A cardroom or card room is a gaming establishment that exclusively offers card games for play by the public. The term poker room is used to describe a dedicated room in casinos that is dedicated to playing poker and in function is similar to a card room.
Such rooms typically do not offer slot machines or video poker, or other table games such as craps as found in casinos. However, a casino will often use the term "cardroom" or "poker room" (usually the latter) to refer to a separate room that offers card games where players typically compete against each other, instead of against "the house." In the United States, stand-alone cardrooms are typically the result of local or state laws and regulations, which often prohibit full-fledged casino gambling. 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.
Since games played in card rooms are usually player-against-player instead of player-against-house, card room operators typically derive their revenues in one of two ways. In most, the dealer of each game (employed by the establishment) will collect a rake, a portion of the pot from each hand. At other times, a charge will be levied against each player for a specific time period, typically each half hour.
How long is the road
How hard the journy
When do you really know for sure
What you're looking for
Out there in the world
Sometimes it's lonely
Lost in the wonder of it all
Feeling very small
You need a dream or two
To take along with you
Carry a dream
Inside your heart
And from the start
You'll never be alone
Carry a dream
Where ever you may go
And if you believe your dream
It will lead you home
How high is that star
How far above you
See how it shine so clear and bright
Through the darkest night
Out there in the world
Somebody loves you
So keep your eye upon that star
Trust in who you are
And the love will see you through
Just like a dream come true
Carry a dream
Inside your heart
Use it to build
A future of your own
Carry a dream
To last your whole life song
And if you believe your dream
You're already home
Carry a dream
Inside your heart
Use it to build
A future of your own
Carry a dream
To last your whole life song
And if you believe your dream