[Buzz123]

Originally Posted by slot attendant

I work as a slot attendant at a casino and we too share our tips. It may not seem like it to patrons but sharing our tips actually works out better for us. If I'm having a slow night and not getting tipped, but the night crew goes crazy they help me out. It all equals out and the end of your 80 hours. Also if we want to leave early you don't really lose out as much pay as if you were dependant on your own tips. All tips are divided between hours worked as a department. Therefore the fewer the hours worked the bigger your tips!

Years ago when I was going to school, I worked as a change girl at the old Union Plaza right after it opened. I took the job because of the hours, being able to leave the job at the office when I was in class, and most of all because they told me I would make big tips. In reality I seldom ever made any tips even when I put people on machines that I knew would hit. Even the dealers stiffed us. Even when I discovered a change booth attendant had overpaid me $100, and I returned the money she would have had to pay out of her pocket, nobody even bought me a drink. I later hit a big Keno ticket and the Keno runner was no where to be found, so I had to get up from my lunch and go cash it in myself. I tipped the Keno counter girl who had nothing to do with it except to pay out my ticket, then I had to look for the Keno runner to give her a tip. Those experiences changed my whole thinking about tipping. Now I'm not a big tipper unless the service is so good it deserves to be encouraged.

[ClarkGrisowld]

Interesting....I've hit a few hands at bars, and I'd tip the bartender about 5%, but the service is why I go, not because of the odds obviously.

Somewhere I heard it was proper to tip 5% to slot attendants. But after reading this thread, what do they really do? And the schtick about "turning them onto a machine I knew would hit" is BS.

I'm probably a tad too generous with tipping when I pay poker. I'm WAYYYY too generous at blackjack or craps, but I figure, ultimately, it's the dealer or the house so why not help the little guy?

[airics]

this is going to sound stupid, but since the machines went to paper ticketing, if you hit a jackpot, doesnt a piece of paper still come out and you go to the cashier's window......i guess i wouldnt know since i never win.. but then again, you have to play to win.. which i rarely do

[Buzz123]

Originally Posted by ClarkGrisowld

Interesting....I've hit a few hands at bars, and I'd tip the bartender about 5%, but the service is why I go, not because of the odds obviously.

Somewhere I heard it was proper to tip 5% to slot attendants. But after reading this thread, what do they really do? And the schtick about "turning them onto a machine I knew would hit" is BS.

I'm probably a tad too generous with tipping when I pay poker. I'm WAYYYY too generous at blackjack or craps, but I figure, ultimately, it's the dealer or the house so why not help the little guy?

Now you don't need coins at all, but before, when you actually put in the coins for each pull, there would be change persons walking around carrying heavy waist belts full of rolls of coins...back problems were the norm. They made change, were vulnerable to quick change artists, robbers, and other thieves eager to rip them off. They paid out the large jackpots with money they were responsible for. Any losses and the change person had to pay it back. Too many losses and they were fired. Customers always wanted the change person to recommend a machine that the change person knew had been hitting frequently, and when you gave them one, and if they hit, you might get a tip, if they didn't hit you would always get the blame. When a customer wanted change they wanted it right now, and if you were not right there the instant they turned on the change light they complained to the Floor Man and you would get chewed out or fired. Never mind you had been busy with ten other customers. Baby sitting customers was what you did, and it was hard work and a thankless job...even dangerous at times. Tips were not unreasonable to expect. Now there is no service.

[Chinga]

I never carry my SS Card, too much risk these days. The few times I have hit a taxable jackpot all they ever did was ask my SS number and never asked to see a card.. so its not a big deal.

Now as for tipping the few times I have hit big, I always tipped the person paying me well. Heck one guy got good tips from me 2 times in a matter of a half hour. 1000 bucks on one machine and 10 mins later 2500 on another.. heh

If they are paying me I toss em a decent tip, since I waited tables for years long ago, I remember what its like to be a tipped employee and really counting on tips.

[jrice]

I will tip the slot attendant on anything above $100. If I win $100 then I'll give them 10 or 15, win $1000 I'll give them 100, etc

Unlike other cities Vegas is a very tip friendly town, I was even tipped while fixing computers and networks--never experienced that before.

[slot attendant]

Originally Posted by FryFishRight

Never Tip Slot Attendants.
They pick up more money off the floor then you can image.

I wish!!! Any money found in our casino gets turned in. If the owner doesnt show, the state gets that money.

[slot attendant]

Originally Posted by brosati

I guess what I’m really looking for are some guidelines. Last week I won a $1400 jackpot on a slot machine. The slot attendant came and took my driver's license and social security card.

A few minutes later, the attendant returned accompanied by two others. One gave me back my license and social security card and had me sign a tax form. He then stepped aside and the original attendant counted out the winnings into my hand.

A third attendant opened the machine, pressed some buttons to reset it, and closed and locked it up again. So of the three people involved in this entire process, who should expect a tip, and how much would be the expected (standard) amount for a $1400 payout?

I assume the guy who gave me the tax forms to sign did the paperwork. I know the attendant who paid me should be tipped, but I’m not so sure what the third guy
expected. I wanted to be fair, but I really didn’t know how much each should get.

So, I gave $60 to the attendant who paid me. I assume she gave each of the other two their fair share of that.

At least at our casino we don't expect a certain amount (i.e. 10%). Mostly we are just appreciative of anyone who tips. I think a $60 tip is perfectly fine. Also remember that the tips are pooled so don't feel you have to tip every person around. Sometimes people get a little greedy and hope that they will get more money by having more people present. I personally don't think thats cool. I think a good guideline to go by is to put yourself in thier shoes as far as how much to give them. If you think you would be happy getting that amount for a tip, chances are they will be to. Like I said, mostly we are just happy people tip, yes we like big tips, but if everyone we paid gave us a buck or two we'd be sittin pretty.

[slot attendant]

Originally Posted by sheriff

NV gaming regulations dictate only jackpots of $1200 or more be documented by casinos. In this day and age of paper casino vouchers, to be hand-paid a $1000 jackpot is inconsistent with their legal procedures. I would not be surprised to hear that prior to hitting the $1000 jackpot, you had no interaction with, or were not provided any service whatsoever by the slot attendant. On a night your lose $200, does the same attendant seek you out to give you a twenty, or such?

In my state, you are correct you don't have to file taxes unless you hit a jackpot of $1200 or more. That doesn't mean you cant have jackpots for less than that amount. You just don't have to pay taxes on those jackpots lower than $1200. So it is not inconsistent with any legal procedures. Each casino gets to dictate what dollar amount slot machines "lock up" for handpays.

[Buzz123]

Originally Posted by dynimagelv

OH....you mean...givin em money......yeh...that too.....



it's the way it is in Vegas......

You gave cows money in Las Vegas? Is that where the expression "tipping cows" comes from?