The amount to tip a slot attendant is a constant argument i have with
many people. Since the 'jackpot' amount is determined by the casino
and in some circumstances by the slot attendants input the tip should
not be just an automatic occurrence. In one casino i have played in
the jackpots are set at anything over $100 on a nickel machine. So if
you win $150 dollars it is a hand paid and people then tip. Other
casino's nickel machines don't go into lock-up jackpot unless the
nickel game pays $500 or more. So the whole jackpot event is
determined by marketing excitement in the casino. It has nothing to
do with luck or anything else. It is known as a 'point of contact'
and is intended to induce a higher level of adrenaline and increase
the likelihood of developing a loyal customer. In reality it
generally is the first step in someone developing a gambling problem.
Also when machines had coins it was also used to prevent the needless
re-filling of the hopper when a win was bigger than the capacity.
Slot attendants are already paid like regular employees and not like
wait staff. So when you tip them you are including them in your
winnings even though they have nothing to do with the outcome. They
only suggest lower jackpot lock-ups to increase tips. They never have
any input on where the loose machines are placed nor do they ever
share in your losses. The tipping of a slot attendant seems rather
silly and pointless. The person tipping is excited by the ringing of
a bell and some flashing candle light. Whoopeee! This whole event is
a set up. Tipping on this makes the jackpot recipient look like a
fool. I have witnessed people put 25 grand in a machine, win a 20
grand royal and then tip 400 dollars.???
Anyways my policy is to tip only when I have received excellent
service throughout the evening where i have won many jackpots, the
attendant has paid me more than twice and has never lost enthusiasm
and service when earlier denied a tip.
Try it sometime. Get some hand pays and don't tip. See what happens.
The money still comes and the machines don't get any tighter.
Just my opinion.
Who started this tipping business to people who come around to pay
you when you win back some of your losses? I understand Bob Dancer or
Jean Frugal or Strictly Slots or Casino Player touting us to tip
everyone, because their livelihood depends on casinos, and they will
be treated well for endorsing tipping these employees.
We all know that waitresses aren't paid much,and are expecting tips
(although since ticket-in, ticket out, the tip which used to be a
couple of quarters from the tray, has evolved into a buck a drink,
gving these waitresses a higher income than most teachers.
However, don't these personnel who hand-pay jackpots, make a decent
salary? Why would they expect us to give up part of our small (below
100%) return to them? We go from casino to casino looking for .25%
increase in return. We are thrilled to play 9/6 JOB, which returns
only 99.54% (including a normal amount of royal flushes), yet we are
touted to give away anywhere from .5% to 1% of our return on the
occasion of hitting a jackpot. It doesn't seem to make sense. That
jackpot is part of the 99.54%, not an extra bonus.
Next they will start telling us to tip the cashier who cashes the
ticket, leave some money in a cup atop the machine that cashes out
the tickets, or tip the security guard who says good morning when you
enter the casino.
Tipping these people makes sense for Jean Frugal or Bob Dancer. It
doesn't make sense for a person losing hundreds of dollars per trip.
I would rather give something to my fellow vp player who is having an
unlucky day, than to give it to a decently paid worker who is just
doing her job.
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Louis Mogol" <LouMogol@...> wrote:
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