[Rottersod]

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Probably depends on jurisdiction. In Nevada, anything on the floor belongs to the casino. There are tales now and then of someone finding $500 and $1000 chips and trying to cash 'em and having them confiscated once the casino figures out they came from their floor. I even read a tale of someone at a slot finding a $100 chip on the floor beside them and pocketing it and 5 minutes later security comes and takes 'em away and they're told they are henceforth persona non grata and are told to leave forever. For $100's, you'll get away with it long as surveillance doesn't happen to see it. I've never found anything bigger than $5 and I just hand it to some favorite poker dealer as a toke.

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This may be true but in OP's case there shouldn't be anything wrong with him picking it up, putting it in his pocket and later cashing it. Poker rooms generally have less surveillance than house games like BJ, Craps, etc. and if the chip was visible and there was good surveillance someone would have spotted it earlier. I wouldn't sweat this. Now if it was a 1K or 5K chip in a poker room there might be heavier consequences - especially if OP is a low limit player who suddenly tries to cash a large denom chip.