Career in Casinos

[hugewallet]

Card dealer in casinos. How much can a dealer make per month, base salary plus tips?

[Capt.]

I think they make in the teens per hour. They also have to work Christmas and holidays alot of the time.

[UrbanPoet]

pretty good pay. But ****** hours.
MY friend almost got a summer job as a black jack dealer... according to him his starting pay was $12.5/hr
noot bad as a starting wage for a student outta high school.

[Arrow]

He probably got tip on top of that too... which can be pretty sweet.

[Twism]

When my sister was doing blackjack at Richmond, B.C. casino she was making $13 an hour but with tips it worked out usually to $18 an hour.

[ch1zo]

as a career i think its lame...cuz u can only do it for so long
and expecting to be around your kids or whatever...dont expect it
as a student its fine :lol:

[MilkyWind]

I heard they get a lot of verbal abuse from the customers.

[B40]

Your tips will vary depending on what tables you're dealing at...you won't get much tips at a $5 or $10 table.

I think you'd make much more as a host...

[CSK'sMom]

Here in Niagara the dealers get a "tip-out". It usually works out to several hundred dollars a month on top of the union wages. We live in "Casino Alley", the area of town preferred by Casino workers. We have several dealers living on the street plus 2 supervisors. They definitely do ok but the hours generally suck. It's difficult to get fulltime and when you do you go to the bottom of the senority list and get the worst hours and all holidays...

[Ziggy007]

I would have to imagine that you could make very good money working in the high rollers lounge. I have commonly seen the dealer get tipped anywhere form $20-50 on a big hand win...

[B40]

Here in Niagara the dealers get a "tip-out". It usually works out to several hundred dollars a month on top of the union wages. We live in "Casino Alley", the area of town preferred by Casino workers. We have several dealers living on the street plus 2 supervisors. They definitely do ok but the hours generally suck. It's difficult to get fulltime and when you do you go to the bottom of the senority list and get the worst hours and all holidays...

How does that work? Are all the tips pooled and then divided equally amongst the dealers? Or do you keep whatever you get?

[Yukikaze]

You people are forgetting that you could harm your health very easily. Second Hand Smoke. :cheesygri :twisted: :)

[Happy13178]

my gf's mom is a blackjack dealer at Rama...she makes 17 an hour plus tips...comes out to 20+ an hour. But she's been working there almost since it opened.

[CSK'sMom]

How does that work? Are all the tips pooled and then divided equally amongst the dealers? Or do you keep whatever you get?

Yes, tips are pooled. They cannot accept tips from customers or they risk being fired on the spot. If you think about it, it makes perfect sense. It could look like a player was paying off the dealer. There are a ton of conditions placed on employment. Things like they aren't allowed in the casino in their off time without prior written consent from a supervisor, even then they cannot gamble. They also are searched before entering and when leaving the casino for their shifts.

[hyperion]

Be a professional poker player like me. :D