I asked about this at the Venetian and the floorman said dealers may accept personal gifts up to $100 in value. Anything else they may keep for themselves. To answer your second question, dealers are only obligated to share cash tips. If you must make a bet for the dealers, I would put it on the field, saying loudly 'dealers in the field.' Before a come out roll I will try to get a dealer’s attention and then put the tip in front of him, saying 'for the dealers.' I don’t like making pass line tips for the dealers, because I’ve been goaded into tipping extra on the odds, which was more than I intended to offer. As you said, I prefer to give the dealer the tip directly, as opposed to betting it. To make this bet, a player will hand or toss the bet to one of the dealers and say 'two way yo.' However, all the proposition bets are sucker bets, which will cut down the value of the tip by up to 16.7%. For example, a 'two way yo' bet is split 50/50 between the player and dealers. In my experience, most players make proposition bets for the dealers.

Was this the correct protocol for this situation, and if so, what is the logic behind it? If Player ’A’ for some reason simply didn't want to shoot any more, why shouldn’t he be allowed to relinquish the dice? If Player ’B’ picked up the dice because he didn't understand the game, or if the stickman mistakenly put them in front of him, shouldn't the dice go back to ’A’ to finish the hand? After much discussion and head scratching by the dealers and the boxman, the dice were passed to the next player (Player ’C’) who finished the hand (he eventually sevened out).

One of the other players objected, pointing out that ’B’ was not the original shooter. It’s not clear why he did this, or if he even knew ’A’. For the next roll, the player next to ’A’ (Player ’B’) picked up the dice and shot. On his come out roll, Player ’A’ threw a number and established a point. I recently witnessed a situation at the local tribal casino involving protocol at the craps table that puzzled me, and I'm wondering if you clarify it for me.

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