An aiming device for pocket billiards comprises a strip. The strip has a length equal to a distance between a pair of interval markers of a plurality of interval markers on a plurality of rails of a pocket billiards table. There are a plurality of markings along a longitudinal direction of the strip. The strip is removably placeable on any of the rails between any of the pairs of interval markers.

A method of playing billiards is disclosed with a scoring system. In the disclosed system, a cue ball and fifteen billiard balls are used, numbered one through fifteen. Player one is assigned seven of the billiard balls, and player two is assigned seven billiard balls. The remaining billiard ball is the game ball that is not assigned to either player. The disclosed system includes a point scoring system where points are added to a players score for sinking their own balls and points are subtracted from a score when a ball is successfully assassinated by the opposing player. Play continues until the game ball is sunk, and then the points determine the winner.

A method of playing billiards is disclosed with a scoring system. In the disclosed system, a cue ball and fifteen billiard balls are used, numbered one through fifteen. Player one is assigned seven of the billiard balls, and player two is assigned seven billiard balls. The remaining billiard ball is the game ball that is not assigned to either player. The disclosed system includes a point scoring system where points are added to a players score for sinking their own balls and points are subtracted from a score when a ball is successfully assassinated by the opposing player. Play continues until the game ball is sunk, and then the points determine the winner.

A lighting system for a billiard table comprising a frame, a plurality of lights disposed in the frame, and at least one lens coupled to the frame. The at least one lens is configured to focus a light produced by at least one light disposed in the frame.

A lighting system for a billiard table comprising a frame, a plurality of lights disposed in the frame, and at least one lens coupled to the frame. The at least one lens is configured to focus a light produced by at least one light disposed in the frame.

A billiards table slate lift system includes a lift system supported by tub of the billiards table below a one-piece slate bed that is supported both by the tub and a slate support system also supported by the tub and located below the bed. The slate lift system permits a single user to raise the bed using a power drill, put it into a safe configuration supported by the slate support system, and safely reach under the edge of the bed to conduct maintenance on the cloth covering the bed, and then lower the bed into place. The tub includes end sections and side sections joined by corner members. The end and side sections include underrails and walls.

A billiards table slate lift system includes a lift system supported by tub of the billiards table below a one-piece slate bed that is supported both by the tub and a slate support system also supported by the tub and located below the bed. The slate lift system permits a single user to raise the bed using a power drill, put it into a safe configuration supported by the slate support system, and safely reach under the edge of the bed to conduct maintenance on the cloth covering the bed, and then lower the bed into place. The tub includes end sections and side sections joined by corner members. The end and side sections include underrails and walls.

The invention discloses an automatic swing device for billiards practice, The invention provides a storage ball box, a pendulum ball module, an infrared detection module for detecting obstacles, and a control module, The electrical connection of the control module to the infrared detection module and the pendulum ball module, When the infrared detection module does not detect the obstacles, It means that the positioned billiard ball has been struck away, At this point, the control module drives the pendulum ball module, Place the billiards in the storage box in a fixed position, Allowing practitioners to maintain the hitting position, Continuous hitting practice, Instead of having to pick up the ball again after each stroke to affect the strike position, And it will help to improve practice efficiency and save time, And to improve the practitioners' interest.

A system for use with a billiards table may include addressable multi-color LED strips, a controller and a user device. The controller may be configured to send signals through the LED strips to control which one or more pixels are activated and one or more colors of light to be produced by corresponding one or more LEDs for the one or more activated pixels. The user device may communicate with the controller and may implement a program configured to enable a user of the user device to send lighting commands to the controller during gameplay. The lighting commands may indicate user-desired changes to lighting provided by the addressable multi-color LED strips. The controller may send corresponding signals to the addressable multi-color LED light strips to implement the changes to the lighting.

A snooker pocket rail system (10) that provides an atmospheric control system (24) for heating the atmosphere in a region adjacent the rails (14) where one or more balls (18) are supported in use. This maintains the temperature of the balls (18) when not in playso as to reduce adverse playing effects, such as kick, when the balls (18) are placed back onto the snooker table. The snooker pocket rail system (10) has a ball ring (12) from which the pocket rail (14) is suspended, in use, below a pocket by a net; an end stop (20); a plurality of rails (14) affixed at one end to the ball ring (12) and at their opposite ends to the end stop (20); and suspension means (26). The atmospheric control system (24) can be a heated air supply which directs (80, 84) heated air onto the balls (18) when suspended on the rails (14), or heated rails (14).