Gaming chips have been manufactured from a huge range of materials in an almost endless assortment of variations since the advent of betting and the need to keep track of winnings. The most common components used at present in the creation of cutting-edge poker chips are plastic, clay, and acrylics. Clay chips, the primary 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 small valuable item you can imagine. Early poker players at times used jagged gold pieces as well as chips – primarily manufactured of wood and clay. By the 20th century, poker chip features began to play a greater prominence, and the smooth sides of older chips were given up to chips with slits to hold them neatly piled up with each other.

There is little or no debate that poker has expanded constantly in appeal since its origin in the 19th century. With the huge advancement of internet gambling and specialty television shows, community interest in poker has feed the fire a lot faster than ever before. Most people are first introduced to poker by TV showslike Bravo’s "Celebrity Poker Showdown" or "Poker After Dark," and many will gamble on their 1st hands on the internet. Regardless of online poker’s rise, not much competes with the feeling of mixing heavy poker chips in your hands, throwing chips into the center of a poker table, or creating high pilesstacks of chips after displaying a winning hand.