Casino Employees

Dealers becoming gambling addicts themselves is an oxymoron. You would think they would know BETTER than to gamble after seeing the despair on their customer's faces, but no. I remember a guy saying another guy had put his MORTGAGE money on the table and said to the guy he was playing with something like,"Holy crap! Win this game or I am going to be homeless!" (It was one of the "One person loses, the whole table loses," type of game.)Luckily the dealer lost, so they both won. The guy said something like,"I knew that was my cue to stop playing. I got my chips, and cashed out. I shuddered to think of what would have happened to the guy who bet his mortgage had the dealer won." I am sure that dealers see customers playing their mortgage money constantly and see the despair and desperation on their faces. Why would a dealer gamble after seeing so many customers in despair and desperation?

" I am sure that dealers see customers playing their mortgage money constantly and see the despair and desperation on their faces. Why would a dealer gamble after seeing so many customers in despair and desperation?"

Kentry: My guess is that dealers also see people winning large amounts of money too. Of course, it doesn't mean they were really big winners permanently; they probably lost it back later......However, it does make a spectator dream that they could do the same thing......I know when I have had the opportunity to watch high rollers bet thousands at a time, and win, it used to make me envious and dream that it could be me.

However, now that I have learned a thing or two, I don't have the same dream or envy anymore, because I know it is most probably just temporary, because a gambler will continue to gamble, whether it's the next day, the next week, or the next month......He will never think of quitting unless he sees it as a problem, and makes a determination to quit forever.

a ga member stated they couldn't exclude because they wanted to work at new local casino -- for the love of it all

so many employees I came to know had love of gambling, addicts? -- perhaps

the jackpot attendants who doled out the thousands and thousands of bills daily -- I could see how the delusion in them built up too

the attendant who would always have me touch her "lucky turtle" ring -- which I later determined turned my luck bad (gambling mo jo hijacked haha) -- so I would avoid her

over tipping the attendants -- perceiving that my "generosity" would garner more good luck

attendants saying kindly, softly "should you take a break?"

walking out with zippy after many jackpots knowing I tipped out so much while I left w/ nothing, because I did not stop

the host relationships, seeing them use me and me trying to "use" them for all I could get

wanting to get a craps attend. fired in Tahoe for what I deemed as "unkind" comments

trying to charge me for drinks until I produced that "high" level bs card where red carpet rolls and top shelf pours free

it's all bs it's all vapid a spiral of illusion and theft

not today

uskat wrote:attendants saying kindly, softly "should you take a break?"

That is a rare thing at a casino, at least in my experience. Only once did a casino employee approach me on the slots floor and ask how I was doing (with concern in her voice, I had been there 24 hours). If casinos really wanted to prevent so called "irresponsible gaming," they would have that kind of checking-in as a regular part of their protocol. They would also have a place where patrons could go, a "time-out" room or something, staffed by a trained mental health employee, so that crazed gamblers could come down from their "on tilt" benders and gain some peace. Of course, we know why this doesn't happen. The casinos and the government itself don't really care how many people they hurt to get their profits.

uskat wrote:it's all bs it's all vapid a spiral of illusion and theft

Yes. Over time, any thinking person, including the employees, watching patrons win big and then lose bigger would have to recognize the futility of it all. Such a sad environment.