Dealer Makes Mistake ,What do you do?

Whoa... you would point out a clerk error in your favor at a store or bank, but you wouldnt point out a dealer error in your favor at a casino? Hmmm.

In both cases -- the clerk and the dealer -- their job is on the line. Would you want the clerk or teller at the bank to lose their job over an error to you of, say, a few dollars?

Would you want the dealer in the casino to lose his job over an error to you of a few dollars?

Just a tip for our gentle readers looking for mistake prone dealers. I suggest you visit the fetish-pit at Vegas Club or the equivalent tables at Binions. Not only are the stripper dealers nice to look at but they are known to make the occassional mistake in your favor.

On the downside, I always seem to tip them more than regular dealers. Now that I think about it I'm pretty sure the extra cash I tip them outways the mistakes they make. Do men ever reach an age where they can make prudent judgements without the interference of their penis? Please tell me yes.

I certainly hope not.

If a dealer thinks he may have made a mistake ( and he likes his job ) he can ask the supervisor and surveillance can review. If the sup catches it, same thing. Surveillance is routinely auditing the tables and damn near everything is being filmed, so it's easy to catch the mistakes even after the fact. That said, the guest would likely be asked to repay a mistake depending on the amount, timeliness of the incident, etc., but it is usually within the perview of the supervisor (not the dealer) to waive repayment. The guest would not be in "trouble" per se, but if the amount were sufficient and he refused, he might be barred from play until reparation was made.

In forkush's case, I would leave the table as well, not so much from moral concerns as fear. After the first time, it could be interpreted as collusion, and I imagine the dealer and the player could be prosecuted.

As for penis interference, it continues at least to the age of 62, and probably from there to at least the age of nonviability, even though there is statistically zero chance that men like me would do anything other than go back to the room and make passes at their wives.

Quote from bilbo b
the tables and damn near everything is being filmed, so it's easy to catch the mistakes even after the fact. That said, the guest would likely be asked to repay a mistake depending on the amount, timeliness of the incident, etc.,

My response

If you have given the pit boss your Id or players card . I am sure they can track you. Wouldn't that be interesting to be sitting at home in Boston and you receive a phone call from the Casino that there was an error in payment to you at the Black Jack table. Please . How far would they go?

Negatory Big Ben. The little guy will ALWAYS interfere 'fore he IS the true master of your body. The day he doesn't is the day you are dead.

It's a grey area. A player's card can easily be redflagged so that the next time it is used people will notice. There are thresholds beyond which higher authorities make the call. The issue is not that you ( the guest ) didn't report a mistake, it's about what you do if you are presented with the fact that a mistake has been made.

Agree that the house would be wise to present the player with the situation and try to recover its loss on the spot with no further muss nor fuss. The player would also be wise to plead ignorance and go along with it. However, wise is not always how people act.

The only gray area I ever entered with a dealer involved one who had guessed correctly that I was counting (in a double deck game) and did not tell. I kept counting, but the deck didn't set up right again during the session. Since counting is not a crime, I wasn't afraid of prosecution, and at the level I was playing (green), they weren't likely to bother trying any rough stuff.

This is a rather unusual scenario, and I can not imagine a casino requesting repayment of a wager in error after a player has left the gaming table in good faith and that player is "ignorant" to the mistake.

The potential bad PR among other factors should discourage them.

For practical purposes, how much could we be talking about here, maybe $50 bucks or so? $100?

Larger wagers and limits are usually supervised by a pit boss during play and should have been caught than.

And if an ignorant player demands "proof", the cards are gone. No casino would ever allow a customer to view surveillance video. The abilities of those videos is closely guarded. So there is no "proof" available.

If the customer lost anyway, than that would be really bad PR if the customer caused a scene. If the customer won, same thing. "I won and you try to take away my winnings?" scenario would be equally bad on the gaming floor.

The only situation I could see is if the casino suspected cheating or collusion, and decided to try to back room the player.

Most casinos are going to eat the mistake. They may fire someone over it, but they will not risk causing a scene for a few dollars, especially if the player is "established".

But, they will know who you are in many if not most cases, and may look for you on your next visit, during which you will be made uncomfortable.