What is this item ? Suggestions have been an Abacus

What is this item ? Suggestions have been an Abacus a sheep counting tally, a game.

 

I think we had this before. Maybe @daveydempsey knew. I think it was for gambling odds or similar.

 

Maybe it was @Ownedbybear ?

 

Here's the thread:

https://www.antiquers.com/threads/any-ideas-what-this-is.30392/#post-402003

 

top of the page:

https://www.antiquers.com/threads/any-ideas-what-this-is.30392

 

It reminds me of soccer games results.

 

Yup, football pool stick.

 

Thanks everyone, I found it in family house while clearing it out and now you have solved the mystery. Maybe posting other items up here as my parents held on to everything !!! ha ha

 

I missed that thread back in 2018 so this is my learned something today moment.

The odds of one of these ending up on this side of the pond in SC is fairly unlikely but you just never know what you are going to stumble upon.

Hello @Sarah Hobbs & welcome to the forum!!!

The forum members would love to help you out with anything you can't figure out on your own. To the folks here trying to figure out a mystery, the object is often a team effort from those all around the globe but it is what keeps life exciting both for those solving the puzzle & those watching from the sidelines.