Casino Chips Types

Casino chips have come a long way since the time they had first been introduced. Over the years as technology has advanced and new production methods have been introduced, the process of chips manufacturing has changed a lot.

When it comes to gambling and chips most people tend to get confused between poker chips and the Casino Grade chips. These are two different chips types but both are equally popular. Basically there are different chips which are used by real land based casinos and the ones which are used by players at home.

Casinos usually use chips which are made from either clay composite or clay. The specifications like the weight, size, color and designs are all specific and every casino has its own brand of chips which can only be found in that particular casino. This is done so as to be able to differentiate chips from different casinos and to eliminate the chance of any type of fraud. Chips which are used at home are generally made from plastic and are less sophisticated in comparison to those used in casinos, however, they are still equally popular.

Alist of different types of casino chips is given below:

Casino Chips Types

• Clay chips - Clay chips are considered to be the most sophisticated chips. These chips are compression molded and are used by a majority of casinos all over the world. The composition of the material used in these chips and the process of manufacturing them is quite highly guarded. Though many people might not know, production of clay casino chips is in fact quite a labor intensive job. It is for this reason that the cost of these chips is very high. On an average one clay chip will cost more than $1.
• Composite chips - Composite chips are also very widely used in casinos. These chips are, in fact, clay composite and are injection molded. The two main manufacturers for composite chips are Kardwell and Chipco. The style of the chips manufactured by them is quite different and both of these firms are based in US. The biggest benefit with the composite chips is that they can easily accept graphics.
  Though clay chips have been more popular with casinos for years, the popularity of composite chips has also grown. There is actually not much difference in the quality of these chips and in fact the cost of composite chips is lower than the clay version because of which it is slowly gaining popularity with casinos all over the world.
• Plastic chips - The third most used type of chips are the plastic or the poker chips which are made for home use. These chips are generally manufactured in China and are very low cost. These chips are made with PVC injected plastic over a metal core and are available in different color. The plastic chips are the heaviest chips in the market and are not used in casinos.

These were the main three types of chips that are used today in casinos and home games.