Players use casino chips rather than cash to bet on the Craps 'layout,' a fabric surface which displays the various bets. The bets vary somewhat among casinos in availability, locations, and payouts. The tables roughly resemble bathtubs and come in various sizes. In some locations, chips may be called checks, tokens, or plaques.

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When you walk up to a craps table, you’re first order of business is to buy-in. You’re going to exchange your cash for the casino’s tokens (discs) to play the game with.

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3. Craps is a social game, so maintain good manners. Keep chips in the rack along the perimeter of the table. Do not leave idle chips on the felt, or someone might think it’s a bet. Do not place a drink on the felt. Leave it on non-felt portions of the table, where drinks go. Even if holding a drink, do not hold it over the table and drip.

These tokens are called chips, checks, cheques, and in higher denominations, they’re called plaques.

The use of each of these terms has gotten pretty loose over the years, and there’s a lot of overlap in how players use the terms, but let’s take a look at what they really mean.

Chips – At the craps tables, you’ll hear most players refer to the casino tokens as chips, but that’s not really correct. The term ‘chips’ refers to non-dollar denominated discs that are typically used in casino games like roulette. The player determines the value of the chips when he/she buys-in and the different colors identify each player at the table. When playing roulette, you may have bought in at $1 a chip and the person playing next to you may be at $100 per chip.

Checks/Cheques – These terms are interchangeable, and refer to the dollar denominated tokens you use at the craps tables. Each casino will have their own design that identifies their casino imprinted in the center of the disc along with the dollar denomination each color represents clearly imprinted as well. You’ll often hear the dealer call out ‘cheque-change’ when exchanging a player’s cheques for different denomination of tokens. We’ll take a look at the most commonly used cheques in a moment.

Plaques – These are the casino tokens typically used for higher denominations in their high-stakes areas and are usually found for amounts of $25,000 or more. You’ll commonly find plaques being used for high-stakes baccarat. They are typically rectangular and are rarely used in the game of craps. The highest denomination plaque I’ve ever heard of is the $10 million plaque from the, now defunct, London Club Casino in Las Vegas.

Let’s get back to the cheques used at the craps tables.

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Because of their consistency of size, shape, colors and patterns, using chips, cheques or plaques instead of cash offers the casino a number of advantages including;

• Increasing the speed of play at the tables
• Pit bosses can more easily verify amounts paid out
• Reduces theft as the cheques have no value outside of the casino
• Security cameras can better monitor the action at the tables, and
• Studies have shown that players will gamble more and at higher amounts using cheques versus using cash.

Recently, casinos have been adding a tiny RFID chip to their higher value cheques so that they can trace and track the location of those chips both in and out of the casino giving them even more protection against theft.

Current Cheque Construction

While referred to as ‘clay’ cheques, it’s been since at least the 1950s since casino cheques have been made of pure clay. Today, they’re made of a composite of materials, including clay or clay like materials, to increase their strength, durability and longevity.

Manufacturers are reluctant to give out their exact process but we know that the composite materials, including the casino emblem inlay, are placed in special molds, pressurized and then baked.

There are currently no universal or national standards governing the construction, size or color of casino cheques and each state’s gaming commission vary in requirements as well. Some states govern the shape, size or weight of cheques, while others govern color by denomination, or any combination of the above.

Common Cheque Color Denominations

Below are some of the more common color denominations you’ll find in casinos, but realize that you’ll find variations by state, and by casino within a state. For example, since the gaming commission in Nevada doesn’t govern the color of cheques, you’ll find white, blue and sometimes grey $1 checks in use. Not to worry, as all craps cheques have their denomination clearly printed on each.

Here are some common colors and denominations used for craps cheques.

It’s rare that you would ever see $25,000 cheques at the craps table except in the high-stakes area, but hopefully you’ll be lucky enough to actually need to cash some of those in when you’re done playing.

If you have any other information you’d like to share on craps cheques, feel free to leave comments below.

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Learning how to play craps isn’t as difficult as you might think. People are often steer away from playing the game because they think its too complex, but the only particularly complicated aspect is all the different types of bets that can be placed.

