Boccette
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Boccette is a billiards-type game played in Italy
. A variation of the game of five-pins
, it is played on a less (carom) billiard table with nine balls
(typically four white, four red, and one blue). Cue stick
s are not used; the balls are manipulated with the hands directly, as in finger billiards.
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. A variation of the game of five-pins
Five-pins
Five-pin billiards or simply five-pins or 5-pins , is a today usually a carom but sometimes still a pocket form of cue sport, popular especially in Italy and Argentina but also in some other parts of Latin America and Europe, with international, televised professional tournaments...
, it is played on a less (carom) billiard table with nine balls
Billiard ball
A billiard ball is a small, hard ball used in cue sports, such as carom billiards, pool, and snooker. The number, type, diameter, color, and pattern of the balls differ depending upon the specific game being played...
(typically four white, four red, and one blue). Cue stick
Cue stick
A cue stick , is an item of sporting equipment essential to the games of pool, snooker and carom billiards. It is used to strike a ball, usually the...
s are not used; the balls are manipulated with the hands directly, as in finger billiards.