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[[File:Tiverton , West End Bowling Club - geograph.org.uk - 1216266.jpg|thumb|275px|Playing bowls at Tiverton West End Bowling Club, United Kingdom]]
 
'''Bowling''' is a [[Throwing sports#Target sports|targetphysical sport]] and recreational activity in which a player rolls a [[bowling ball|ball]] toward [[Bowling pin|pins]] (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling). The term ''bowling'' usually refers to pin bowling, most commonly [[ten-pin bowling]], though in the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Commonwealth realm|Commonwealth]] countries, bowling may also refer to target bowling, such as [[lawn bowls]]. Bowling is played by 120 million people in more than 90 countries, including 70 million people in the [[United States]] alone.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nfmba.com/tidbits.htm|title=Niagara Falls Bowling Association|access-date=24 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102134931/http://nfmba.com/tidbits.htm|archive-date=2 January 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
In pin bowling, the goal is to knock over [[Bowling pin|pins]] on a long playing surface known as a ''[[Bowling alley|lane]]''. Lanes have a wood or synthetic surface onto which protective lubricating oil is applied in different specified oil patterns that affect [[Bowling ball#Ball motion|ball motion]]. A [[strike (bowling)|strike]] is achieved when all the pins are knocked down on the first roll, and a spare is achieved if all the pins are knocked over on a second roll. Common types of pin bowling include [[ten-pin bowling|ten-pin]], [[candlepin]], [[duckpin bowling|duckpin]], [[nine-pin bowling|nine-pin]], and [[five-pin bowling|five-pin]]. The historical game [[Skittles (sport)|skittles]] is the forerunner of modern pin bowling.