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rake boxes procedures?

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Brian Vickers:
Check with your state or local regulations.  In my state, the rake box and BBJ must be on the same side, with the BBJ in a clear but labeled removable box similar to the dealer toke box, and the actual dealer toke box must be on the other side.  Security collects rake boxes and financing would handled BBJ collecting, with the numbers updated by them the same time each day.  We do not currently have a BBJ in our room, but I was recently looking at the regs as we will likely be adding one soon.

Tony Dunn:
From a dealer point of view and in the interest of customer satisfaction, DO NOT let who ever pulls the boxes interrupt a hand in play. It's very unprofessional and when a player is facing a tough decision there is nothing more frustrating then being distracted and bothered by someone who should be doing what ever they can to make the customer feel at ease. Some rooms, I have been told, have a window of time to pull the boxes or they risk violating gaming regulations. I spoke with my superiors and I've been told it's not true. Put the customers first. The money will still be there if someone has to wait a minute or two at most.   

Nick C:
In the Las Vegas casino's (years ago), each cardroom that I worked in was a 24/7 operation. Security would take the drop box and it would go to the casino count room. Each box was marked; poker, table # and shift:

                                                           POKER GRAVE
                                                           TABLE # 3
Security would start at about 15 minutes before the next shift began, There were two security personel for each procedure, one table at a time. The removed box would be replaced by the empty box for the next shift. I imagine, with the larger cardrooms of today, more than one team of security guards could be used.

 Other rooms have their own count room and dealers stay after their shift and count the drop. As far as I know, the bad beat jackpot could be handled in the same manner as the drop. The regulations governing these procedures may vary from casino to casino.  There will always be multiple employees present, from different departments for confirmation.

Tony Dunn:
You might already have 'em but if you want to cut down on the time that security is stopping the game to pull the boxes, get $2, $3, or $4. It'll keep that boxes from filling up so quickly and you'll only need to pull the boxes once per day. Efficiency = more $!!!

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