The Recorded History of Poker Money
Posted in Poker on 02/07/2010 03:21 pm by Marley
Casino chips have been made from a wide selection of materials in an almost endless variety of variations since the creation of gambling and the need to track winnings. The most common components used today in the creation of modern poker chips are plastic, clay, and acrylics. Clay chips, the primary of the group, have been manufactured in the US since the late 1800s.
Back in the 19th century, poker players seemed to use any tiny valuable object imaginable. Early poker players sometimes employed jagged gold pieces along with chips – normally made of wood and clay. By the 1900s, poker chip features started to enjoy a greater prominence, and the smooth edges of older chips gave way to chips with ridges to keep them neatly piled up together.
There is little or no debate that poker has increased constantly in universal appeal since its beginnings in the 19th century. With the huge growth of internet gaming and specialty television shows, public appeal in poker has accelerated a lot faster than ever before. Many people are initially introduced to poker by TV showssuch as "Celebrity Poker" or the Travel Channel’s "World Poker Tour," and many will gamble on their first hands on the web. Regardless of internet poker’s rise, nothing replaces the feeling of holding heavy clay poker chips in your hands, tossing chips into the middle of a casino table, or stacking high pilesstacks of chips after showing a winning hand.