Originally Posted by jbjb View Post
For the record, I'm not a fan of tipping either. But I don't see a difference between a waitress carrying your food to you and a slot attendant carrying your cash to you.
Here's the difference: as a restaurant customer, you're REQUESTING a certain service be performed by the employee. As a casino customer who hits a handpay, you're not requesting a service of any kind, but it is in fact only a government requirement that your play be held up in order that the employees fulfill their duty to give you the required paperwork and the money you won from gambling.

In this situation, the player never asks for any service of any kind, but it is a govt and casino requirement that the service be provided--much like if you're at home cooking dinner and your house suddenly catches fire. The firemen show up out of dutiful requirement, and they are never tipped.