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Poker chips have been made from a varied range of materials in an almost infinite selection of variations since the birth of wagering and the need to keep track of winnings. The most commonly seen components used today in the creation of new poker chips are plastic, clay, and acrylic composite. Clay chips, the original of the group, have been made in America since the late 19th century.

Back in the 1800s, poker players seemed to use any tiny valuable object imaginable. Early poker players sometimes used rough gold pieces as well as chips – mainly made of wood and clay. By the 20th century, poker chip features began to play a bigger prominence, and the smooth sides of older chips were given up to chips with ridges to keep them neatly arranged together.

There is no doubt that poker has expanded steadily in acceptance since its beginnings in the 19th century. With the huge increase of online gambling and specialty television shows, public interest in poker has accelerated a lot faster than ever before. Most people are initially introduced to poker by television showslike Bravo’s "Celebrity Poker Showdown" or "Poker After Dark," and most will play their initial hands on the web. Regardless of online poker’s rise, nothing competes with the feeling of shuffling weighty poker chips in your hands, throwing chips into the middle of a casino table, or stacking tall pilesstacks of chips after showing a winning hand.