[MicroBob]

well...regular dealers are 'tip-oriented' too.

Usually it's something like a base hourly wahe of $5.50...and then the pool tip-rate is somewhere around $12-$17/hr on top of that (depending on where you deal).

So now that I think about it....they might be paying all their blackjack dealers just the regular hourly-wage without the tip-rate too.


I know a couple of blackjack dealers at the Grand and Horseshoe in Tunica. When I head down there next I'll see if they've heard any rumors as to how much the out-of-work gulf-coast dealers are getting.


Also - many many dealers are just technically part-time (even though they are working 32-40 hours a week they don't get regular health-insurance for example).
So it's possible that they are only taking care of the full-timers....which certainly does not include all dealers.