Casino chips have been manufactured from a wide range of materials in an almost infinite selection of styles since the creation of gambling and the need to keep track of winnings. The most commonly used materials used at this time in the manufacture of new poker chips are plastic, clay, and acrylics. Clay chips, the oldest of the group, have been manufactured in America since the late 1800s.
Back in the 1800s, poker enthusiasts appear to be using any small valuable object you can imagine. Early poker players sometimes employed rough gold pieces along with chips – normally manufactured of wood and clay. By the 1900s, poker chip designs began to play a bigger prominence, and the smooth sides of older chips gave way to chips with engraved slits to keep them neatly piled up together.
There is little or no doubt that poker has gotten bigger constantly in universal appeal since its beginnings in the 19th century. With the huge increase of web gambling and unique television shows, public appeal in poker has accelerated more rapidly than ever before. Many individuals are first introduced to poker by television showslike "Celebrity Poker" or the Travel Channel’s "World Poker Tour," and many will play their initial hands on the internet. Despite net poker’s growth, nothing competes with the feeling of holding weighty clay poker chips in your hand, throwing chips into the center of a casino table, or creating high pilesstacks of chips after showing a victorious hand.
