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Learn to Gamble on Craps – Hints and Tactics: Casino Chips or Casino Cheques?

Casino personnel usually refer to chips as "cheques," which is of French origin. Technically, there’s a difference between a chip and a cheque. A cheque is a chip with a amount printed on its face and is constantly worth the amount of the imprinted denomination. Chips, however, don’t have values printed on them and any color can be worth any cash amount as defined by the table. e.g., in a poker tournament, the house might value white chips as $1 and blue chips as 10 dollars; at the same time, in a roulette game, the house may state that white chips as twenty-five cents and blue chips as 2 dollars. Another example, the inexpensive red, white, and blue plastic chips you can get at Target for your weekend poker get together are called "chips" owing to the fact that they don’t have values written on them.

When you put your $$$$$ down on the table and hear the dealer say, "Cheque change only," he’s basically informing the boxman that a new individual would like to change money for chips (cheques), and that the $$$$$$ on the craps table is not in play. Cash plays in a majority of casinos, so if you place a five dollar bill on the Pass Line just prior to the tosser tossing the dice and the dealer does not trade your cash for chips, your $$$$$$ is "live" and "in play." When the dealer says, "Cheque change only," the boxman understands that your $$$$$ isn’t in play.

In reality, in in real life craps games, we bet with cheques, not chips. Ever so often, a player will approach the craps table, drop a one hundred dollar cheque, and inform the dealer, "Cheque change." It’s fun to act like a beginner and say to the croupier, "Hey, I am new to this game, what’s a cheque?" Generally, their crazy answers will amuse you.

 

Casino Table Games – Craps

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Craps is perhaps one of the easier games in a casino to learn. It’s also another of the more favored casino games usually enjoyed at get-togethers, barbecues and every now and then even on the street. The pull of this game is that you only have to have a pair of dice and a few friends and you have got all you have to have for an exciting game of Craps.

However, it’s the casino rendition of the game that gives Craps its reputation of being a quick paced, exciting game. Players frequently start with this game in the betting house due to its ease of play. The basic idea is this: you make a wager on what is referred to as the "passline wager." You make your wager prior to you rolling the pair of dice. If you throw a seven or 11, then you succeed. If you throw a twelve, 3 or 2, you lose. Any other number is set as the point, meaning that number needs to be rolled again before the seven for you to win anything. If you throw a seven before you roll the point, then you are beat.

However, you do have the option to bet one more time along with your first bet. It’s referred to as the odds bet: meaning the betting house (online or real) does not have their normal house edge and it also borders on real odds. Many casinos and online casinos offer classes for Craps as it is one of the more popular and appealing casino games bet on. There is usually an exceptional amount of money being bet on Craps games and the ambiance around the Craps table is brimming with cheering spectators, all vying for the opportunity to watch a player succeed big. This is the greatest way to get in the game when you are staying at a casino.

Many internet betting houses will allow you to play the game for no cost prior to offering you the choice to wager for actual $$$$. So why are you waiting? Drop by at a web-based casino and observe for yourself what the ruckus surrounding a game of Craps is really about.