New York Laws
Title 5 - Requirements for Conduct and Operation of Gaming
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.