MDawg
04-08-2020, 07:46 AM
Nowadays the pit bosses have an iPad looking screen where they first enter how much a player comes to the table with, or draws from his line (basically, how much e starts with), and then along the way, the average observed bet. When a player makes a bet larger than the average that the pit boss has noticed along the way, the pit boss will go to the screen and enter that number into the system. Also, when the player leaves the dealer will ask the player to �color up� his chips to their highest chip denominations, and the pit boss will note exactly what the player left the table with.
The pit boss will then take the average that the system has given him, and the time that the system has logged for that player, and decide exactly what numbers to turn in to the tracking system. There is some judgment here and the numbers that the system has tracked for the player both in terms of average bet and time played are not always exactly what the pit boss turns in - he might round up or down in terms of both average bet, and hours played. So, the system on the ipad is something like a calculator and is not directly connected to the casino's tracking system - the pit boss uses his human judgment to decide what exactly is turned in.
Also, depending on the game, the pit boss might not give the player full credit for actual hours played - for example at midi Baccarat some players will sit there for ten minutes per hand opening the cards. Or, some players might play only one hand out of every ten. Some casinos will give a player one hour of credit for time played for each Baccarat shoe, regardless of how fast or slowly the shoe is played.
In the not so old days, pit bosses would track all this information by hand on a paper notepad, and then turn in the slips at the end of each player's session, but the end result was the same.
Mistakes do happen, for example I described here
MDawg's Recent Win/Loss in Vegas (https://www.truepassage.com/forums/showthread.php/12000-MDawg-s-Recent-Win-Loss-in-Vegas?p=40988#post40988)
how the pit boss missed two $1000. wins of mine on two separate sessions, and a player might deliberately try to roll some chips off the table, but...why? If you win anything sizable it is not possible to make it seem like a loss, and if you win, all you really care about is having a high average bet versus high time play recorded to maximize your comps.
As well a player who loses is not going to be able to make it seem like a win, and will be more concerned with making sure the full loss is recorded, again, for the purpose of maximizing comps.
The pit boss will then take the average that the system has given him, and the time that the system has logged for that player, and decide exactly what numbers to turn in to the tracking system. There is some judgment here and the numbers that the system has tracked for the player both in terms of average bet and time played are not always exactly what the pit boss turns in - he might round up or down in terms of both average bet, and hours played. So, the system on the ipad is something like a calculator and is not directly connected to the casino's tracking system - the pit boss uses his human judgment to decide what exactly is turned in.
Also, depending on the game, the pit boss might not give the player full credit for actual hours played - for example at midi Baccarat some players will sit there for ten minutes per hand opening the cards. Or, some players might play only one hand out of every ten. Some casinos will give a player one hour of credit for time played for each Baccarat shoe, regardless of how fast or slowly the shoe is played.
In the not so old days, pit bosses would track all this information by hand on a paper notepad, and then turn in the slips at the end of each player's session, but the end result was the same.
Mistakes do happen, for example I described here
MDawg's Recent Win/Loss in Vegas (https://www.truepassage.com/forums/showthread.php/12000-MDawg-s-Recent-Win-Loss-in-Vegas?p=40988#post40988)
how the pit boss missed two $1000. wins of mine on two separate sessions, and a player might deliberately try to roll some chips off the table, but...why? If you win anything sizable it is not possible to make it seem like a loss, and if you win, all you really care about is having a high average bet versus high time play recorded to maximize your comps.
As well a player who loses is not going to be able to make it seem like a win, and will be more concerned with making sure the full loss is recorded, again, for the purpose of maximizing comps.