Cardroom

Such rooms typically do not offer slot machines or video poker, or other table games such as craps or roulette as found in casinos.

This was typically the case in California until the advent of casino gambling offered by Native American tribes in the 1990s, though card rooms continue to flourish and even expand there.

In most situations, the dealer of each game (employed by the establishment) will collect a rake, a portion of the pot from each hand.

Some even call themselves "casinos", even though their lack of electronic and table games would normally disqualify the use of such a term by modern standards.

All these clubs host major poker tournaments, which attract the game's top players and television coverage.