Importance
The importance of this case is the creation of a set of factors that the Court created to evaluate these types of cases. While the giver’s intention can be difficult to ascertain, objective factors like the regularity, division, and amount of tips are less subjective. Also, the Court made the easy leap from tips to "tokes," and indicated that the very strong similarity to tips made them income. This strong similarity exists, despite the fact that the casino workers are not "compensated" for performing any specific service to customers.
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