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How tips are shared among craps dealers in Vegas


Dealers don't get to keep the tips you give them directly, they're shared with the other dealers. And not just with the other dealers at the table. And not just with all the other table games dealers on that shift. But usually, all the dealers on every table game for all three shifts.

A Toke Commitee is usually established in the casino by a vote of the dealers. Tokes are split in most Vegas casinos on a 24-hour basis but some go "shift-for-shift", meaning that the Day, Swing (Evening) and Graveyard (Early Morning) split their tokes separately. Most toke committees also set policy too with regard as to how tokes are split and distributed for sick or vacationing dealers. In some casinos contribution boxes are posted for serious dealer illnesses, family deaths, or special occassions like weddings... often too an extra toke envelope for dealer birthdays.

Some casinos distribute the tokes as cash in envelopes and some roll the tokes into the company payroll so as that the tokes are reflected on the company paycheck. Tokes have to be documented by the casino toke committee and by company payroll as they constitute taxable income by the IRS. So as a player, when you are toking the dealers, you are also toking Uncle Sam.


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