When playing pool at a bar where you pay quarters for each game when you scratch the cue ball is always returned but the numbered balls are put in the case. what is the difference between the balls so the table knowns which to place where?

What is the best type of pool cues and pool tables?

Am space planning a room and need to figure out how many feet I need beyond the table so the pool cues dont hit the wall. Thanks!

Hey everyone. I got pool table about a year ago just to play around on, it's not a big fancy one or anything. Anyways the pool cues I got with them, there was two. One is now cracked and the other one is really beat up. I was wondering if someone could tell me how much a cheap one would cost me? I don't want anything facny I just want a normal one. That I could like go to Canadian Tire to buy or somewhere like that. Thanks alot guys!

I played with a toy pool table like this in the 70's. I have been searching on ebay without any luck. Does anyone recall who made this "no cue stick" pool table? The pull-back shooter would just swivel around and you would place the Cue ball in the shooter and then choose the strength of your shot and press the button and the cue ball would be expelled. Thanks

Got a pool table today and came with the 2 piece cue rack. There were no screws that came with it and the racks have no holes for the screws. What are some alternative ways to mount the rack to the wall which is guaranteed to hold 5 cues? I'm no handyman either so I don't want to screw things up

Part of my job is to maintain the pool table and cue sticks of the dorm that I live in. Maintaining the cue sticks is a pain though, because either the tips (of non-screw-tip cues) are constantly ripped off, or the cues are broken in half (a weak point in the metal of another type of cue we've tried). Does anyone know of any sturdy, hardy pool sticks that would best be able to endure being used in a dorm, with people who don't necessarily know how to play pool or are abusive to the cues?

So i've been looking to purchase a pool table for the past month and decided that i would buy new and affordable table and i've narrowed it down to these two tables: http://www.sears.ca/product/sportcraft-kingsford-billard-table-with-cue-rack/06739120?ptag=1 http://www.walmart.com/ip/Minnesota-Fats-7.5-Billiard-Table-Black-with-Mahogany-Rail-and-Blue-Cloth/9203290?findingMethod=rr#Item+Description The one from sears comes with a cue and ball rack that mounts on the wall as well as the all the basic accessories (Balls, cues, triangle etc) and the walmart one comes with all the basic accessories. So out of these two pool tables, which do you think would be better for a basement. They are both 7.5' tables.