Chip Colours and Their Meanings

Do you remember the first time you went into a casino? It all seemed so confusing, and everyone else seemed to know exactly what was going on. A little bit of research ahead of time can you save you from potential embarrassment. The colour of a casino chip, for example, is quite specific, and, while some denominations vary from one country to another, most of them are pretty standard. The first thing to keep in mind is that the colour denotes the value of a chip; for example, red is usually worth five dollars, green is worth 25 dollars, and so on. Also, the colour of the table sign indicates the value of the table, thereby preventing you from sitting down at a five hundred-dollar table with five-dollar chips.

Each casino has its own unique set of chips, and many use custom colouring on the chip’s edge, making counterfeiting almost impossible to pull off.