Its miniaturized tabletop variant is very popular in bars and pubs. Today, due to its popularity on cruise ships, in retirement homes and companies (such as Arm) because of its low physical fitness requirements, the deck game is often associated with the elderly, though it is increasingly popular among younger generations. Historically, the ancient shovelboard, about which little is known, appears to have diverged into modern shuffleboard and sjoelen, and with the former leading to the development of both table shuffleboard and shove ha'penny. In its goals, form and equipment, shuffleboard shares various features with (and perhaps influences by or upon) many other games, including air hockey, bowls, bocce, curling, croquet, carrom and billiards. The game was played and gambled over by King Henry VIII of England, who prohibited commoners from playing evidently he did not always win, as the record of royal expenses for 1532 shows a payment from the Privy Purse of GB£9, "Paied to my lord Wylliam for that he wanne of the kinges grace at shovillaborde" (today's spelling: "Paid to Lord William, for he won, by the king's grace, at shovelboard"). However there is no dispute concerning its age as a form of popular amusement, and in Europe has a history that goes back over 500 years. Inevitably, this uncertainty gives rise to some debate, even disagreement, about which country can claim to have invented it.
Though there is some knowledge of its development, its actual origins, the place and date where it was first played, remain a mystery.
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The full history of shuffleboard is not known.
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