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    COAST-TO-COAST ALASKA TO MEXICO INCLUDING CANADA (blame Canada just kidding couldn’t resist), which clubs have the highest total payout (tell the truth) which club is lowest? Include clubs you have worked in last 3 years. Include base, % how much from each lap dance, if you have palms to grease how much, tipping of DJ’s and security. INCLUDE CLUB NAME, CITY, AND STATE. :-/

    Example Mitchell Brothers O’farrell Theater, San Francisco Ca. stage fee $280 + each time you dance you tip the guy running the lights depending on how much you make on stage anywhere from $2 to $20 and security $5 to $100 depending if they are running your shows.

    Total is between $300 and $400 is the highest so far in Ca.

    Also if your any state or province has labor laws protecting you and if anyone is suing to get their money back.

    If you want you can say how business is. In San Francisco and San Jose it’s really bad because of the dot com bubble burst, tourism being #1 industry less people traveling because of 9-11 and the aftermath, and 3 clubs turned into whore houses putting several hundred dancers out of work.

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    I'm not sure this is still valid since this club was sold and is now under new management, but you said within the last 3 years ...

    BEST - "GoGoRama" - Lawrence Harbor, NJ

    $50 total tipout, no percentage
    6 lap dances per hour at $20 each * 8 hours = $960
    stage tips once per hour at $40 * 8 hours = $320
    assorted tips for "higher than normal contact" = $300
    net per night, about $1500


    WORST - "Nero's" - El Paso, TX

    no tip out, no percentage

    $100 feature bonus (versus $200 promised)
    zero private dances sold (way too much sleaze expected)
    maybe $50 in tips all night (after converting lots of pesos back to US$)
    this is what happens when you don't do independent research and believe a club owner - I left halfway through the first night there.

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    I really don't feel comfortable naming what clubs are the worst for me, besides someone on this board may be working there and i don't want to cause problems. I do know of one club owner who has out looked at this board. And he is in my area.
    But i know there are good and bad in every state, for me to name them off just does not seem right. What is awful to me may be the best to another dancer. No matter how nasty i think a strip club may be, i don't want problems with owners or dancers who may be part of that club.
    Hope you understand, Pamela

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    Thank you Pamela or anybody if you feel people know who you are or can figure it out please protect yourself and don't post. No one wants anything bad to happen like losing her job or getting a bad name. But if you feel safe and don't feel there will be any repercussions it would be interesting to create a list of all clubs in America with the information in first post and if other categories you feel to be added add them. So dancers can check it before moving to a city-state or province. But always be CAREFUL AND PROTECT YOURSELF AND OWN INTEREST.

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    Well, I'm not afraid to "call em like I see 'em" - I've been in hundreds of clubs in all different states, and "Nero's" gave Worst an entirely new subterranean level!

    I also probably should make a "full disclosure" in regard to my Best club as well. Prior to the recent buyout, GoGoRama limited re-booking the same dancer to a maximum of one week per month so that customers would always have "fresh meat" to choose from. So if anybody was drawing the conclusion that girls who work there are earning huge money, keep in mind that with only one week per month of earnings that averaged out to about $350 per night all month long.

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    Just a few updates Melonie on the Go Go Rama. From what I've been told by several dancers, the tip out to the club is $40 a night, then they also usually pay the DJ $20-$50 for the night. With the lap dances, it is possible to do as many as 11-12 dances an hour and you get to keep 17 of the 20 dollars for each dance. Each dancer only goes on stage every 2 hours on average, but they can probably average around $20 each time. As far as tips on top of the $20 per dance, that is a very individual thing. The club's VIP area was just "new and improved". They enlarged it and added 6 more chairs for a total of 12. They also got rid of the beepers that used to signal the end of a dance and added lights over each chair that come on when the 5 minutes is up. That's probably more info than was asked for. :-)

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    Absolute highest: Crazy Horse Too-Chicago. House fee is $100 PLUS 20% of whatever you earn, $20 to dj, 25%of funny money. Ridiculous. Amazingly, I averaged $500-$800/night, despite the fees. ???

    Absolute lowest/best: Treasures and The Men's Club in Houston,Tx.
    House fee was $28 flat, with a $5 tip to the house mom.
    Take home was excellent, though earnings are considerably lower now.

