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Just a quick question that hopefully someone can answer.

I'm not a regular gambler so I don't know what the common practice is. Do people tip the staff at the Casino? Say if you play a few games of blackjack, is it expected that you tip, or only if you win big?

 

Also, if you have a cash account set up and you withdraw money at the casino cashier, do you tip them or no?

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cb at sea

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If you sit at a table for a long time, and are winning, it's customary to tip the dealer, either with a direct tip (in chips) or by "playing a hand" with the dealer. Just watch other players to see how they do it. Back in the day of slot cash jackpots, tipping if you had to be "hand paid" was very common, but with ticket in/ticket out, there's no need for hand pays any longer.

 

You do NOT tip the cashier!!! EVER!

 

And you do not need to feel the need to tip everyone you come in contact with on the cruise...some people really go "overboard" with the tipping thing!!!!

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Its a common practice to tip dealers at casino's, but I noticed its less frequent in cruise casino's. sit for 30 mins and win some, toss em a 5 or a some 1 dollar chips. dont tip them in cash, tip them in chips. they pool them, its easier for them to collect, pool, and cash out from the casino when its in chips.

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TheTruthCanHurt

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I always tip at the tables. I am a member of the club royal casino program. Last week on the oasis I was playing roulette and my tip was on average 2 to 3 percent of the win. On average I was tipping one hundred dollars when I was playing 50 straight up on numbers when it hit. And 500 dollars when a number hit with 100 straight up. . I had a very good week. I agree that I would not tip the cashiers. But I do tip everyone else from my casino host. To the dealers. To the servers that brought my drinks. It's just the way I was raised. Of course if you are just playing a few dollars per hand I would tip less. But i promise you. Even a dollar or two is appreciated.

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Why aren't you tipping the cashiers? When I go to cash in $508 or some other odd number, I give the $8 to the cashier.

 

Because they are a cashier? Do you tip all the cashiers on the ship? Not trying to be funny, but I think the guy that mops the floors are working harder than the cashier does, so you should be tipping them also?

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I don't know how true this is, maybe they were trying to play on my sympathy - the blackjack dealers said they don't get paid, only get what they make in tips. Anyone know the truth? Kind of find it hard to believe. I do tip my dealers when winning :D

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I don't know how true this is, maybe they were trying to play on my sympathy - the blackjack dealers said they don't get paid, only get what they make in tips. Anyone know the truth? Kind of find it hard to believe. I do tip my dealers when winning :D

 

None of them on any of the ships get paid much.

 

They do rely and appreciate tips.

 

Many people do tip.

 

But this is personal. If one doesn't want to tip then they don't need to while others will tip.

 

Keith

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I have never tipped the cashier. I do tip the dealers at the table but it is not based on whether I win or lose. I tip dealers based on how much I enjoyed playing at their table. I could win at a table with a grumpy or no personality dealer and not leave a tip. On the other hand, I have tipped after losing if the dealer was pleasant and engaging.

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I have always tipped the dealers based on my enjoyment of their tables - not necessarily whether I won or lost. Some dealers make the game so much fun that even if I lose, I had a good time and will tip (of course it's more fun to win and then I do tip more). Some years ago, the casinos (both land and sea) began to make dealers pool their tips. I still tip, but I really hate this because it doesn't let me specifically reward a good dealer.

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I have always tipped the dealers based on my enjoyment of their tables - not necessarily whether I won or lost. Some dealers make the game so much fun that even if I lose, I had a good time and will tip (of course it's more fun to win and then I do tip more). Some years ago, the casinos (both land and sea) began to make dealers pool their tips. I still tip, but I really hate this because it doesn't let me specifically reward a good dealer.

 

this.

 

 

usually if I hit a blackjack and get a couple $1 chips with my payout, I'll throw the $1-2 out front of my bet and play a hand "for the dealer". if it's the end of the night and I've donated most of my money to the casino and I have a couple $1 chips, I'll throw those to the dealer too because waiting in the cashier line isn't worth it to me for a few bucks.

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I don't know how true this is, maybe they were trying to play on my sympathy - the blackjack dealers said they don't get paid, only get what they make in tips. Anyone know the truth? Kind of find it hard to believe. I do tip my dealers when winning :D

I used to work as a dealer on RCL. We do get paid by the company but it is so little. Upto 90% of income is through tips.

 

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I have always tipped the dealers based on my enjoyment of their tables - not necessarily whether I won or lost. Some dealers make the game so much fun that even if I lose, I had a good time and will tip (of course it's more fun to win and then I do tip more). Some years ago, the casinos (both land and sea) began to make dealers pool their tips. I still tip, but I really hate this because it doesn't let me specifically reward a good dealer.

I agree it should be if you had fun or not even if you loss. The thing you can do if you play BJ is put the $1 on your bet, if it wins move the $1 winning bet down to the front corner, for a bet for the dealer. So the casino is paying for the tip ;-) :-D

 

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I agree it should be if you had fun or not even if you loss. The thing you can do if you play BJ is put the $1 on your bet, if it wins move the $1 winning bet down to the front corner, for a bet for the dealer. So the casino is paying for the tip ;-) :-D

 

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that's typically what I do :D

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Some of this depends on the level of play and if your an invited guest of the casino. The casino is its own operation within the ship who have the authority, under the casino manager & host, to comp what they want in the way of dinners, drinks, spa treatments, etc. I have never seen anyone tip the manager or host - not casino etiquette. We have taken a host a personal gift, but never tipped. Their job is to get you into the casino to play as long as possible and make it enticing for you to donate as much of your money as is possible. They appreciate your tipping their dealers for sure and the ringing bell is a moral builder. Consistent tipper in the casino will be remembered by name if your playing daily.

If your drinks are being comped due to your play, tipping the waitress is good manners, otherwise if your paying for your drinks, 18% is automatically included in what you are paying. If your tipping your waitress with chips, they go to the cage. Unsure if they end up with the tip, or its part of the community jar in that case. If you really want waitress to have the cash, have some real bucks I suspect.

If you have had a good run with your dealer it is basic manners to tip as you go or ask if they want you to play the tip for them above your hand. Otherwise, leaving a tip as you walk away from the table, win or lose, is good form. Any cash tips to the dealer are converted to chips, tapped on the table, bell is rung (to alert the pit boss and other dealers tip going in) and the chips are popped into the box on the table. The box is removed at the end of the shift and is part of the reconciliation of the rack/game/play. The box contains cash buy-ins from players and tip chips. In the old days, dealers could put chips in their breast pocket, but that has gone away.

Tipping the cashier? Never. The 'cage' is tightly controlled on land or sea and I have not seen anyone tip the cashier. Agree, it would be like giving your bank teller part of your cash withdrawal - not casino etiquette.

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We have tipped at tables, and when we get a drink we add on a couple bucks even though we had the drink package.

 

When I won on the slots, I got a ticket, so I cashed it out, did not tip any attendants (like we did in Vegas), in fact never saw an attendant.

 

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