The two
other dealers, like the stickman, are part of
the crew that staffs the table. They remain standing
during play and wear the house uniform. Each standing
dealer is in charge of one end section of the
layout and deals directly with the players in
that section of the table. A dealer's dudes are
as follows.
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When
a player first arrives at the table, the
dealer will convert the player's cash to
casino chips by turning over the cash to
the boxman. After the boxman counts the
money, the player will be given the correct
number of casino chips. If a gambler has
credit at the casino, the dealer will give
him chips to bet with after his credit is
approved. |
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During
the course of play, if a gambler wants to
change his chips for those of lower or higher
denominations, known as "changing color,"
the dealer will do this for him. |
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After
a point is established on the come-out roll,
the dealer will move a plastic disk (also
known as a buck) to the corner box number
to indicate that this number is the point. |
If a new
shooter is coming out, or if there is a new come
out roll, he will move the disk to the don't come
box, leaving it there. This disk is sometimes
black on one side and white on the other. When
it is on its black side in the don't come box,
this indicates that no point has been established
and the roll is a come-out roll. When it is on
its white side in a box number, that number is
the point.
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The
dealer will pay off all winning bets and
remove all losing bets made on the layout
in his section of the craps table. |
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If
a come or don't come bet has been made,
he will place that bet and all odds bets
in the correct box. If these bets should
win, he pays them off and takes them down.
If these bets lose, he removes them and
takes the chips for the casino. |
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He
will handle all place bets, keeping track
of them in correct sequence so that the
appropriate players will be properly paid
off should their numbers repeat. |
In addition
to this basic staff, there may be other casino
personnel hovering around a craps table. In the
smaller clubs and in the Northern Nevada casinos
which get little play at the craps table, the
player may see none but the crew and the boxman.
However, on the Strip in Las Vegas and in clubs
that get heavy action at the craps tables, there
will be at least one floorman watching the play.
This floorman may merely supervise the game, or
he may be involved watching the play of junket
members to make certain that they give the casino
sufficient play to warrant all the free services
that the house offers them (see the section on
junkets for a fuller explanation of services and
supervision).
If a player has credit at the casino, it is the
ftoorman who will verify it by having the pit
bookkeeper call the credit manager or the cashier's
cage. In some of the more modem casinos he may
quickly verify it by use of a computer placed
in the craps pit. The floorman is a casino executive
and is usually dressed in a suit or a sports jacket.
He ranks above the boxman, but below the pit boss.
The pit boss is in charge of all the craps tables
in the pit. The term pit is used to designate
an area inside a cluster of gaming tables, and
this area is the pit boss's exclusive domain.
The pit boss supervises the dealers, boxmen, and
floormen under his control.
Most casinos, even some of the larger ones on
the Strip in Las Vegas, have only one craps pit.
However, other casinos with huge floor space,
such as Harrah's and Harold's Club in Reno, may
have several craps pits in their casino, each
under the supervision of an individual pit boss.