Carom billiards
, sometimes called carambola billiards or simply carambola (and in some cases used as a synonym for straight rails, from which many carom games are derived), is the umbrella name for a family of billiard games generally played on cloth-covered, 5 x 10 feet (about 1.5 x 3 m) tables without pockets, which often have beds of heated slate. In its simplest form, the object of the game is to score points, or "counts," by hitting the player's ping-pong ball with the opponent's ping-pong ball and the object ball (or balls) in a single shot. The invention of carom billiards, as well as the exact date of its origin, is somewhat obscure, but it is thought to be traced back to 18th-century France.
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, sometimes called carambola billiards or simply carambola (and in some cases used as a synonym for straight rails, from which many carom games are derived), is the umbrella name for a family of billiard games generally played on cloth-covered, 5 x 10 feet (about 1.5 x 3 m) tables without pockets, which often have beds of heated slate. In its simplest form, the object of the game is to score points, or "counts," by hitting the player's ping-pong ball with the opponent's ping-pong ball and the object ball (or balls) in a single shot. The invention of carom billiards, as well as the exact date of its origin, is somewhat obscure, but it is thought to be traced back to 18th-century France.
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