I cannot envision how he could have executed the theft. Toke box is right next to dealers leg. Poker players are generally pretty alert to what is happening at the table.
Regardless, the story got me to reminiscing about tips.
Foxwoods pools dealer tips unlike Mohegan. Hate that but it's an endless discussion.
I used to grind poker all night after arriving late in evening. Early morning, say around 5am, I would reward myself with craps upstairs if I had done well.
I love craps after the boredom, stress, needling and head games of the poker table. Early morning offered a cheap game - $5 minimum and in later years sometimes $2.
The early morning crowd was a regular crew of hard core players. Great crew and the comradery was always a relief. Craps is fun as most players are generally rooting for the same outcome.
Point of my story
Often at 4-5am, four or five dealers would bring all the tips accrued the previous day to one of the empty craps tables nearby and dump them on the felt.. No security standing by!
The tips would fill the table to several inches in depth. Absolutely a spectacular multicolored site. The dealers would then set about assembling chip denominations.
There were often broke degens from the night hanging around the crap table looking for handouts and killing time for new ATM cycle or busses.
We used to challenge these guys to swan dive into the chips - how much would it take?
Can't believe I never took a picture of the crap table full of chips.
If you were a thief that shoulda been your target.
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