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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The answer to this question is that casinos have a very strict system of accountability in place to ensure that all transactions are tracked and accounted for. This includes having dealers count out chips at the beginning and end of their shift, having surveillance cameras to monitor transactions, and having periodic audits of chips and money. Additionally, casinos have very strict rules and regulations that dealers must adhere to, including not allowing them to give out chips to their friends.
The answer to this question is that casinos have a very strict system of accountability in place to ensure that all transactions are tracked and accounted for. This includes having dealers count out chips at the beginning and end of their shift, having surveillance cameras to monitor transactions, and having periodic audits of chips and money. Additionally, casinos have very strict rules and regulations that dealers must adhere to, including not allowing them to give out chips to their friends.
In Vegas, everybody’s gotta watch everybody else. Since the players are looking to beat the casino, the dealers are watching the players. The box men are watching the dealers. The floor men are watching the box men. The pit bosses are watching the floor men. The shift bosses are watching the pit bosses. The casino manager is watching the shift bosses. I’m watching the casino manager. And the eye-in-the-sky is watching us all.
In Vegas, everybody’s gotta watch everybody else. Since the players are looking to beat the casino, the dealers are watching the players. The box men are watching the dealers. The floor men are watching the box men. The pit bosses are watching the floor men. The shift bosses are watching the pit bosses. The casino manager is watching the shift bosses. I’m watching the casino manager. And the eye-in-the-sky is watching us all.
I worked at a casino for a few years. They have cameras covering every angle and they have pit bosses also watching in person. I’ve seen a few dealers escorted out in handcuffs for stealing from the casino.
Something to remember is that a casino license is a license to mint money. It’s a big deal to steal from a casino and it comes with a hefty prison sentence. The casinos have the money to make sure the thieves get the maximum possible sentence and they make sure that happens it’s alot cheaper to get one person in prison for 25 years than it is to have every dealer stealing from you.
I worked at a casino for a few years. They have cameras covering every angle and they have pit bosses also watching in person. I’ve seen a few dealers escorted out in handcuffs for stealing from the casino.
Something to remember is that a casino license is a license to mint money. It’s a big deal to steal from a casino and it comes with a hefty prison sentence. The casinos have the money to make sure the thieves get the maximum possible sentence and they make sure that happens it’s alot cheaper to get one person in prison for 25 years than it is to have every dealer stealing from you.
The casino has cameras watching every table, usually from a variety of angles. Further, with high denomination chips ($100.00 and up, for sure), they have an RFID chip embedded in them, which is also tracked via electronics within the table. Finally, the act of passing chips to a player, whether in making change, or paying out a winning play, is a rigidly controlled process that dealers MUST follow, or face discipline from their employer.
So, any effort to “slip a high denomination” chip to an accomplice would be caught by one or more of these security procedures. And this does not even consider methods that I, as a casual player, am aware of.
The casino has cameras watching every table, usually from a variety of angles. Further, with high denomination chips ($100.00 and up, for sure), they have an RFID chip embedded in them, which is also tracked via electronics within the table. Finally, the act of passing chips to a player, whether in making change, or paying out a winning play, is a rigidly controlled process that dealers MUST follow, or face discipline from their employer.
So, any effort to “slip a high denomination” chip to an accomplice would be caught by one or more of these security procedures. And this does not even consider methods that I, as a casual player, am aware of.
Dealers have to cash in and cash out at the end of their shift, and they do so at the cage just like the patrons do. If a dealer came up short, the video footage for everything that dealer did with their tray can be inspected, likely from multiple angles. This is in addition to the pit boss observing the dealer’s activities, as well as the security team viewing the live feeds. The security level in a casino is very, very high.
Dealers have to cash in and cash out at the end of their shift, and they do so at the cage just like the patrons do. If a dealer came up short, the video footage for everything that dealer did with their tray can be inspected, likely from multiple angles. This is in addition to the pit boss observing the dealer’s activities, as well as the security team viewing the live feeds. The security level in a casino is very, very high.
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