 
The Color Of Money
During a recent
visit to the casino, I was playing
blackjack when a man approached
the table and sat down. He placed
a five-dollar chip in the betting
circle and waited for his cards.
The dealer looked at him and them
pointed to the green table limit
sign and told him, "Sir, this
is not a five dollar table."
He said, "Oh,
I didn't know." He then picked
up his stack of red chips and walked
away. He could have saved himself
from an embarrassing situation if
he had read the table limit sign
before sitting down to play. All
table games in the casinos have
a placard on the table listing the
minimum bet for that game. In most
cases you don't even have to read
the sign. All you have to do is
look at the color.
In a previous article
about slot candles I told you how
you could tell the denomination
of a slot machine by looking at
the color of the light on top of
the machine. Many casinos color-code
their table game signs to match
the denomination of chip for the
minimum bet for that table. So all
you have to do is look at the color
of the table sign. The colors of
the chips used in the majority of
casinos are the same. The denominations
of the colors are:
White chips are
one dollar.
Red chips are five dollars.
Green chips are twenty-five dollars
Black chips are one hundred dollars.
About five years
ago I read a story about a casino
in Las Vegas that issued one dollar
chips that were black in color.
This created quite a stir amongst
the other casinos who se $100 chips
are black. There were concerns that
scam artists would mix some of these
in with the legitimate chips. The
pressure was put on and the casino
in question quickly recalled the
one dollar black chips.
By matching the
color of the chips with the table
signs it makes it easy to tell the
minimum bet for a table with just
a quick glance. A red sign would
denote a five-dollar table and a
green sign would tell you that the
minimum bet is twenty-five dollars.
This makes it convienient for the
players. There are some tables that
have minimums that don't correspond
to chip colors such as $10 and $15
games. All you have to do is note
which color the particular casino
you are visiting uses. Then remember
it for the next time. The casinos
in Connecticut use yellow for ten-dollar
tables and orange for fifteen-dollar
tables.
Some of the smaller
casinos have the same color sign
for all table minimums. If this
is the case you will need to read
them before sitting down. But for
most of them all you will need to
do is look for the color of your
choice, have a seat and place your
bet.
Until
next time, remember:
"Luck comes and goes...Knowledge
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