I used to think it was some kind of process like a cashier till where the dealer would pick up a tray with X amount of chips, and then have to turn it in where everything is counted and reconciled somehow.
But I saw in a movie (never been to a casino myself to gamble) where one dealer would just walk up and tag-out another dealer and take over their spot. It made me wonder how everything was accounted for.
What’s to keep a dealer from slipping an extra $500 chip every once in awhile to their buddies?
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In regards to pocketing them, dealers don’t have pockets. And there are a lot of rules and procedures about how dealers handle chips that prevent easy theft.
In regards to over paying someone, usually there will be a limit to how much a dealer can pay out. I’ve seen everything from as little as $200 to as much as $5000. So anything over that amount and they will need supervisor approval.
What’s stopping a dealer from just not telling a supervisor and paying out an extra few hundred? The cameras are always watching. And another thing I haven’t seen mentioned is other players. If someone is getting extra chips, another player will likely notice and say something, because they’re not getting free chips. And players hate it when things aren’t fair.
I’ve been a dealer over a decade. I know how I could ‘pocket’ chips off camera, I also know how I could slip a player an extra few hundred and get away with it. I also know that no matter how much I steal, it would never be as much as I can earn. I get paid a lot (I’m not in the US, where they earn shit) for pretty easy work, I’m not going to throw that away for a quick buck.
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