New Bill Could Affect Wynn

Steve Wynn has made a career of being ahead of the pack, and these days that is no different. Last summer he announced that as of September 1st the dealers would be sharing their tips with their supervisors. He said that the supervisors work harder than the dealers, and yet they are making on average $40,000 less a year than the dealers are.

With the new system, there is tip sharing, where the dealers share their tips with their supervisors. The dealers are now making almost the same amount (with a less than $10,000 a year difference), and their supervisors are now making about $96,000 a year, a $26,000 annual bump. No dealers have quit over the deal, in fact more dealers work there than ever.

Some people say that what they are doing is unfair to the dealers, but some say it is not. The supervisors were being paid less than the people they are helping, and whenever there is a problem it is the supervisors that have to solve it not the dealers. However, some still disagree, and one of them is Assemblyman Bob Beers.

Beers is trying to get a bill passed, Assembly Bill 357, which would prohibit supervisors from sharing in the tip pool. Beers thinks he stands a better than 50% chance of his bill becoming law, but Wynn says he is not worried about it at all. Many think the bill will not pass, and even if it does they say there is no way that Governor Gibbons would sign it.

Many don’t think that it should pass, as no one is being hurt by the new arrangement, customer service is better than ever, and the dealers actually made the same amount this past February that they did February of last year. So no one is even losing any money, and the casino is doing better than ever.

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