Tips for dealers are placed through a button or a special bet inside the game, never by sending money anywhere else. They are optional and have no effect on the cards or the wheel, since the result is recorded by software the dealer does not control. Some studios pool tips among all dealers on a shift. Offers of help from anyone claiming to be staff, in the chat or by private message, are a common way to lure players into scams.
Dealer mistakes happen, such as a card dealt to the wrong spot or a ball launched before betting closes. Each studio has a procedure for them, written in the game rules, and most errors end with the round voided and every stake returned. A player who disagrees with a result can ask support to review the round using its identifier from the game history. The review looks at the studio recording, which ends nearly every dispute.
Patterns on the result board attract a lot of chat, and they predict nothing. Live roulette wheels are checked and levelled regularly, and the studios log every spin to detect a biased wheel long before a player could. The hot and cold numbers shown beside the table are a record of the past, and each new spin is independent of it. Betting systems built on that board change the rhythm of a session and leave the house edge untouched.