 for the dealers and the total take down is $110, then the entire $110 goes into the toke box. Otherwise it would be tip sharing with the players. Dealers can't take that action.

I ask for a different color chip for my dealer bets. If no one is playing with $1 white chips, I ask for a stack of those. Then I use them to cap my big inside bets or what I call a community number (a number that all the players are betting on). That way if I hit big, so does the dealer and they celebrate with the table (or me).

Quote: DJTeddyBear

Some do not allow "Player Control." If the casino allows "Player Control," then only the win goes into the tip box. The player has the option of moving the wager.

I meant to include that it would be in bad taste to do anything with that original wager other than either hand it in as a tip, or to keep it in action as a tip bet. I.E. Don't pick it up and return it to your own stack.

Quote: DJTeddyBear

I meant to include that it would be in bad taste to do anything with that original wager other than either hand it in as a tip, or to keep it in action as a tip bet. I.E. Don't pick it up and return it to your own stack.

I absolutely agree. For one thing it makes the player look cheap, largely because it's a msierly kind of action. I mean, if the tip lost in a wager for the dealers, would you hand them another chip of equal value as tip because the one that lost was yours? Of course not.

Now, that doesn't mean player control is a bad idea. You can place a chip as a wager-tip, if it wins let the dealers keep the payoff and re-bet the original stakes. You keep this up for a few rolls at craps and they'll carry you out on their shoulders :)

"You bet $10 for the dealers and the total take down is $110, then the entire $110 goes into the toke box" >>> Yes, I know that. My question was, what about the original $10. Why should get that?

Ken

Quote: mrjjj

... My question was, what about the original $10. Who should get that?

If the dealer returns it, I guess it's OK to put it back in your bank, but I think the right thing to do is to put it back in play as another dealer tip bet. It doesn't have to be the same type of bet, but it should always stay in action until lost or dropped into the tip bucket.

Quote: mrjjj

"You bet $10 for the dealers and the total take down is $110, then the entire $110 goes into the toke box" >>> Yes, I know that. My question was, what about the original $10. Why should get that?

Ken

Because you are tipping the dealer the $10. The result of that tip is either $0, or whatever that earns by winning plus the original bet. I can't imagine anyone making a generous $10 tip for a dealer, after it winning for the dealer, would not want the entire amount to go to the dealer. Once you put that $10 up, you should consider it gone, either to the casino or the dealer.

All good replies, thanks guys!!

Ken