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    Although I rarely work at clubs with huge payouts, here is my maximum:

    Fred's Lounge, Missoula Montana: 20% of all stage earnings and $5 from each private dance goes to house/ tipout. No other tipout besides this, however paperwork can get messed up and I have been shorted on dances and or stage money more than once. This club does not allow the dancers to carry any cash whatsoever. On the up side, they pay minimun wage and issue a paycheck weekly. Also offer bonuses for good performance etc.

    Teaser's, Three Forks Montana: $35 house fee ($10 discount if arrive before 6pm) $20-30 tip out to staff, and 10% of all lap dance money.

    Stars Cabaret. Bend Oregon: $20 house fee ($10 discount if on floor by scheduled time) $5 valet (manadatory) $10 minimun DJ/$10 minimum per bouncer (one on weeknights , two on weekends)

    Moulin Rouge Cabaret, Missoula, Montana: $10 house ($25 if after 8pm), 15% of stage tips to house, $5 of each lap dance to house, manadatory $10 to DJ. Again the dancers aren't allowed to carry any cash, but there have been very few problems with dissappering money in this club.

    I have posted most of this info in the club review section of this site.


    Promote yourself and earn more money! This is a business that is owned by strippers for strippers. Let's make that money!


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    Default Re: Which clubs have the highest payout?

    Well I guess I misunderstood the question. If you're talking only about the highest amount a dancer must turn over to a club, the clear recordholder has to be SCORES. Last I heard, they required a $300 per shift up front in cash stage fee be paid on some shifts before a dancer could hit the club floor, plus tipout.

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    Melonie: ???
    Actually it would be interesting to know both the bottom line pay out versus money made. :-/

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    Melonie: House fees at Scores are not at all exorbitant, considering the earnings potential; I've paid out as much or more at clubs in Chicago where I earn half of what I do at Scores.
    Scores fees are as follows: Tues-Fri. $220 cash, $260 funny money; Sat & Mon - $180 cash, $220 funny money; Sundays $40 cash, $60 funny money. In addition, you tip the dj $20-$40, the make-up artist $10, and the house-mom a minimum of $10.
    House fees are collected between midnight and 2 am, so they're not actually paid up-front.

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    I'm not answering the question on this thread because due to the nature of other posts I've read from nightrider, I think this person is just trying to get us to generate a list of clubs he/she can target for lawsuits. I am thoroughly AGAINST suing the clubs for 'backpay', 'benefits', previously paid house fees or anything else that might lead to that club converting dancers to paid employees rather than IC's who make their own sales and keep at least the majority of their sales proceeds.

    Suffice to say that, in my experience, higher payouts have GENERALLY been expected at clubs where the potential earnings were proportionally high.

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    Juliet, I'm in total agreement that house fees, tipouts and percentages are meaningless in themselves. What really counts is the amount a girl walks out the door with at the end of the night after all of these fees are paid. I know some girls have an absolute mindset about paying $100+ in fees and tipouts of any sort to a club. But I'd much rather pay out $300 in fees and tipouts and walk out with a grand at an upscale club, rather than paying out $50 or less but walking out with only $200 or $300 at a second tier club. Anyway, SCORES management now hates me (to be more precise, they hate my new boobs), so I don't have to worry about ever working there again.

    I'm not sure whether or not I'm glad to hear that SCORES allows the dancer to work for a few hours before hitting her up for the stage fee. I'm guessing that this is a concession to worsening business conditions ? At least it now prevents dancers from losing money when they don't earn enough during the shift to cover the stage fee, or does it ? I agree with you that CH2 in Chicago runs a close second in total fees and tipouts compared to SCORES, but that the earnings potential on most nights is lower (but still not shabby at all LOL). Plus CH2 likes my new boobs!

    I also agree with Bridgette that employee rights lawsuits, and the whole issue of pushing for treatment of dancers as employees, is very bad news for the industry in general and for myself and other travelling dancers in particular. Fortunately, so far California is the only state where politicians and judges are weird enough to be comfortable with the idea of exotic dancing as a socially acceptable job worthy of state unemployment benefits !

    Hmmm ... Nightrider, an idea occurs to me though. You don't suppose that a big boob descrimination case would have a chance on Judge Judy or one of the other live courtroom shows, do you ? After all it is ratings sweeps month!

