Dom-jot

A dom-jot table on Starbase Earhart

Dom-jot is a game played with a ball and cue on a table with an irregular geometric coordination, similar to Terran billiards with certain elements of pinball. Rolling the terik into straight nines is considered an extremely skilled move in dom-jot.

Cortin Zweller was fond of dom-jot, as were Jake Sisko, Nog and Leeta. (TNG: "Tapestry"; DS9: "The Abandoned", "Doctor Bashir, I Presume")

Jean-Luc Picard was stabbed through the heart by a Nausicaan during a quarrel over a game of dom-jot in 2327. This incident would lead to Picard undergoing emergency surgery to receive an artificial heart. (TNG: "Tapestry")

According to a cut line from DS9: "The Maquis, Part II", Curzon Dax once persuaded Benjamin Sisko and Calvin Hudson to play a game against two Zakdorn on Pelios Station. The Zakdorn won each game played over seven hours and Curzon revealed he had bet on their victory.

In 2371, Benjamin Sisko learned from Jake's then-girlfriend Mardah, that Jake was quite the dom-jot hustler. (DS9: "The Abandoned")

Dom-jot was also available in a computerized form. Jake Sisko played such a version of the game on a PADD in 2373 (DS9: "The Ascent").

In an alternate timeline Jake Sisko spent much time playing dom-jot after his father died. (DS9: "The Visitor")

Additional references

• DS9:
  • "Life Support"
  • "Little Green Men"
  • "Shattered Mirror"