Casino chip or check/chèque? (1 Viewer)

[EricInAZ]

I occasionally read about casino checks. Sometimes it is even spelled chèques. But it doesn’t seem to be any different than a casino chip. Am I missing something?

 

[FDLmold]

Just wait until people use the words jeton and lammer. It's like coke/soda/pop, what it is depends on where you're from.

 

[BGinGA]

I occasionally read about casino checks. Sometimes it is even spelled chèques. But it doesn’t seem to be any different than a casino chip. Am I missing something?

Casino checks are used as actual currency in the casino (just like a paper check or e-check is worth cash). A chip is a no-value instrument, such as tournament or roulette chips. Checks are used in poker cash games, but chips are used in poker tournaments.

 

[EricInAZ]

Casino checks are used as actual currency in the casino (just like a paper check or e-check is worth cash). A chip is a no-value instrument, such as tournament or roulette chips. Checks are used in poker cash games, but chips are used in poker tournaments.

Ah! Got it. Thanks.

 

[allforcharity]

But even in the industry sometimes the nomenclature gets mixed up. I've seen lots of reference to roulette chips as checks/cheques, even though they are not denominated and have no redeemable value outside the roulette table. Cash cheques/chips are the ultimate fungible token at the casino of issue.