![]() ![]() One night the police entered the casino and escorted this dealer out in handcuffs. Eventually, surveillance confirmed that this dealer was funneling chips into his box that he should not have and thus earning a huge income. 2010, a married dealer from China whose English was poor (and thus had questionable rapport with players) somehow managed to record the most tokes on swing shift on almost every shift he worked for at least ten weeks. and the term was also used in go-for-your-own casinos where dealers kept their individual tokes.Īt Fortune Valley Casino (since renamed) in Central City, Colorado, each dealer had his/her own clear-plastic toke box The chips from the box were turned in by each dealer at a cashier window at the end of the shift and 100 percent of the chips' value was paid to each individual dealer.Īt Fortune Valley c. ![]() ![]() Tokes was a term commonly used in casinos where I dealt where the dealer table income was shared on a given shift. tokes meant (1) straight tips to the dealer plus the more common placing of a bet for the dealer regardless of whether the dealer bet won, or (2) a shift's total of winning for-the-dealer bets (the bet plus the house payoff) plus straight tips. During my years as a dealer in CO, CT, MN, NM and PA (1991-2012). ![]()
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