2007-05-23 07:23:07 · 3 answers · asked by sheila f 1 in Sports ➔ Snooker & Pool
Rhuzzy is correct on this one. Pool is in fact a gambling term referring to a collective bet. Pocket billiard tables were frequently installed in the betting rooms at horse racing tracks to help people pass the time between races. These betting rooms were called pool rooms and over time the word pool became linked to pocket billiards. For the record, pool is a subcategory of billiards, just like carom and snooker games. So, it is not wrong to call pool billiards, just not very specific. M.D.-BCA Instructor/Referee.
2007-05-24 07:56:52 · answer #1 · answered by straight_shooter526 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Billiards doesn't have pockets and pool does which means they are completely different games.
2007-05-23 07:32:38 · answer #2 · answered by Beatle fanatic 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
They were called poolrooms as money was "pooled" to determine the odds.
2007-05-23 07:27:52 · answer #3 · answered by rhuzzy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