How To Tip Craps Dealers

Posted By admin On 11/04/22

Tipping is optional… if you’re okay with getting dirty looks and getting called out by other patrons for being cheap. We now live in a world where tipping really isn’t that optional anymore ifyou want to have an enjoyable experience. Brick-and-mortar casinos are no exception.

First of all, you should always tip the dealers at the craps table. Before we get into everything else, tipping the dealers is just the right thing to do. These men and women work hard, are not paid the highest wages, are on their feet all day, are serving multiple ‘customers’ (players) at the same time, and count on tips to make a decent wage. You don't have to tip straight away you can get a feel for the table etiquette just from experience and being sat there with others. Tip only when winning There are two ways to tip craps dealers:In Britain, you should budget between 10 – 15 percent of your best craps odds blackhawk gambling money for how to tip a craps dealer tipping purposes. Dealers don't expect you to tip when you're losing, so only in the five winners you tip $5 twice an hour. That's a total of $50 in tips, or 0.2 percent of your wagers. Don't you think you get far more than that back in comps and cash vouchers? Dealers work for a casino. They should be fairly compensated by the house. You have two basic choices: 1) directly (i.e., a “hand-in”), or 2) by making a bet for the crew. To make a hand-in tip, simply toss in your chip (s) and say, “For the crew.” One of the dealers picks it up, announces to the boxman that you gave the tip, and then places it in the dealers’ tip box or on the side of the table. Tips are split among dealers in two ways: by envelope or table-for-table, also known as “going for your own.” The envelope method is an even split among all the dealers at all table games on a shift. Everyone’s tips are pooled, then they’re divided evenly and disbursed in cash in envelopes.

The problem, though, is that most people who aren’t casino regulars aren’t sure who tip, when to tip, and how much to tip.

I’ve got good news for you. I spend way too much time at the casino and have a lot of friends who work in the industry. What I’m hopefully going to be able to do today is give you a quickbreakdown of the “proper” tipping rules that you should be following to ensure a great casino experience.

I put proper in quotes because tipping is still optional and is always done at your discretion. While these guidelines are great to follow, you’re free to do whatever you want. Don’t ever letanyone tell you anything different.

The important thing to take note of is that the tipping guidelines and accepted practices are going to be different depending on which game you are playing.

What I’ve done below is break things up by the most popular casino games. Feel free to read through all of the different tips for every game, or flip straight to your favorite game.


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Tipping Can Be Rewarding

One of the most important courtesies or strategies GTC teaches advantage players is to tip dealers, and why tipping will make playing in a casino a much more pleasant experience. Tipping puts the dealers on your side. They will be much more likely to tell people to hold their bets, to keep their hands up and not to crowd the shooter for example.

How much to tip craps dealers

One easy way for a $5 or $10 bettor to tip is to put a $1 chip on top of the pass line bet when you are the shooter. In this way, the dealers are in the game. When your pass line bet wins, you are paid the extra $1 with your pass line payout. You give this $1 to the box person saying, 'dealer money.' Your $1 chip remains on your pass line bet, so it doesn’t cost you anymore, but it reaps huge benefits in public relations with the dealers. You control that $1 chip, and the dealer cannot take it down when he/she pays you.

If I am playing with dealers who don’t know me, and aren’t aware of our tipping system, then I will say fairly loudly, 'Dealers are piggy-backed.,' and point to the $1 chip. For those who are green and higher bettors, they might place a higher bet on top of the pass line bet, as well as placing odds, and if they are in a long roll, might place point bets also. These are good bets that the dealers know they have a chance of winning.

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When we first started precision shooting and tipping, we asked the dealers which they preferred, placing a bet for them, or putting the money in the toke box. Without fail, the response was always to place a bet for them.

I cringe when I hear other players call out prop bets for the dealers. These are one time bets, with very high house edges, and are a waste of money. If they really want the dealers to win a bet, why not make one of the good bets? However, I suppose any bet by a shooter for the dealers might be better than no bet at all.

When dealers know you are tipping they tend to go out of their way to be very friendly. They pay close attention to our bets, they are less likely to hassle us about anything, and the stick person is more likely to step back when we shoot.

If there are no other GTC players at the table with us, we are frequently the only players tipping the dealers. One example occurred when it was my husband Sandtrap’s turn to shoot. The stick man loudly proclaimed to everyone at the table, 'Now, we have a good shooter here folks, so keep your hands back and place your bets before he gets the dice. Watch him roll the dice!'

How Much To Tip Craps Dealers

And this has happened on more than one occasion. Once, I didn’t place my odds bet because I was busy getting my drink from the waitress and I wasn’t aware the dice had been thrown. The point was made and I said, 'Oh no, I didn’t have my odds down.' The stickman told the box person what had happened, and that I had previously always placed odds. The box person told me to put my odds down, and then told the dealer to pay me. Perhaps that was an unusual circumstance, but is another example of how tipping can be advantageous to the player.

Another time, a 'don’t' player made hundreds of dollars on my roll by playing and pressing the horn. I have a habit of throwing several sevens and elevens on a come out roll, and then follow up with a long roll. Although the 'don’t' bettor thanked me, he didn’t tip the dealers. When I met him on the way to the restroom he thanked me again and I said, 'You’re welcome, but it’s customary to tip when you make money.' (I’m always trying to teach people to tip.) His reply was, 'But I lost a lot of money before that roll.'

'That’s because you were playing the ‘don’t’ while I was making points,' I responded. He never changed his betting routine even though he could see I was on a long roll.

The dealers’ salaries are based on the fact that they will get tips, and therefore they are dependant on tips for income. It is not their fault or responsibility if players don’t make the best bets and lose money.

Besides the dealers, at least two other employees are dependant on tips. One is the housekeeper. I will never forget Frank Scoblete saying, 'Remember who cleans the toilet.' I even mentioned that comment to our children, who stated they had never thought in those terms. They now tip when they travel.

The other person who should be tipped is the waitress who brings your drinks. According to one person, TIPS stand for 'To Insure Proper Service.' In a very busy casino, will the waitress pay more attention to the player who tips, or the player who doesn’t? =

On the other hand, in the morning there may be only one waitress for the entire floor. I like my coffee in the morning, so I make certain the waitress knows I’m tipping, and she frequently returns to ask if I want another coffee. Some of the regular waitresses know us and make a point of asking if we need anything. One time the waitress put down my drink, but I didn’t see her and was busy placing a bet. When I looked up and saw her walking away, I ran after her to give her a tip. She told me most people would not have done that, and thanked me profusely.

We give her a dollar a drink as a tip. If I order two coffees or sodas at one time, I give her a two dollar tip. My drinks are taking up space on her tray that might have been given to someone else, and the waitress would lose that tip.

I think we should always remember that the drinks are complementary, or 'free.' If you have a coupon or a gift certificate to a restaurant, you are still expected to tip based on the total cost of the meal, whether you paid for it or not. Casino waitresses also have to tip their bartenders.

Waitresses, dealers, and housekeepers have salaries based on the fact that they will also get tips, and they pay taxes on that assumption. Unless the service is terrible, you wouldn’t dream of not tipping in a restaurant. We owe it to the employees in a casino and hotel to also tip them.