OT-Why do certain LV casinos have alot of foreign born dealers/waitresses?

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Triple digit silver kook
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While in town last week I noticed this.

Certain places have always had alot of Asians working as BJ dealers, but many of them were American-born.

At Barbary Coast night shift, 2/3 (my best guess) of the black jack dealers were foreign females. Mostly from Ethiopia, Cuba, or Serbia. The Cuban dealers were among the worst I have seen in Las Vegas.

Also noticed quite a few cocktail waitresses with foreign accents at several casinos I visited last week.

Are the casinos receiving some type of credit for hiring immigrants or are they the majority of people attending dealer schools?

I realize some of the casinos probably pay crap for wages/tips, but cocktail waitresses at casinos like Mirage, etc probably make hefty cash.

Don't the local people apply for these jobs?

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Asians love to gamble. Both men and women. Asian men love to gamble too much to make it an official job by 'working' at a casino. Asian woman don't mind to mix gambling and work and a lot are pretty hot and have a friendly demeanor that is perfect for something like being a dealer so men don't mind either. American men love to gamble. American women love to shop and eat and bitch at men if they don't get enough money and attention from them. Working in a casino can pay good money but is not 'prestigious' enough for American women who want a career.

As a result of all the above, more asian women work at casinos. The American-born asian women have fathers and grandfathers and uncles and brothers who gamble on everything so it is not looked at as a 'bad' job like some snobby or hypocritical "Americans" would

The American woman who aren't worried about careers work as the cocktail waitresses and strippers.

The other nationalities you mention just gravitate to Vegas because of the allure of money. But like you mention, I can't see the appeal (from the gambler's view) of having a Cuban or Serbian dealer

I am not saying it's right, those are just my observations.
 

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It's the philipino nurse syndrome.

Have you ever been to the Californian downtown? The casino sort of caters to asian clientele, but the funny thing is, there were far more non-asian black-jack dealers than asians, at least the time I was there...

And a blond BJ dealer cleaned my clock that night, but she was damn cute so I kept giving her my money.
 

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I know the place is a dump, but I dont recall seeing a single Asian dealer or gambler at the Barbary Coast.

At Mirage where I stayed, and just about every other casino I have ever been inside had a significant amount of Asian players and workers.

Are there large Ethiopian & Cuban immigrant populations in Las Vegas?
 

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Because VEGAS has lots of jobs for those willing to work.

Very simple.
 

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don't worry about the Asian dealers......What the hell were you doing in the Barbary Coast playing blackjack?:pucking:

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DAWOOFDADDY said:
While in town last week I noticed this.

Certain places have always had alot of Asians working as BJ dealers, but many of them were American-born.

At Barbary Coast night shift, 2/3 (my best guess) of the black jack dealers were foreign females. Mostly from Ethiopia, Cuba, or Serbia. The Cuban dealers were among the worst I have seen in Las Vegas.

Also noticed quite a few cocktail waitresses with foreign accents at several casinos I visited last week.

Are the casinos receiving some type of credit for hiring immigrants or are they the majority of people attending dealer schools?

I realize some of the casinos probably pay crap for wages/tips, but cocktail waitresses at casinos like Mirage, etc probably make hefty cash.

Don't the local people apply for these jobs?

:baba:
 

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I dont care where a dealer is from if they are good at their job. If Americans dont prefer that type of work than its nice to see immigrants have a shot at making a decent living here.

However, it would have angered me if Americans were being shunned from jobs they wanted because of some special program with tax incentives to hire immigrants. Obviously that isnt the situation, so enough said.

One particular female Barbary Coast dealer from Ethiopia was sharp, attractive, and friendly.

Hopefully, she finds her way to a higher paying casino.

Was just curious as to why so many casinos hire foreign women as dealers and if Americans were not being hired.

Thanks for the input t3a...post helped me understand the situation.

Fish, quite the ladies man you have been.

How many from that list were you engaged with among your 6 close-call weddings?

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Dealing, esp. in the "dues paying" stages on your way to working a "rug," is thankless, hard, tedious work. You have to stand all day, use your hands and keep you mind sharp, put up with assholes and drunks, breath smoke, smell b.o., and for the woman, put up with a great deal of sexual harrassment from customers, bosses, co-workers, etc. How many native-born Americans want to put up with that crap? Nah, they would rather be selling timeshares or something less "blue collar." Leave the tedious, hard jobs to the foreigners just happy to be in this country.
 

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Fish, I can think of worse things than having 9 girlfriends, my brotha.

BB, sometimes I prefer slumming. I was waiting to go to the Coasts' after hours club at the casino. Line was outrageous at Jet at Mirage.

Also, there are other benefits of hanging out at low-budget casinos.

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Fishhead said:
Of the 6, five are listed there.

What a life of misery.

Don't you have a daughter? Certainly she would count against your life of misery with the female gender.
 

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Woofdaddy,
From a manager's perspective I can tell you there are many more applicants from minorities than Americans.
I can also tell you that either in the pit (21 and craps) or poker, the foreign-born dealers are about 20 times more reliable than Americans. They will work the shit shifts, not complain, and show up.
Discipline problems with the Asian dealers is about 1 in 20 what it is for a white American dealer. They simply have a better work ethic.

For every 20 auditions I give, 16 are foreign, 3 white, and 1 black.
 

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GD,

Thanks for the post...I was hoping you would read and respond.

It seems like it would be a great job for people wanting to make decent money.

See you a few couple more times this year.

BTW, love the avatar.

:toast:
 

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I'm still trying to convince one of my best friends to move out here, take a halfway decent job and have his pretty wife rake in money as a waitress.
 

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You should try South Lake Tahoe in the summer Woof. Haven't been in a couple years, but all the casinos there were overloaded with foreign talent for many summers. The cashiers were all these attractive Polish girls, all probably right around 21. I asked why they all were there and they said there weren't enough employees so the casinos all applied to special programs to allow these young people the chance to come over and work for the summer. They said a few of them at Harrahs even get the chance to come back permanently based on performance. Remember in our state jobs are hard to fill. Dealing jobs usually not so much, but just about everything else is a struggle to fill with a decent talent. You take what you can get sometimes.
 

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the nightshift waitresses at the stardust were all about 60 years old....wearing those outfits and showing some nasty skin :pucking:
 

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I met a girl from the Cheq Republic this summer that worked in a bar inside a casino...it was so great, after I got done banging her, she would thank me...
 

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A pit boss told me once that asians were looked at as loyal and less likely to unionize.
 

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