Casino employees usually allude to chips as "cheques," being of French origin. Technically, there is a difference between a chip and a cheque. A cheque is a chip with a amount printed on its face and is constantly valued at the amount of the printed denomination. Chips, although, do not have denominations written on them and any color can be worth any amt. as determined by the table. For example, in a poker tournament, the croupier may value white chips as one dollar and blue chips as ten dollars; while, in a roulette game, the croupier may state that white chips as $0.25 and blue chips as two dollars. A different example, the cheap red, white, and blue plastic chips you buy at the department store for your Friday-night poker game are referred to as "chips" due to the fact that they don’t have values printed on them.
When you plop your $$$$ down on the table and hear the dealer announce, "Cheque change only," he’s simply informing the box man that a new gambler wishes to change $$$$$ for chips (cheques), and that the $$$$$ on the table is not in play. Cash plays in most casinos, so if you put a $5 bill on the Pass Line just prior to the player throwing the bones and the dealer doesn’t change your $$$$$ for chips, your $$$$$ is "in play." When the dealer states, "Cheque change only," the boxman knows that your $$$$$$ is not in play.
In reality, in in real life craps games, we play with cheques, and not chips. Every once in a while, a gambler will approach the table, put down a 100 dollar cheque, and inform the dealer, "Cheque change." It is entertaining to act like a beginner and ask the dealer, "Hey, I am new to Craps, what is a cheque?" Frequently, their wacky responses will entertain you.
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