Question… Is there more poker/casino chips or cards in the world? (1 Viewer)
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Gut instinct is cards, as there are exponentially more households that have one or multiple decks of cards without any chips. That said, cards are also consumable.disposable, so this depends on if we're counting items decomposing in landfills...which is coincidentally where probably 80%+ of the world's poker chips belong.
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lol doesn’t casino chips just let it win in a landslide? But shit, casinos have tons of decks lol
FDLmold
Royal Flush
The answer is cards, and I don't think it's particularly close.
philhut
Flush
in 1 day ---- Chips
in 1 year---- Cards easily
in 1 year---- Cards easily
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Don’t thread crap please
that is thread crapping? ok, sorry.
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Hahaha I was being sarcastic lol
hey, i'm sensitive to others' sensitivity!
CrazyEddie
Full House
cards and it's not even close
Stufflymcstuff
Flush
Pretend pcf posters don’t exist because we’re a drop in the ocean.
There are very few outside of people on this forum who have more chips than cards. most people who have chips/tokens don’t have more than a few hundred of them (likely a single dice chip set in a silver briefcase), and those who do also have at least 2-4 decks of cards to go with it.
But what makes it not even close is all the people out there who have zero chips, and a large number of decks of cards buried somewhere in storage. Id estimate my parents have >20 decks in old boxes in storage, and zero chips. most are cheap novelty decks with some theme printed on it that probably belong in the garbage but people just put in boxes and leave in storage. Eventually they’ll end up in landfills but at any given point of time there will be a huge number of them in some box that hasn’t been touched in years/decades.
for commercial use, Casinos use chips for years before replacing them. They cycle out a deck of 52 card decks a couple of times a day. Some will linger on the stock room of the casino gift shop, many will end up in landfill but plenty will share a similar fate to all the crap novelty decks out there - stuffed in a storage box on someone’s basement.
There are very few outside of people on this forum who have more chips than cards. most people who have chips/tokens don’t have more than a few hundred of them (likely a single dice chip set in a silver briefcase), and those who do also have at least 2-4 decks of cards to go with it.
But what makes it not even close is all the people out there who have zero chips, and a large number of decks of cards buried somewhere in storage. Id estimate my parents have >20 decks in old boxes in storage, and zero chips. most are cheap novelty decks with some theme printed on it that probably belong in the garbage but people just put in boxes and leave in storage. Eventually they’ll end up in landfills but at any given point of time there will be a huge number of them in some box that hasn’t been touched in years/decades.
for commercial use, Casinos use chips for years before replacing them. They cycle out a deck of 52 card decks a couple of times a day. Some will linger on the stock room of the casino gift shop, many will end up in landfill but plenty will share a similar fate to all the crap novelty decks out there - stuffed in a storage box on someone’s basement.
Dude
High Hand
Do we count Magic: the Gathering and Pokémon cards? Because there are a lot of those out there 
I only have one set of chips with around 1000 and probably have more than 20 decks of playing cards around. I'd argue there are way more cards around than chips.
I only have one set of chips with around 1000 and probably have more than 20 decks of playing cards around. I'd argue there are way more cards around than chips.
Jackypoo
Two Pair
Anyone who thinks doors is the answer has no critical thinking skills. All you door people are woefully inept
#teamwheels
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The entire time I’ve been thinking/visualizing decks but the question says card!
LeLe
4 of a Kind
My guts will say Cards as Paper as easier to print compared to Clay/Plastic
apocalypse2312
Pair
All over the world? Definitely cards. In many countries chips aren't even legal I think
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