Ever gotten a tip off a player?

[trick-r-treat]

I think I can see why you wouldn't be able to take tips - they are probably afraid that you would try to help the tipper win some kind of way.

[vicki2]

Well, imo, tips are made after the evening is over, and a staff member doesn't necessarily know who will tip and who won't. If I win a large scratch ticket at the local tobacco shop, I've always tipped the cashier a little. Only seems right to share.

[tater03]

Boy, do I feel dumb now. I never even thought about that kind of tip when I read the post. I have never thought about a tip before. I have never seen it done where I go. Thanks again for the clarification.

[Dio]

Basically we could have been in real trouble if we'd have been caught taking tips - it was really against the rules of not only the club, but the chain. But we did take them, normally the tippers knew they had to be discreet about it.

[vicki2]

Why should a bingo hall be different from a casino, where it is commonly done? At the end of an evening, it seems a nice thing to do.

[trick-r-treat]

So, you actually tip people in the casino's? I can the servers and all of that, but I didn't know you were supposed to tip anyone else. Well, the most "gambling" I have done is to play Bingo and maybe the lottery every now and then.

[vicki2]

Absolutely. They're service people too. Here's a good article about how and why.

http://casinogambling.about.com/od/c.../a/tipping.htm

[tater03]

I never realized it either. I tip like the above poster said the servers but never thought about anyone else. Boy, I must have come off as cheap over the years. Not that I have ever won except once that was a good amount.

[vicki2]

I think it's just one of those live and learn things. I've not always tipped ...sometimes, and mostly, because there's nothing to tip! LOL.

[Madge]

You are not supposed to take tips from customers not even sweets or anything as basically it is seen as taking a bribe eg customer gives you some money that same night they win on the link or national get my drift But at the same time ppl who do have a big win like some nice old regular in our club won over £100,000 the other month she brought all the staff a box of celebrations each