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I'm already paying them for the privelage of playing at their establishment. The dealers should stick up for themselves if they're not receiving a fair wage. I'd back them on that.

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If the casinos paid the dealers "a fair wage", they would increase the rake to pay for it. You want to back them on that? And I'd be willing to bet that the total cost to the playing community would be higher than it is now if tipping was replaced with higher wages.

Also, with a higher wage and little or no tipping, bad dealers make as much as good dealers, all paid for by the players.

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At the casino, I never tip. Maybe I'm a jerk, but I just don't see the point.

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The point is that tipping is an economic reality, just like tipping waiters. It is paying for services on the honor system. If you don't tip, you are taking services without paying for them.

I don't like tipping, but I do, for several reasons. One is that I know that the dealers work for tips; that's the system, and I feel that I am implicitly agreeing to the system when I sit at the table. Another is that I would feel like a jerk if I stiffed a good dealer just for the principle of not tipping.