Knowing Your Casino Chips

All table games in online casinos, as well as brick 'n mortar casinos, are played with casino chips.  They are of different colors and denominations, and sometimes vary depending on the game being played (such as roulette).  It can be confusing sometimes, when you are looking at your playing screen and all you can see is a colored chip and are not sure how much it is worth.  The betting industry, however, has created a standard that most casinos follow by - although they do not have to.

In land-based casinos, it is much easier to identify a chip, for they are marked by a monetary denomination in addition to their color.  In online casinos, the chips usually vary more.

As a general practice, white chips are worth $1, red chips are worth $5, green chips are worth $25, and black chips are worth $100.  Online casinos usually have much smaller betting denominations, and so therefore need more types of chips to cover more wagers.  You are likely to come across yellow chips and purple chips in the online casinos.

Before you play at any online casino, practice the software for free at first, letting yourself become familiar with the different chips, as well as how to place bets and increase or decrease bet sizes.  That way, when it comes time to play real money, there will be no confusion as to how much you have on the table.

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