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    For as long as I've danced at Scores(3 yrs.), you've always had until well into your shift to pay house. Even then, if you're having a particularly bad night, they're generally lenient enough to allow you to pay at the end of the shift.
    In my personal experience, I've never walked out negative from Scores, despite the fees. I've had slow nights, to be sure, but I've also had several nights where the house fees totaled less than 10% of my total earnings(do the math)! Scores is a very self-selective club: They'll hire 8's and better, but the less attractive/less personable girls get weeded out pretty quickly by the high fees. That said, I am certainly not the most attractive girl there, but try to utilize my unique good lucks, conversational skills, and intellect to my benefit. No amount or combination of these will make you the same amount of money at other places consistently....no matter how low the fees! I guess this is why I'm such a staunch supporter of Scores as a great working environment --- very cool girls and professional,respectful management, too!


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    About the Judge Judy thing for Melonie. Sometime in the summer there was a stripper/porn star on Judge Joe Brown being sued for allegedly causing physical harm and emotional distress to some man at a bachelor party. The guy lost his case, but ole girl was taken out of the court room where her breasts were wighed to determine if they were of heavy enough weight to cause the harm he insisted he recieved.
    "Come what may although I often say realities come from dreams, but approach all lies with open eyes because NOthing in this world is EVER ALL it seems."

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    LOL Melonie! If you get on Judge Judy or some other court show for boob discrimination, PLEASE let us know beforehand! I wanna see that one!

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    I'll agree that SCORES is very selective. SCORES as a club, most SCORES customers, and most SCORES dancers I have ever met are a very select group. However, in fairness, SCORES, their customers and their dancers bear little resemblance to most other dance clubs, customer bases and dancers in other parts of the US and Canada. I'm very happy that you like working at SCORES, that you like the other SCORES dancers, that you like the way SCORES runs their club, and that you are earning very decent money on a consistent basis. However, 99.9% of other clubs and other dancers in the US and Canada are dealing with an entirely different reality.

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    ???You know what Judge Judy would say,” what are you bothering me for?” Like how dare you bring this case to court so I can make millions of dollars per year. You know, maybe a few idiots or are you on any medications. Yell condescendingly at you for 15 minutes minus commercial break (you know she just needs a good lay and maybe an enema and then some anal to loosen her up) to bring her ratings up. She has pointed out her looks at not being all the great so she is probably best not to take your case to that crabby old prune.

    :-/ Now Judge Joe Brown he acts like a player. His comments to men trying to get money from women lead me to believe he would be more interested in your Boobs I mean case.

    However before that can happen we would have to have them weighed as Divyne pointed out. And for that I have an expert no not me. My friend Big Al He’s been weighing them for many years. Every time girls like Lotta Top He would drag me down to Market Street Cinema and have his picture taken with the stars. He would always have his hands on them lifting them up. So I would tease him and say you just testing them to see how much they weigh. But as many pictures as he's had taken I would qualify him for an expert witness. As I say I am a petite girl man. But Carol Doda made herself and the Condor (it is now a sports bar owned by Deja Vu) famous in North Beach and know has a Lingerie boutique in Pacific Heights. So people do have different taste but all of that is only skin deep and goes so far as a dancer .If you a charming personality you will do better in most clubs and get the high rollers. Because most men that are regulars to these places even though they go for the nudity, they enjoy an intelligent woman. Not the bachelor parties that come in and don't know how to act so they do what they saw on 2001 and beat on their chest and act like apes. It's a primal thing
    I think. As far as the stage fees I got involved in it because it pushed all the professional dancers out of their jobs. They could not compete and could not make their stage fees. However I feel it is partly sexual discrimination and partly discrimination against Adult entertainers. I also don’t feel that people that do porno are paid fairly when the people in that sale them make millions. Being apart of the Adult Entertainment Industry for 23 years has taught me that the girls who work in it deserve the same respect as other professions. No one else is paying to work why should these women? Why because it’s mainly run by the mob and extortion and racketeering is their middle name.

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    Hey, Melonie

    I'm not sure, but it seems as if you took offense to my post about house fees at Scores. I was simply trying to elucidate my point that working there is well worth the high fees.
    After re-reading my post, it seems almost elitist...I'm sorry, that was not my intent!

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