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Originally Posted by Quadstriker
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Our toke boxes are locked, completely steel so no looking inside, and are left in the poker room in a cabinet while on break. We cash out in a secured employee only cage room. The only problem with the system is if you get out at 6:00pm when there's a crapton of Poker and BJ dealers all getting off at the same time and you'll be stuck in line for quite some time.
When I first started dealing, I got off at 9PM. The old poker room then was very small, the cage was inside the room and the cage had two drawers. Since dealers had to cash out at the cage and there had to be 2 cashiers on duty to cash out a dealer, if a cashier was on break, we had to wait.
I got up to the window one evening at 9PM and there was only one dealer on duty. The other dealer has gone on break to visit her boyfriend who has a radio at a remote bank in the overflow room. The floor called her on the radio and we could all hear the conversation.
Floor: "You can't take a break at 9PM, you need to come back to the cage now, there are 6 dealers waiting to leave."
Cashier: "When did dealers start leaving at 9PM?"
Floor: "8 months and 5 days ago when the room opened. Get back here now."
It's much better now, a separate room with a dedicated cage and cashier. Unless you EO at an odd time, there is someone to cash you out right away. BJ and poker never cashed out at the same cage. BJ tip pools now so they don't cash out anymore.