Understand How to Wager on Craps - Hints and Tactics: Chips or Casino Cheques?

Casino staff usually reference chips as "cheques," being of French origin. In reality, there's a distinction between a chip and a cheque. A cheque is a chip with a amount imprinted on its face and is forever worth the value of the written denomination. Chips, although, don't have denominations imprinted on them and any colour can be worth any amount as defined by the croupier. e.g., in a poker tournament, the dealer might define white chips as one dollar and blue chips as 10 dollars; whereas, in a roulette game, the casino might define white chips as $0.25 and blue chips as 2 dollars. Another example, the inexpensive red, white, and blue poker chips you purchase at Wal-Mart for your Friday-night poker get together are referred to as "chips" owing to the fact that they don't have denominations printed on them.

When you put your $$$$$ down on the table and hear the dealer say, "Cheque change only," she's basically telling the boxman that a new patron would like to exchange money for chips (cheques), and that the cash on the table isn't in play. Cash plays in a majority of betting houses, so if you lay a $5 bill on the Pass Line just before the player rolls the dice and the croupier doesn't exchange your $$$$$ for chips, your cash is "part of the action." When the croupier announces, "Cheque change only," the boxman understands that your cash isn't in play.

In reality, in land based craps games, we wager with cheques, not chips. Every once in a while, a player will approach the table, drop a 100 dollar cheque, and tell the croupier, "Cheque change." It's fun to act like a novice and ask the dealer, "Hey, I'm new to Craps, what's a cheque?" Most of the time, their wacky responses will amuse you.

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