A billiards rack system has a rack body and at least two alignment elements. The rack body has at least two inner surfaces that together define an inner area shaped for racking the billiard balls. The at least two alignment elements of the rack body each have an alignment indicia that is shaped to be placed over and visually aligned with alignment marks on a billiards table. The rack body correctly positions billiard balls on the billiards table once the alignment indicia of the alignment elements have been placed over and visually aligned with the alignment marks of the billiards table.