Tales from Casino Dealers

These are true stories from casino dealers around the USA

Sweet Winnings :
Okay I don't normally tell stories but this one I've got to. This actually happened and it happened tonight at our casino.

Dealer is dealing at a $5 BJ table. A normal looking not impaired individual sits down. The lady reaches into her purse and puts down a quarter, an actual quarter .25 into the spot. The dealer notices during his hand sweep thinking that it's funny bypasses her and deals around. He's dealing the hand and notices that the lady is reaching into her purse, assuming she's getting more money, but also notices that she is kinda fiddling around. He finishes his round and starts the hand sweep, looking at her spot and to his amazement (sorta in shock) notices she has added to her bet.....THREE MENTOS, you know....the candy. Thinking that she is just trying to be funny (and trying not to laugh himself) deals around. She gets upset and calls the pit boss over and says to him " your dealer didn't deal me in the last 2 rounds...why?" She was serious. The pit boss looks over and to his amazement he looks and sees a .25 and 3 mentos. "well lady we can't take candy in a casino". So he calls the other pit boss over to look at her bet and the pit boss was shocked and speechless, he just shrugged and said "I dunno" with a confused look on his face. The lady took her bet and left.

Needless to say we nearly pissed ourselves laughing on our smoke break. They said there seemed to be nothing wrong her. And how would you pay that if it was a blackjack. .25 black with 3 mentos pays 4 1/2 mentos and .37 1/2 cents.

Some People:
When I worked at Slots-A-Fun, we saw all kinds of stuff.....one that I remembered after reading yours was this guy who was playing at the dollar table which is near the front of the casino. He was playing what he had left because his wife was out in the front with their baby in the stroller. The wife was getting pissed at having to wait. He puts up a bet for 93 dollars. What does he get...I know we all know...Aces. Of course he wants to split the aces, but doesn't have the money to do so. So he says, "hang on, my wife has the money". The floor tells me to hang on a sec. The man runs outside, I see him arguing with the wife...then he takes the gold ID bracelet off the Babys arm and runs back and puts it next to the bet. I almost died laughing. He really thought this would be a legal bet. Needless to say, he lost the hand after the floor (through gales of laughter) told the guy it is not a bet and instructed me to hit the hand. I just could not believe that he took the baby's bracelet.

No Brainer:
I am sure a couple of my fellow employees will recognize this story, but it is too stupid not to post....Happened over the weekend, and is good for a laugh. Also is a good story for newbies out there to see what kind of geniuses play at a casino. A guy playing Spanish 21 up the middle, 2 hands. Gets a blackjack and a hard 20. Dealer pays the BJ, and heads to first base. Guy takes 5 bucks off his blackjack, and then ADDS it to his hard 20. (Dealer missed the post-press).

Dealer then pulls 21, and takes the post-pressed bet. Player then throws a FIT because he ILLEGALLY capped his bet, and should get his 5 bucks back. He demands to see the Boss, who immediately is called over and explains what bad things will happen to him if he tries that stunt again.