If you keep them up they have a chance to win multiple times on the same bet. Personally, I like 'player control' bets because some house force the dealers to drop the bet and winnings if they're not player controlled. Give them a chance to profit on it too, because they'll be working harder and looking out for your interests. If you're on a heater then bet more often. Then, just so you'll have something to remind you to keep on betting for them, toss in another bet at every stick change.

So immediately upon buying in make a bet for the dealers to let them know up front that you're on their side.

Dealer bets are not only to reward good service, they're to encourage good service. I’m making my first ever trip to Vegas in January and I’ll be interested in seeing how they handle the 6/8 dealer payouts.Įarly and often. May as well see if you can catch some come out 7s and 11s for them if they’re only gonna get paid even money anyway.

Since this is only 1 to 1/even money and obviously WORSE than the actual odds, I started moving my tips to $1 pass line bets instead. The only casinos I’ve ever been to that didn’t pay the dealers 2 to 1 were the two Seneca casinos (Niagara Falls and Allegany) in upstate NY, which instead paid them $1 for each hit. Between that and the fact that the 6/8 obviously just hit pretty often in general, I think it’s a great way to tip them and I don’t know why more people don’t do it. So it ends up being an edge for the dealers. Obviously this is much better than both the normal 7 to 6 payout for a 6/8 place bet, and it’s even better than the true 6 to 5 odds. This means they get paid 2 to 1 on a 6 or 8. At almost every casino I’ve ever been to- all the Atlantic City ones for sure, plus Foxwoods and a few others- the dealers pay themselves $2 when this hits. It seems like most people in that situation prefer to do two-way bets on the hardways and/or horn numbers, and I’ll do that once in a blue moon if I’m actually playing them (rarely, only when I’m up quite a bit already).īut generally, I prefer to place the 6 & 8 for the dealers, and here’s why: something I’m not sure many craps players know about is how these bets get paid. Pretty simple question here- if you prefer to tip by “betting for the boys” (rather than just hand ins) how do you personally choose to do so?Īs a pretty low roller, I only bet for them in $2 increments usually (unless I’m way up obviously).

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