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Curling scoring area.
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The winner is the "team" having the highest number of accumulated points at the completion of 10 "ends".
If at the end of the game the "score" is tied, "extra ends" are played until a winner is decided.
Points are scored at the conclusion of each of these "ends" as follows: when each "team" has thrown its eight "stones", the "team" with the "stone" closest to the "tee" wins that "end"; the winning "team" is then awarded one point for each of its own "stones" lying closer to the "tee" than the opponent's closest "stone".
Only "stones" that are in the "house" are considered in the scoring.
A "stone" is in the "house" if it lies within the "twelve foot" (3.7 m) zone or any portion of its edge lies over the edge of the ring. Since the bottom of the stone is rounded, a "stone" just barely in the "house" will not have any actual contact with the ring, which will pass under the rounded edge of the "stone", but it still counts; this type of "stone" is known as a "biter".
If at the end of an "end" no "stone" is in the "house" no team scores in this "end"; this situation is called "bl
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