POGS were the small, collectable discs that gave most millennials their first experience of gambling. Those who collected POGS contributed to the nationwide ban, which stopped kids from playing the slamming and flipping game whilst at school. Millions of children across the globe traded POGS with their friends and won them in battles. TAZOS were the alternatives that were given out in packs of potato chips, and both were covered in colourful graphics and pop culture images. In this episode, find out where POGS and TAZOS came from and the rise and fall of the currency of the kids in the 1990s. To see more, visit the podcast's social media pages: https://www.instagram.com/vividrecallpodcast/ https://twitter.com/VividRecall https://www.youtube.com/@VividRecall Sources: https://www.pogunlimited.com/ https://www.pogdigital.com/ https://www.grunge.com/36515/real-reason-pogs-disappeared/ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/54202/weird-history-pogs#:~:text=Pogs%20as%20we%20know%20them,and%20made%20out%20of%20cardboard https://www.vice.com/en/article/evyxgj/meet-the-guy-who-invented-tazos-and-gave-meaning-to-school-lunchtimes https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2005/06/mil-050606-afpn04.htm https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-06-07-mn-611-story.html https://archives.starbulletin.com/2005/07/30/news/whatever.html https://web.archive.org/web/20070716215117/http://www.milkcapmania.co.uk/howtoplay.html https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/54202/weird-history-pogs https://twitter.com/PogDigital?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor https://public.com/learn/pogs https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/38558/pogs https://www.milkcapmania.co.uk/how-to-play-pogs.html https://www.90stoys.com/games/how-to-play-pogs/ https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1947621_1947626_1947589,00.html https://geeksoup.co.uk/pogs-tazos-and-milk-caps-a-brief-history-of-toys/ https://www.milkcapmania.co.uk/Tazos/Walkers/305-Monster-Munch-Series-1.html https://swmerchandise.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Wars_Tazos https://www.milkcapmania.co.uk/Tazos/Walkers/296-Looney-Tunes.html https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/backyard-fun-games/pogs.htm?srch_tag=7ysffv47pllwjvh4smcnmfrc4cl6opyl https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/how-to-make-korean-ddakji-game-2541008 https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/squid-game-paper-flip-ddakji-how-to-play/ https://static1.squarespace.com/static/52bb37eee4b089a76bb4322f/t/5f4992080ce42f136e33ef02/1598657033366/Ddakji+Instructions.pdf https://medium.com/omgfacts/why-were-pogs-banned-in-school-ff30dd6e3513 https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/22/us/to-end-pog-fights-schools-ban-game.html