Pocket billiards, most commonly referred to as pool, is the general term for a family of games played on a specific class of billiards table, having 6 receptacles called pockets (or "holes") along the rails, in which balls are deposited as the main goal of play. Cue sports that are played on pocketless tables are generally referred to as carom billiards. Pool is a classic game enjoyed by many. We use the term billiards in place of 'pool' and vice versa. Generally billiards is the original game and it is still played in parts of Europe and Asia today. This game is played on a six-pocket table with two white balls and one red; players could score either by making a billiard upon the two object balls, by pocketing the red, or by pocketing one?s own ball after contact with an object ball. Pockets were most likely added to the table in the late 1700s. Pool is the modernized version of this classic game; it retains its original six-pocket table but has fifteen different colored balls and one white ball (the cue ball). The fifteen balls are also distinguished by stripes or solids.