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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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