Discover How to Compete in Craps – Hints and Strategies: Chips Or Cheques?
Casino workers frequently refer to chips as "cheques," which is of French origin. Technically, there is a difference between a cheque and a chip. A cheque is just a chip with a denomination printed on it and is forever worth the amount of the printed value. Chips, on the other hand, do not have values imprinted on them and any color can be worth any amount as determined by the croupier. For example, at a poker table, the casino may value white chips as one dollar and blue chips as ten dollars; whereas, at a roulette game, the casino may value white chips as $0.25 and blue chips as two dollars. A further example, the inexpensive red, white, and blue plastic chips you purchase at the department store for your Friday-night poker game are referred to as "chips" due to the fact that they do not have denominations printed on them.
When you plop your money down on the table and hear the croupier announce, "Cheque change only," he’s simply telling the boxman that a new competitor wants to exchange cash for chips or more correctly cheques, and that the money on the table isn’t in play. Cash plays in most betting houses, so if you place a five dollar bill on the Pass Line just before the shooter tosses the dice and the dealer doesn’t exchange your money for chips, your money is "live" and "in play."
Technically, in live craps games, we play with cheques, not chips. Sometimes, a player will approach the table, put down a one hundred dollar cheque, and instruct the croupier, "Cheque change." It is a blast to pretend to be an amateur and ask the dealer, "Hey, I’m new to this game, what’s a cheque?" Generally, their wacky answers will entertain you.
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