Discovering How to Wager on Craps – Tips and Tactics: Casino Chips or Cheques?
Casino workers usually refer to chips as "cheques," which is of French background. Technically, there is a distinction amidst a chip and a cheque. A cheque is a chip with a amount imprinted on its face and is forever valued at the amount of the printed amount. Chips, although, do not have values imprinted on them and any color can be valued at any cash amount as defined by the croupier. e.g., in a poker tournament, the house may state that white chips as 1 dollar and blue chips as ten dollars; while, in a game of roulette, the casino may value white chips as $0.25 and blue chips as 2 dollars. Another example, the inexpensive red, white, and blue poker chips you can get at Target for your weekend poker game are known as "chips" due to the fact that they do not have denominations written on them.
When you put your money down on the table and hear the croupier announce, "Cheque change only," he is basically informing the boxman that a new individual wants to change cash for chips (cheques), and that the $$$$$$ on the table is not part of the action. $$$$$ plays in almost all betting houses, so if you place a five dollar bill on the Pass Line just before the shooter rolls the bones and the dealer does not change your $$$$$$ for cheques, your $$$$$$ is "live" and "in play." When the dealer says, "Cheque change only," the boxman understands that your $$$$$$ is not in play.
In reality, in in real life craps games, we wager with cheques, not chips. Ever so often, a gambler will approach the table, drop a $100 cheque, and inform the dealer, "Cheque change." It’s entertaining to act like a newbie and ask the croupier, "Hey, I am new to Craps, what is a cheque?" Most of the time, their crazy answers will entertain you.