Re: Why are Las Vegas cabbies so weird about tips?
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Almost every dealer prefers tips as bets - chance for double the tip!
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god they're so dumb.
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Lol it's true though, almost every dealer will tell you they prefer the action.
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IME (somewhat limited) people tip MORE when they are giving the tips as bets, and therefore the dealers are NOT dumb for prefering this.
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Many times, I have had a $5 chip and said, "You want the tip now or should I gamble it for you next hand" and they usually accept the latter offer.
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I've seen that, too. The dealer says to gamble it, they win. Then the next hand the guy is all excited about how fun that was gambling for the dealer so he tips another $5 just to do it again. Etc. Or, they lose, and the guy feels bad that he lost the dealer's tip so the next hand he puts down a $10 and goes "double or nothing". Or whatever. Just the general feeling of action and gambling seems to increase the tips. It's like giving action to get action. No one wants to tip a nitty dealer. You want to tip a dealer who participates in the fun and creates more action.
Not saying that the dealers really do it for a rational purpose, but I really don't think it's very -EV for them, if at all, due to this observation.
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