Educate Me: Modern Casinos and the Quarter (1 Viewer)

[MD Mike]

So,

There are a lot of nice Casino sets out there available to us crazy collectors and degenerates. What amazes and boggles me though is when I see sets like PCA or PNY or Aztar and there are quarters that look like they were a part of that Casino.

Do casinos today still have quarters or are all of these chips custom hotstamps that someone is getting done?

Explain like I'm five!

 

[gopherblue]

Well, Mikey, when two or more chippers love a casino set very much, such as the PCA or PNY, they show this love by getting together and making a custom hotstamp that ties in with the set. And that's where fracs come from. Now go do your homework.

But some older casinos had fractional chips as part of the broader rack. Most no longer do and aren't getting any made, since there isn't much use for them in casinos today due to inflation.

 

[Jambine]

But some older casinos had fractional chips as part of the broader rack. Most no longer do and aren't getting any made, since there isn't much use for them in casinos today due to inflation.

^ that ^
Smallest I've seen in a casino lately is $0.50 and even that is rare.

 

[upNdown]

Do the Michigan casinos still have them? I've seen that state mentioned specifically (and of course I've seen their quarters.) is there a reason?

 

[BGinGA]

Pai Gow payouts. Some casinos used to use them for blackjack payouts; most switched to snappers.

 

[rowlin]

As to the sets mentioned, I know PCA had a $0.50 chip and the PNY francs were a custom hotstamp effort, but don't know much about the Aztar lineup.

I think, in general, quarters and half dollars were used for 3:2 blackjack payouts on the $5 tables by casinos that didn't just use fifty-cent coins. Now that 6:5 blackjack is a thing, even those places won't need fractional chips or coins.