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room) Jump to: navigation, search   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 establish