N.Y. Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law § 1337: Gratuities

§ 1337. Gratuities. 1. It shall be unlawful for any casino key

employee or boxman, floorman, or any other gaming employee who shall

serve in a supervisory position to solicit or accept, and for any other

gaming employee to solicit, any tip or gratuity from any player or

patron at the gaming facility where he is employed.

2. A dealer may accept tips or gratuities from a patron at the table

at which such dealer is conducting play, subject to the provisions of

this section. All such tips or gratuities shall be immediately deposited

in a lockbox reserved for that purpose, unless the tip or gratuity is

authorized by a patron utilizing an automated wagering system approved

by the commission. All tips or gratuities shall be accounted for, and

placed in a pool for distribution pro rata among the dealers, with the

distribution based upon the number of hours each dealer has worked,

except that the commission may, by regulation, permit a separate pool to

be established for dealers in the game of poker, or may permit tips or

gratuities to be retained by individual dealers in the game of poker.

3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,

a gaming facility licensee may require that a percentage of the prize

pool offered to participants pursuant to an authorized poker tournament

be withheld for distribution to the tournament dealers as tips or

gratuities as the commission by regulation may approve.