Poker Chips - How They Are Made, and How to Buy Them

There is no better way to learn all about a poker chips than to actually work with them on a daily basis.

Here we will discuss how Poker Chips are made and how to buy them. Poker Chips are measured in grams and millimeters. A very popular one is the 12 gram Vegas Style Chip, 39 mm diameter design, which incorporates a unique patented process giving them the soft feel of a clay surface which makes them the most authentic poker chip available on the home gaming market. These Poker chips are designed with an authentic casino style, weight and unique edgespot. They have multi-colored edgespots, resembling that of casino clay poker chip. Edgespots are a very important aspect of the chip. Casinos order their chips with edgespots specific to match their color so that casino employees can quickly identify the chip as belonging to their casino. The edgespot is the main characteristic of the chip, and prevents the chip from being counterfeited.

Some Poker Chips have an inconspicuous metal insert. These Poker chips were created by the use of the latest technology to produce the real sound and coloration of an actual clay casino chip. They are engineered so smoothly that you can't believe that they have an insert. This insert's recessed center allows for the application of custom-designed label. Therefore, most Casinos take advantage of this feature and actually emboss their logo right onto the metal insert. This process makes the chip valuable and will maintain or increase in value throughout the years.

There is the Professional Series Paulson Tophat & Cane Poker Chip. This one has the material, design and highest-quality clay chip that is used in most casinos around the World. These professional casino grade poker chips also have an exclusive colorful inlay and multi-colored edge spot design for each denomination, specially designed for each casino. These chips have an inlay that is sealed to the chip and can't peal or stain. They have a linen type finish, which allows them to be cleaned with warm water and mild soap which makes them nearly impossible for someone to take the logo off, without ruining the chip.

There is also a lightweight plastic colorful, home purpose only, poker chip. These chips have interlocking grooves on each side of each face, allowing easy stacking. These chips are ones that are commonly sold with board games. They are very lightweight and portable. They are 38 mm Diameter and weight only 2 grams. These are very inexpensive chips and great for starting out with your family fun nights.

Another famous casino chip is the Nexgen Poker Chip. These chips feature a unique Asian Inspired design of 8 bees stamped into the outer edge of the chip, eight being a number of good luck and bees representing skillfulness. They are the 12 gram Vegas Style, 39 mm diameter design chip.

Chips have a universal color scheme that is used is most casinos around the world, and once you learn this color pattern, you can basically go into any casino and know exactly what is their value. Here are the colors and their value; Whites are One dollar, Reds are Five dollars, Greens are Twenty-Five dollars, Blacks are One-Hundred dollars, Purples are Five-Hundred dollars, Orange are One-Thousand dollars, Grays are Five-Thousand dollars. Most casinos stop there, and begin using Plaques for higher denomination betting.

Poker chips are sold mostly through the Internet; it is hard to find a "brick and mortar" store that sells them only because there are so many different types, colors, styles that it is not practical to stock all of them.