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Snooker is a cue sport played on a large rectangular table lined with six pockets, in which players use a cue-ball to pot 15 Red object balls and 6 coloured object balls in a prescribed sequence to accumulate points. The sport traces its origins to 1875, when Lieutenant Neville Chamberlain, a Bri...

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Rules sourced from Official Rules of the Games of Snooker and English Billiards — last verified September 13, 2026

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