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Originally Posted by Poker4eveR So way back when who decided what denoms were going to be what colors? And why were the colors chosen for what denoms? I understand more than one color is used for certain denoms, but there seems to be certain colors that casino's have been using for a long time. You have your cash game chips and tourney chip colors. Anyone know how the colors came about? |
I've asked this very question over on thechipboard.com and also of several "old timers"!
The general concensus is rather vague, but sometime after the legalization of gaming in Nevada (1931) it just became customary to do red, green and black for the $5, $25 and $100 denominations. Bearing in mind that Nevada has no regulation or requirement for uniform coloring, in 1979 the New Jersey Gaming Commission did establish a uniform coloring standard for all denominations in all of the Atlantic City casinos.
This then tended to "formalize" the colors to certain denominations and was bolstered when Colorado adopted the same colors. I would imagine that the manufacturers probably promoted the idea of using standard colors, as it made their raw material ordeing process easier, but that is just my supposition.
Bear in mind also that the higher denominations (above $100) escaped a color assignment (prior to New Jersey) because those denominations did not normally exist.
Well, thats what I was able to find out.
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