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Ten-pin bowling

Sports
Ten-pin bowling is a type of bowling in which a bowler rolls a bowling ball down a wood or synthetic lane toward ten pins positioned evenly in four rows in an equilateral triangle. The objective is to knock down all ten pins on the first roll of... Wikipedia
Equipment: Bowling ball, pins, lanes, bowling shoes
First played: c. 1810 England (outdoors); c. 1820, United States
Highest governing body: International Bowling Federation
Olympic: Demonstration sport in 1988
World Games: Since 1981