Re: Why is the Felt Green?
felt is green on most gaming tables because when someone came up with the brilliant idea of putting felt on gaming tables, the most easily available source was billiards felt. Billiards felt has traditionally been green to represent the color of grass, since billiards was a game modeled after those outdoor games like croquet or (maybe bocci?) that are played on the grass. Then, once it was green, its probably very difficult to get gamblers (a somewhat superstitious lot) to agree to change. Ive seen many colors used for felting gaming tables though.
maybe bocci is played in the dirt, im not sure.
peace
john nickle
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