Wynn Blackjack Dealer Salary

The average Blackjack Dealer salary in Fort Wayne, IN is $16,595 as of October 28, 2020, but the range typically falls between $15,068 and $18,284. Salary ranges can vary widely depending on many important factors, including education, certifications, additional skills, the number of years you have spent in your profession. With more online.

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• Yearly salary of a professional blackjack player

What is the salary of a professional blackjack player? It’s a common question I hear, but what would seem like a simple enough question actually has a fairly complex answer. First of all, the term “blackjack player salary” isn’t quite appropriate. Professional blackjack players don’t make a set amount of money every month like a salaried employee does. Playing blackjack for a living is more like owning your own business or working for 100% commission. Therefore different professional players make different amounts of money based on many varying factors. Some of the more obvious factors being the stakes the played at, the amount of time spent playing and the skill level of the player. There are also many less obvious factors involved in determining how much money a professional player will make. I’m not going to cover all of them here, but just a few of these additional variables include the quality of the blackjack games played, the card counting system used and the size of the player’s betting spread.

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2. Answer 1 of 9: From Aug. 23rd Las Vegas Review Journal newspaper: 'Wynn Las Vegas dealers are the highest- paid dealers in the city, averaging about $100,000 per year in salary and tip earnings.
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4. The average salary for a Casino Dealer is $17.45 per hour in Las Vegas, NV. Learn about salaries, benefits, salary satisfaction and where you could earn the most.

The “Salary” (Income) of a Pro Blackjack Player

Blackjack Player EarningsEvery blackjack player has a theoretical “expected value” of their play. When you bet $100 on a hand, you’re going to win or lose $100 (assuming you don’t push, double, split, surrender or get a blackjack). However, over time there’s an average value of that hand. In card counting, high positive counts create a positive expected value for a card counter and negative counts create a negative expected value. Knowing this, and knowing how to take advantage of this, is the foundation of how professional blackjack players are able to make money.

So exactly what is the total overall expected value for a professional blackjack player? Check out the examples below to get an idea. For simplicity I’m going to do some rounding off and I’ll assume only one hand is being played with all counts being played through (no backing out on negative counts).

Needless to say, changing any of the variables listed would alter the expected value of an hour played. Now let’s assume for simplicity that a professional blackjack player played each of these scenarios for 5 hours per week. That’s a respectable 15-hour work week (nice, right?). Here’s what the 15 hours per week would yield in theoretical expected value…

(5 hours X $390) + (5 hours X $285) + (5 hours X $275) = $4,750 per week

$4,750 X 4 weeks = $19,000 per month

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Okay, so in this example you’re looking at $19,000 per month, which would then be $228,000 per year if you played for 12 months. These numbers are theoretical, meaning that your reality will not be exactly there. You might overshoot your theoretical (gotta love that) or you might fall short (not as fun). However, if you play enough hours it all pans out over time, or at least your results will be in the ball park of your theoretical earnings. Getting it all in cash is nice too.

If you’re contemplating a career as a professional blackjack player, you have to understand your own personal circumstances. You might play more or less hours than this. You might play higher quality or lower quality games. You might not have a very high skill level or you might play at higher or lower stakes. You also need to know what kind of bankroll can handle these levels of action, but that’s not something I’m going to get into here. This is just a teaser to show you the potential of a skilled blackjack player rather than a guide on how to actually reach these numbers. If you want to know everything that goes into being highly successful, you’re going to need to do more than just read a few pages off a website. You might want to consider my next blackjack class. I apologize for the shameless plug, but whether you want to become a professional player or just make some extra cash on the weekends, my class is definitely a smart investment.

