PTANQUE ORIGINATED IN FRANCE AND IS PLAYED BY TWO TEAMS, EACH COMPRISING ONE, TWO, OR THREE PLAYERS. IN THE SINGLES AND DOUBLES GAMES, EACH PLAYER PLAYS WITH THREE METAL BOULES. IN TRIPLES, EACH PLAYER USES ONLY TWO.A GAME CONSISTS OF SEVERAL inENDSin . AN END CONSISTS OF THE THROWING OUT OF THE JACK, FOLLOWED BY THE TWO TEAMS THROWING THEIR BOULES. AFTER BOTH TEAMS HAVE THROWN ALL OF THEIR BOULES, THE TEAM WITH THE BOULE CLOSEST TO THE JACK WINS THE END. THE WINNING TEAM SCORES ONE POINT FOR EACH OF ITS BOULES THAT IS CLOSER THAN THE OPPOSING TEAMftS CLOSEST BOULE. THE FIRST TEAM TO 13 POINTS WINS THE GAME
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