In Connecticut, Foxwoods' dealers are earning about $12 / hr. is an (attached sister-property) and the dealers there earn about $4 / hr. Dealers at Ballys in Atlantic City have been earning an hourly 'toke rate' of about $14, coupled with minimum wage, that equates to about $20 per hour or $160 / shift.
At small low-stakes venues it can drop to below $75 / shift. At most properties dealers will be lucky to take home $150 / shift. The wait staff at the latter earn many times what the former earns.Ī cab driver in New York City can earn $300 per day but a cabbie in a small town will not see $100.Ĭurrent economic trends have reduced dealer's earnings but at the swankier casinos dealers can expect to earn around $250 / shift. You can serve food at a diner or you can wait tables in a high class gourmet restaurant. Remember, dealers are employed in a 'service industry' Dealer's earnings There is considerable differences in the earning of dealers - depending on where the dealer is employed.
