What are the main differences between British billiards and American billiards?

Question

What are the main differences between British billiards and American billiards?

Answer 1

The Atlantic Ocean!!!

Answer 2

Snooker and Billiards being diffrent games in modern terms there is no difference in the game itsself

Answer 3

most americans play 9 or 15 ball games.  Brits like snooker with the multiple balls and smaller pockets

Answer 4

You ask about "billiards" not "pocket billiards". There is no difference in the British or American version. A billiard table has no pockets. All three-cushion games are the same. All balk line games are played by the same rules.

Now if you are talking pocket billiards, the British play '9' ball by American rules like Americans play snooker by British rules.

Hope this is helpful.

Answer 5

The main difference is that on a fould, American rules gives you ball in hadn anywhere on the table.  British rules gives you ball in hand in the D