card-room
Where hands play
A card-room is a room set aside for playing card games, typically in a club, casino, or large private home.
The term evokes an era when gentlemen's clubs and grand houses had dedicated spaces for whist, bridge, or poker: He retreated to the card-room after dinner.
poker
Hearth implement for coals
- blackjackCard game to twenty-one
- baccaratCard game targeting nine
- whistTrick-taking partnership card game
bridge · ante · wager · stake · chips · dealer · croupier · felt · shuffle · deck
casino
Facility for wagering
- clubhouseMembers-only gathering place
- parlorFormal room for visitors
- saloonDrinking establishment, often frontier
lounge · members-only · backroom · hotel · steamboat · Victorian · Edwardian · chandelier · baize · mahogany
card-roomcasino floor
Gambling venue's central space
sports book · race track · gaming floor · betting shop · off-track betting
card-roomballroom
Venue for formal dances
dining room · reading room · billiard room · smoking room · drawing room
card-roomgymnasium
Indoor athletic facility
ballroom · sports hall · dance floor · swimming pool · billiard room
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