Casino chips have been made from a huge selection of materials in an almost infinite assortment of styles since the birth of wagering and the need to track winnings. The most familiar materials employed at present in the creation of modern poker chips are plastic, clay, and acrylic composite. Clay chips, the oldest of the group, have been made in America since the late 19th century.
Back in the 19th century, poker players seemed to use any tiny item with value you can imagine. Early poker players at times used jagged gold pieces as well as chips – normally made of wood and clay. By the 1900s, poker chip features began to employ a bigger prominence, and the smooth sides of older chips were given up to chips with engraved slits to hold them neatly piled up together.
There is little or no debate that poker has grown constantly in universal appeal since its beginnings in the 19th century. With the explosive growth of net gaming and specialty television shows, community interest in poker has accelerated more rapidly than ever before. Many individuals are first introduced to poker by TV showslike Bravo’s "Celebrity Poker Showdown" or the Travel Channel’s "World Poker Tour," and many will wager on their initial hands on the net. Despite web poker’s growth, nothing competes with the feeling of shuffling heavy clay poker chips in your hand, throwing chips into the center of a poker table, or creating tall pilesstacks of chips after showing a winning hand.
