Cash gift legally mine? Advice please!

RobertoMoir

el_gringo wrote: »

Can you tell us the name of the casino?

There are a lot of people out there (me included) who won't step foot in a place where staff can't keep tips or tips are used to make up wages.

The OP and the donor have been treated really rather badly, I'm not going to defend the Casino's behaviour there, but can you really not see why tips might be a problem in a place like that?

el_gringo_3

RobertoMoir wrote: »

The OP and the donor have been treated really rather badly, I'm not going to defend the Casino's behaviour there, but can you really not see why tips might be a problem in a place like that?

Yes, but i'd think that if someones going to bribe the staff etc they are going to do it properly. Or the casino had ways to stop this (eg an anonymous tipping service through the house). I've only ever visited caribbean casinos (i'm not a big gambler) and they all seemed fine with it.

Also I saw an episode of Stephen Fry in merica last night where he visited a big name U.S casino and interviewed a croupier, she seemed to suggest that the tips where the reason that the job was so sought after in the first place and why she worked so damn hard (her biggest tip was $5k). Maybe if the OP's former employer had realised this, they would have had far more loyal staff, higher staf retention rates and less staff trying to pull other scams (which might be what one of the Senior staff at OP's former workplace is trying to do).

LinasPilibaitisisbatman

Casinos in the UK are very different in culture though El Gringo

At the end of the day it formed part of the terms that tips were not allowed. It should never have been accepted by the OP. he has no rights to it in law either.

The tip should have been returned to the donor however and it may be the OP wants to question whether this has occurred and if not why not.

It may well be they cant trace the donor and have a policy of retaining them for a period of time before donating to charity.

Who knows. regardless the OP has no right to the tip and was lucky not to be sacked for trying to accept it.