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Carom billiards is a type of billiard game which is played on pocketless billiard tables with only one object ball and two cue balls. Straight rail sometimes referred to as straight billiards or 3-ball is the game mostly recognized with carom billiards. Other carom billiard games include three cushion billiard and balkline.

It is believed that carom billiards was invented in France during the 18th century, where it was known as Carambole after the stroke used to hit both the object ball and the opponent's cue ball at one. Carambole had arrived to America at the end of the 19th century. Nowadays carom billiard games are often played in Asia, South American and Continental Europe and less in North America and the United Kingdom.

In carom billiard games, each player has one cue ball in addition to the shared object ball, usually colored yellow. The player's goal is to use his cue ball to hit both the opponent's cue ball and the object ball at the same stroke. In straight rail, for example, a player who commits a successful carombole stroke receives one point; the first player to score a predetermined total wins the game.

The equipment used in carom billiard games is different from the equipment used in . In addition, carom billiard has a unique terminology that differs from the one common in pocket billiard games. If you want to understand the terms used in carom billiard games, click here for our carom billiards glossary of terms.