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In the 1960's, there were some games that were called "snatch and grab" where the dealer made change out of their tray to rake the game, and there was no drop box on the game. If you were drunk or totally oblivious, you were in trouble. The dealer might rake 10%, 20% - whatever they thought they could get away with.

Game limit and type were not usually different, although at Harrah's in Reno, the stud game went to a $3 max while the hold'em game stayed at a $2 max for a long time. Standard rake when I started playing (1979) was 5% up to $2 and they took 50 cents each time the pot reached or increased by $10. In the mid '80's, games in Vegas were 5% to $3 and then later 10% to $3 with games in Reno/Tahoe following suit in the late 1980's and early '90's. There were a few places where the rake had already increased to $3, but that was the exception.

Considering the rise in inflation, the current 10% to $4 or $5 is not a bad increase over the past 10 years.

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