Chips and Jetons – how are they called correctly?

When people talk about chips, you usually think of a salted potato snack – or jetons. There is a lot to tell about these small coloured plastic chips. Because of the french origin of a lot of classic casino games, the chips are also called jetons. In Germany it’s even seen as unprofessional, if you use the term “chips”, except while playing poker. This casino game originally came from the United States.

What are Jetons made of?

The material of the little plates ranges from plastic with a metal core to ceramics and mixture of clay. In the past jetons sometimes were made of lacquered ivory. Some historical ones were out of brass and bronze.

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Chips are even used as legal tender – only the real casino chips, of course. Therefore the chips are branded with important information: value, name of the casino, currency, an hologram for the protection against fraud and a unique registration number.

Wunderino explains the colours of your jetons

The US-American New Jersey Casino controlling commission provides by law colours for the different valued chips – the mustard-coloured jeton has the highest value, 20.000 dollars. More colours:

Colour Value in USD
White 1
Pink 2.50
Red 5
Blue 10
Yellow 20
Green 25
Black 100
Violett 500
Orange 1.000
Grey 5.000

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