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The Recorded History of Poker Chips
Gaming chips have been manufactured from a varied selection of materials in an almost endless variety of variations since the creation of gambling and the requirement to keep track of winnings. The most familiar components used at present in the manufacture of new poker chips are plastic, clay, and acrylics. Clay chips, the primary of the bunch, have been manufactured in the US since the late 1800s.
Back in the 19th century, poker players appear to be using any small item with value imaginable. Early poker players sometimes used rough gold pieces as well as chips – chiefly made of wood and clay. By the 20th century, poker chip features started to play a bigger prominence, and the smooth sides of older chips were given up to chips with slits to hold them neatly stacked together.
There is little or no doubt that poker has increased constantly in universal appeal since its origin in the 1800s. With the explosive growth of online gaming and unique TV shows, community interest in poker has accelerated more rapidly than ever before. Many people are first introduced to poker by television showssuch as Bravo’s "Celebrity Poker Showdown" or the Travel Channel’s "World Poker Tour," and many will participate in their 1st hands on the net. Despite online poker’s rise, not much competes with the feeling of holding 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.