![]() ![]() Because these venues often provided billiard tables, the term pool eventually became synonymous with billiards.' For which there is no citation seems to be speculative and so I intend to remove it.The article also says:'As the traditional view of billiards as a refined and noble pastime did not blend well with the low-class connotations of gambling, the billiards industry began to distance itself from the term pool beginning in the late 19th century.' Again this is speculation without a source. 4/4 (advt.) 'Any gentlemen wishing to play the Game of Pool, can be accommodated with Balls for the purpose'.According to the OED this pre-dates the pool betting on horses usage by 60 years so the current text in the article'due to perhaps an association with the poolrooms where gamblers pooled their money to bet off-track on horse races. ![]() The collective stakes bet on the competitors in a contest, the proceeds being divided among the backers of the winnerThere are a number of others including the British, but all of them seem to involved people pooling a money into a pot with the winner taking it.The first reference the OED has for Pool billiards is: 1797 Alexandria (Virginia) Advertiser 21 Oct. ![]()
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