You don’t actually need to learn all of them to start playing and you can just stick to the simplest ones if you like.

You do, however, need to understand how the game is played.

This article will help as we cover everything you need to know to play craps in a live casino or online.

We explain the main objective of the game, the craps table, the betting layout, and the basic rules. We also introduce the different types of bets.

Game Objective in Craps

The main objective in craps is really quite straightforward. Basically you are just betting on the outcome of the roll of two dice.

Craps is pure chance since you can’t affect the outcome in any way, but you do have the choice of several wagers. The majority of these wagers are ultimately based on what combination of dice will be rolled.

The goal in craps is therefore to try to correctly predict which numbers will come up on the next roll. This is, of course, guesswork, but it doesn’t stop the game being a lot of fun.

Craps is played on a specially-designed table that features a betting layout where players can place their wagers. In a live casino, a table would look something like this.

The dice are rolled on the table by one of the participating players, referred to as the shooter. Typically, a new player will become the shooter at the end of each round, although one player may remain as the shooter for several in a row.

Anyone at the table, including the shooter, can make wagers by placing their chips in the appropriate spot on the betting layout.

A craps table requires the attention of several casino employees. You’ll usually find the following people running a table.

The boxman is in charge of the chips at the table. He (or she) will exchange cash into chips for players and swap them for different denominations if required. He’s also responsible for supervising the dealers and generally ensuring that the game runs smoothly.

The stickman is in charge of the dice. He moves them around the table with the use of a stick (hence the name), passing them to the shooter at the start of each roll. He will also announce the outcome of each roll.

A craps table usually features two base dealers, one standing on either side. They are responsible for collecting losing bets and paying out winners. When requested to do so, they can also place certain bets on behalf of players.

The Craps Table (Online Casino)

The rules of craps are the same regardless of whether you are playing in a live setting or online. However, things are a lot simpler online. There’s no allocated shooter, as technically you are the shooter every time you play.

The diced are rolled automatically when you press the relevant button, and you place your bets by clicking in the appropriate place on the betting layout.

The following is an example of what an online craps table looks like:

Basic Rules

Each round in craps starts with what is known as the come-out roll. Most casinos will require that the shooter place a bet before making this roll on either the pass line or the don’t pass line.

If the combined value of the two dice on a come-out roll equals 2, 3, or 12, then this is “crapping out” and the round is over. Players will lose pass line bets and win don’t pass bets. If the come-out roll is 7 or 11, the round is also over.

If any other value is rolled on the come-out roll i.e. 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10, then a point is established, equal to the value rolled, and the round continues into the next stage.

The shooter continues to roll with players betting on the outcome of each, until they roll either a 7 or the point value that has been established.

Following a roll of either 7 or the point value, the round is over and a new come-out roll is required. It’s standard practice for the shooter to pass the dice to another player if a round ends with a 7, and to stay as shooter if the round ends with the point value being rolled.

This is essentially all there is to the basic rules of craps. What makes the game more complex are all the different bets that can be placed.

The following is a list of the different wagers you can place when playing craps.

• Pass Line
• Don’t Pass
• Come
• Don’t Come
• Pass Line Odds
• Don’t Pass Odds
• Come Odds
• Don’t Come Odds
• Place Win
• Place Lose
• Buy
• Lay
• Big 6
• Big 8
• Hardways
• Field
• Any 7
• Any 11
• Any Craps
• Ace Deuce
• Aces
• Boxcar

As you can see, there are numerous different bets in craps. Please don’t let this steer you away from playing the game as you really don’t need to learn them all.

They are pretty simple overall; it just takes a little time to familiarize yourself with each one.

You can read about all these bets in more detail here.

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If you’re ready to put what you’ve learned here into action, you might want to consider trying out an online casino. You can play craps at most of the top online casinos that we recommend. If you want to play for real money, you’ll get a bonus for signing up and making your first deposit. And if you prefer to just play for fun, that’s an option at most places, too. Here are some of the online casinos we recommend playing at.

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