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2. Casino chip - Wikipedia

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   Casino chips (also known as poker chips, gaming tokens, or checks/cheques) are small discs used as currency in casinos. Larger, rectangular gaming plaques may be used for high-stakes games. Poker chips are also widely used as play money in casual or tournament games, are of numismatic value to casino chip collectors , or may be kept as souvenirs .

3. Casino chip collecting - Wikipedia

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   Casino chip collecting is the practice of intentionally taking casino chips (also called "cheques") from casino premises or trading or collecting online, or in person, for the purpose of collection. Casino chip collecting is a variety of exonumia, or coin collecting. Before it became a more serious hobby, casino chip collecting was simply a ...

4. Glossary of poker terms - Wikipedia

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   Historically, poker chips were made of bone; however, modern casino chips are often made of clay or a clay composite and are considered the most upscale variety of poker chip; other high-end chips are made of ceramic. Plastic chips are also available, at a wide variety of quality levels.

5. Zynga Poker offers chips on the cheap for just 24 hours - AOL

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   If you're looking to play some cards this weekend, the Labor Day Weekend sales continue with Zynga Poker holding a 24 hour sale on chips and Casino Gold. Zynga's online poker phenom is offering 20 ...

6. Cheating in casinos - Wikipedia

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   The chips are disguised using a third party's chip - the "top hat". Using a computer to gain an edge, illegal in Nevada since 1985. Exploiting bugs in online casino software: In one example from 1999, security researchers from Cigital found that the online poker software used by Planet Poker and other sites did not shuffle cards adequately.

7. Texas hold 'em - Wikipedia

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   Texas hold 'em is often associated with poker tournaments largely because it is played as the main event in many of the famous tournaments, including the World Series of Poker's Main Event, and is the most common tournament overall. [54] Traditionally, a poker tournament is played with chips that represent a player's stake in the tournament ...