# Pin billiards

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**Pin billiards** may refer to any of a fairly large number of [billiard](/source/Cue_sports) games that uses a , or a set of "pins" or "s". The earliest form of billiards, [ground billiards](/source/Ground_billiards), was played with a single pin called the "king". Table billiards kept the king until the mid-18th century. There are billiard games played with as many as thirteen pins.

## Italian pin billiards

Main articles: [Italian five-pin billiards](/source/Italian_five-pin_billiards) and [Goriziana](/source/Goriziana)

Pin billiards has two distinct variations of pin billiards; played with similar rules to [carom billiards](/source/Carom_billiards). [Italian five-pin billiards](/source/Italian_five-pin_billiards), also known as *cinque birilli*, is played with five pins in a + formation, with points being given for knocking over pins with the s. The game is common across a wide area and also inspired [Danish Pin Billiards](#Danish_Pin_Billiards). [Italian nine-pin billiards](/source/Italian_nine-pin_billiards), which is also known as *goriziana*, is a variation of the sport, with a higher complexity of scoring, and has further variations such as *tutti doppi* and *filotto*.[1][2]

### Danish pin billiards

Main article: [Danish pin billiards](/source/Danish_pin_billiards)

A Danish variation, known as *Keglebillard* is played on a carom sized table, however, it is also played with s. The game is unusual for billiards, as both players play with the same cue-ball, (using a red ball).[2] A variant (usually found in social settings is known as *skomager*).[2][3]

## Bar billiards

Main article: [Bar billiards](/source/Bar_billiards)

Mostly played in [Great Britain](/source/Great_Britain), bar billiards originated in the 1930s. It is unique in that it is played on a carom-sized table with holes in the playing surface, but none at the sides or corners. There are two types of pins a table may have: mushroom-shaped ones or pins with a needle piercing through the center. Both are designed to prevent them from falling into the holes. Knocking one over incurs a penalty. Balls falling through the holes are returned to the playing end of the table. All shots are played 'from hand'. The duration of the game is controlled by a coin-operated clockwork mechanism, which drops a bar to prevent balls returning into play.[4]

## Other games

- [Bottle pool](/source/Bottle_pool) is essentially a pin billiards game but instead uses a leather bottle.
- [Devil's pool](/source/Devil's_pool_(billiards)) and [victory billiards](/source/Victory_billiards), two variants played in Australia, which use obelisk-shaped pins (like over-sized [dominoes](/source/Dominoes)) as targets and obstacles.

## References

1. ["Rules FIBIS September 2009"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110722033253/http://www.fibis.it/fibis/dwnload/regolam_stecca_aggiornato_sett2009.pdf). Archived from [the original](http://www.fibis.it/fibis/dwnload/regolam_stecca_aggiornato_sett2009.pdf) on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2018-12-27.

1. ["Pin Billiards – The Online Guide"](https://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Pin-Billiards.htm). *TradGames.org.uk*. Retrieved 27 December 2018.

1. ["Billard Club Sottevillais – The Official Club Website"](http://www.billard-club-sottevillais.com/). *Billard-Club-Sottevillais.com*. Retrieved 27 December 2018.

1. ["TIMELINE1of3"](https://docs.google.com/document/d/12AUre70nyZRXURC4puhMUp-M5SKm6Zb4eMXxTsCPhnE/pub). *docs.google.com*. Retrieved 27 December 2018.

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