Dealer advice

Friendly advice from dealers:

Guess what? There is more pussy on the wheel than craps! Learn roulette!

When ever they would close a craps table (I work swing) most of us would go to blackjack for the remaining hour or two of the shift. I forced myself not just to 'muck' the game but to learn as much as I could. It's like dealing props all the time. The game keeps you on your toes. I invariably learned to deal roulette right there in the casino.

Frank craps dealer LV

When I got hired at Beau Rivage it was only because I knew the how to get around the wheel. I had dealt dice only for a long time in Vegas and wanted to move back down south where I'm from. I remember the shift manager telling me the only reason why I was hired was because of the wheel. I still deal craps mind you, but knowing roulette or at least the basics is what got me the job. There were others that could deal dice and bj, but I was the only one at those auditions that knew roulette. So in hind sight it was a good thing I learned the basics of the game in LV before I came home.

TOM craps dealer

MGM Grand 1995. I go to work and when I get there I browse at the master schedule. On Thursday I'm dealing roulette. On the floor I inform the shift manager that I'm a craps dealer and I'm scheduled for roulette on Thursday and I've never dealt roulette, so you need to change the schedule. He puts on his glasses, looks at the schedule and says " Nope that's you right here, roulette on Thursday" I explain the situation again and he puts on his reading glasses, looks at the schedule and says "well let's see, ah here you are.......

Guess what?

Scott, craps dealer LV

Roulette, to me, falls in the category of game that lends itself to the prestige of the "casino". Any movie I ever saw involving gambling had a wheel in the background. The beauty of roulette, is that its a simple game with a simple premise: Have a chip somewhere in relation to the number the ball lands on.
The number one ability a dealer has to master with this game is pace. The math, once learned, is easy.
If you have a packed table, with multi-colored towers, the game will go much slower thus enabling the dealer to "get to know" the customers (translating into potential tokes).
Placing bets for people who can't reach their numbers, remembering the numbers they place for future spins, calling out the number you want to hit (especially effective if everyone on the table is betting on the same number-and encouraging those who aren't playing the favorite number, to do so, so you won't be accused of playing favorites) are all harmless means of engaging in friendly customer service.
On a table where there are not as many players, attention to their betting styles, knowing approximately how much they want to bet in a spin, and keeping the ball spinning, are all aspects to keeping your players on the table.
Roulette is also a good game for the beginner gambler - it is less intimidating than the other games, if for any other reason - their actions do not affect other players.
It's a self explanatory game involving minimal instruction on how to play.
My record in roulette is in 13 spins, 6 numbers were back to back. (one number snuck in there to ruin the streak)

Veronica, Dealer Canada

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