Gaming chips have been made from a varied range of materials in an almost infinite selection of variations since the advent of wagering and the requirement to track winnings. The most familiar materials employed at present in the manufacture of current poker chips are plastic, clay composite, and acrylic composite. Clay chips, the oldest of the bunch, have been made in America since the late 19th century.
Back in the 19th century, poker enthusiasts appear to be using any tiny object with value imaginable. Early poker players occasionally employed jagged gold pieces as well as chips – mainly manufactured of wood and clay. By the 1900s, poker chip designs started to employ a bigger prominence, and the smooth sides of older chips were given up to chips with engraved slits to keep them neatly piled up with each other.
There is no doubt that poker has increased constantly in universal appeal ever since its origin in the 1800s. With the explosive advancement of net gambling and specialty television shows, public interest in poker has accelerated faster than ever before. Most individuals are initially introduced to poker by TV showslike "Celebrity Poker" or the Travel Channel’s "World Poker Tour," and many will play their first hands online. Despite net poker’s growth, not much replaces the feeling of mixing weighty poker chips in your hand, tossing chips into the center of a poker table, or stacking tall pilesstacks of chips after displaying a winning hand.
