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Gaming chips have been made from a wide selection of materials in an almost endless selection of styles since the advent of wagering and the requirement to track winnings. The most familiar components used today in the manufacture of cutting-edge poker chips are plastic, clay, and acrylics. Clay chips, the original of the group, have been manufactured in America since the late 19th century.

Back in the 19th century, poker enthusiasts appear to be using any tiny item with value imaginable. Early poker players sometimes used jagged gold pieces along with chips – mainly made of wood and clay. By the 20th century, poker chip designs began to enjoy a bigger prominence, and the smooth edges of older chips were given up to chips with slits to keep them neatly piled up with each other.

There is little or no doubt that poker has increased steadily in popularity ever since its origin in the 19th century. With the huge increase of net gaming and specialty TV shows, public appeal in poker has feed the fire faster than ever before. Most people are initially introduced to poker by TV showslike Bravo’s "Celebrity Poker Showdown" or "Poker After Dark," and many will wager on their first hands on the internet. Despite web poker’s rise, nothing replaces the feeling of mixing heavy clay poker chips in your hand, tossing chips into the center of a casino table, or creating tall pilesstacks of chips after showing a victorious hand.