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Summary of What Happened

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Starting in 2006, one year after the Wynn hotel & casino opened, Steve Wynn had a meeting with dealers and management about a salary discrepancy. At the time the dealers were making $80,000 per year and their bosses, the floormen, only made $60,000 per year. Everyone was in agreement that the floormen needed a raise. Wynn moved the floormen from salary to hourly, plus a $19 raise per hour, plus a percentage of the dealer’s tokes. This was where the controversy started. There was a policy in the employee handbook (and it is a standard policy everywhere) that says 'No policy concerning tips can be changed without a vote from the dealers.' Steve Wynn had the language removed and there was never a vote. Steve Wynn dismantled the Toke Committee and instead of the dealers handling their own money, now the casino had the dealer’s tips under lock and key. The dealers could no longer count their own money, they couldn’t watch their tips being counted in person (now the soft count does it) and the dealers have no say in any of the process. Other employees take care of it all and the dealers can’t tell if anyone is stealing their tokes. The dealers couldn’t believe that Wynn forced them to use their tip money to pay their bosses. In 2008 the tip pooling policy was expanded to the Encore.
Supervisors never wanted this change. Wynn decided this without any say from employees. The floormen went from making $60,000 per year to making $90,000 per year and the dealers went from $80,000 per year to $55,000 per year. With this new policy Wynn is saving money by using the dealer’s tips to pay the salary of his employees; which is a direct benefit to Wynn. (Sun) A large number of dealers complained to the Labor Commissioner but he said it wasn’t his jurisdiction. So a couple dealers sued Wynn and took it all the way to the Nevada Supreme Court. The judge told them 'This isn’t our jurisdiction. You need to speak to the Labor Commissioner.' (Sun) So the dealers went back to the Labor Commissioner for a second time and, in 2010, he decided, 'Wynn has broken no laws due to the fact that the company didn't retain the tips and instead redistributed them to employees. Nor did the company gain any direct financial benefit, so they can continue with the policy.' (Sun) So the dealers took the case back to court to appeal the ruling. (VegasInc)
During 2010, two groups tried to put an initiative petition on the election ballot, the first group was PEST (Prevent Employers from Seizing Tips) and the second group was We the People Nevada. Unfortunately, Secretary of State Ross Miller ruled that the petition was defective and would not be put on the ballot; and the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld his decision. (Sun)
In November 2011, the district court judge ruled that the controversial tip policy did not comply with Nevada law. The judge also ruled that Nevada's labor commissioner, Michael Tanchek, erred when he found that the tip-pooling policy didn't violate state law. The judge determined that the $5 million per year that was being redirected from the dealers to management was in fact a direct benefit to Wynn, who does not have to pay the salary increase. Wynn's lawyer appealed the ruling and the case will now go before the Nevada Supreme Court. (Sun)
Wynn also expanded this policy so it affects non-dealers, such as bartenders and cocktail waitresses. Starting in 2006 union workers from Wynn's Tryst and XS nightclubs sued Wynn over violation of their labor agreement between Wynn and the Culinary Union. Wynn forced the union-covered nightclub employees to share their tips with management. The lawsuit was seeking to stop this policy by requesting an account of all money taken from the employees and seeking that those 'misappropriated gratuities' are returned. (Sun , 2)
This tip-sharing point system changes at management's discretion, according to how much is collected and how many employees work per night. Because management divides the tips at the end of the night, workers say they don't know who gets what or how much ends up in the managers' envelopes. (Sun) When the union contract was originally signed, the language gave the waitresses and bartenders limited rights. They were allowed to form a toke committee which was run by their peers and they were allowed to vote on certain issues. However, when the toke committee voted against allowing managers to share their tips Wynn rejected the vote. When the committee demanded that their tips be kept in a public location monitered by surveillance, that vote was also rejected by management. The tokes are being kept in a private office where anyone can have access to the thousands of dollars worth of tips stored there. (Sun) In July 2011, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by a group of nightclub workers protesting the controversial policy. Wynn's attorneys argued that these disputes should be settled in an arbitration procedure as required by the workers' labor contract and the judge agreed. (Sun)
In November of 2011, the dealers lawsuit was taken to a District Court Judge, who determined that the Labor Commissioner erred in his desicion. Wynn's tip-pooling policy does violate state law. Wynn is expected to appeal this decision. (Sun) In 2013, a 2nd lawsuit while filed against Wynn and this only affects dealers who started working after May 2011. It does not replace the 1st lawsuit, which is currently on appeal.
In 2016, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Wynn, saying that businesses cannot collect employees tips. This was a big win for the dealers. The 9th Circuit said the rule was 'reasonable' and consistent with Congress's goal of ensuring tips stay with employees who receive them. (Sun)
After the hearing, Wynn filed a petition asking for either a rehearing by the Appeals Court panel or a rehearing by the full court. The request was denied. The Federal Appeals Court will not reconsider its decision. Kamer said he is “fairly confident” his client will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. (LVRJ)

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