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Casino workers usually allude to chips as "cheques," which has its origins in France. In reality, there is a difference between a chip and a cheque. A cheque is a chip with a value written on it and is forever worth the amount of the printed denomination. Chips, however, don’t have denominations printed on them and the value is defined by the dealer. For instance, at a poker table, the casino may define white chips as $1 and blue chips as $10; while, at a roulette game, the casino might value white chips as twenty-five cents and blue chips at $2. Another example, the cheap red, white, and blue plastic chips you buy at Wal-Mart for your weekly poker game are called "chips" due to the fact that they don’t have values written on them.

When you put your cash down on the table and hear the croupier say, "Cheque change only," he’s merely informing the boxman that a new bettor wish to exchange money for chips (cheques), and that the money on the table isn’t in play. Money plays in most casinos, so if you put a five dollar bill on the Pass Line just prior to the player rolls the dice and the croupier doesn’t exchange your cash for chips, your money is "live" and "in play."

In reality, in live craps games, we compete with with cheques, and not chips. Sometimes, a player will approach the table, drop a one hundred dollar cheque, and instruct the croupier, "Cheque change." It is fun to act like a new player and ask the dealer, "Hey, I’m a beginner to this game, what’s a cheque?" Most of the time, their wacky responses will amuse you.

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