Casino Poker Chips
All About Casino Poker Chips
Each casino has specially designed casino poker chips for use by gamblers at games within the casino. Most casino poker chips are clay composite poker chips manufactured by Paulson although a few casinos do use ceramic poker chips.
Casino poker chips are made with a custom design on each chip. The design usually features a photo of the casino or the casino’s logo. All casino poker chips are labeled with the cash value of the chip. A five-dollar poker chip can be exchanged for five dollars in cash at cash windows throughout the casino.
The design features of casino poker chips help reduce fraud and security problems. A casino poker chip may be used only at the casino featured on the chip. Dealers can easily identify a chip from another casino and would-be thieves have a difficult time counterfeiting casino poker chips.
The clay poker chips used by casinos are a high-quality, heavy weight poker chip. These chips are designed to be handled easily and stack neatly. Poker players prefer casino poker chips for the hand shuffling and chip tricks they do during a game.
Many gamblers enjoy collecting casino poker chips. Casino poker chips make a colorful souvenir to bring home. Casinos change the design of their poker chips from time to time. When newly designed poker chips are introduced casinos destroy the remaining inventory of old design chips. This increases the collectible value of older poker chips. Display cabinets for casino poker chips are available at online retailers in sizes to accommodate both large and small collections. In addition, many patterns are available for woodworkers to build their own custom cabinet to hold their casino poker chips.
Casino poker chips are not available in retail stores. Most buying and selling of collectible casino poker chips are done on eBay. Collectors of casino poker chips also gather in chat rooms and forums to discuss their hobby.
Poker players wishing to purchase a set of casino-quality poker chips will find similar composite, weight and design chips available from most poker supply distributors. Paulson chips are available from authorized retailers and allow poker players to have the chips made by the same manufacturer as casino poker chips at home.