$1 – White or Blue Chips – Fun fact: $1 chips used to be coins and often called “bullets.” Today these chips are usually white but are offered in a variety of colors since white chips get dirty quickly.I’ll explain how much they’re worth and how most people use them. In an effort to educate our non-gambling friends here’s a look at the chips you’ll find at most tables in a casino. There are more people than ever who don’t know what the individual chip colors are or mean. Every week I meet more people that visit casinos who don’t know the difference between a red chipper, green chipper or black chipper. There was a time where everyone in a casino could identify the kind of player someone was at the tables simply by the color of the chips they played. They’ve never rolled the bones, looked at a card or even put money into a machine (GASP again!). Since moving to Las Vegas I’ve met a good number of people who visit casinos frequently and have never gambled. I’ve been gambling since grade school and learned my way around the casino the week of my 21st birthday. This has, in turn, led to even fewer people that know the lingo thrown around the casino by people who have been gambling in a casino since they turned 21. The downturn in gambling over the past 30 years or so has led to fewer gamblers.
Hitting the tables in Las Vegas isn’t as popular as it used to be.
