Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Plaques differ from chips in that they are larger, usually rectangular in shape and contain serial numbers. Some casinos also use rectangular gaming plaques for high-stakes table games ($25,000 and above). Casino tokens are also widely used as play money in casual or tournament games. Colored metal, injection-molded plastic or compression molded clay tokens of various denominations are used primarily in table games, as opposed to metal token coins, used primarily in slot machines. 50,000 Malagasy franc gaming plaque from Grand Cercle casino, Antananarivo, Madagascar, circa 1995.Ĭasino chips (also known as casino or gaming tokens, checks/ cheques, or poker chips) are small discs used in terms of currency in casinos. JSTOR ( November 2010) ( template removal help)Ĭhips from the fictional 'Casino de Isthmus City'.Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources.

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