How do casinos keep track of the amount of chips in a dealer’s care at a table to make sure the dealer isn’t pocketing them or paying out too much?

Question

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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Answer 1

Many years ago, I saw a security video of a blackjack dealer who slipped a $100 chip out of his chip tray and put it in his mouth, and then stood there after they took the chip tray away. He was standing there waiting to be cleared and released. They let the poor guy stand there for quite a while, sweating and fidgeting with the chip in his mouth. Finally, two security guards came and hustled him away.