Casino chips have been made from a varied range of materials in an almost infinite selection of variations since the advent of wagering and the need to keep an eye on winnings. The most commonly seen components employed at this time in the manufacture of modern poker chips are plastic, clay, and acrylic composite. Clay chips, the oldest of the group, have been manufactured in the US since the late 1800s.
Back in the 19th century, poker enthusiasts seemed to use any small object with value imaginable. Early poker players at times used jagged gold pieces along with chips – chiefly manufactured of wood and clay. By the 1900s, poker chip designs began to employ a greater prominence, and the smooth edges of older chips gave way to chips with ridges to hold them neatly piled up together.
There is no debate that poker has expanded constantly in popularity ever since its beginnings in the 19th century. With the huge increase of web gaming and specialty television shows, community appeal in poker has feed the fire faster than ever before. Many people are first introduced to poker by TV showslike "Celebrity Poker" or the Travel Channel’s "World Poker Tour," and many will gamble on their initial hands on the internet. Despite internet poker’s growth, not much replaces the feeling of shuffling heavy 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.
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