Guinness Gamer World Record
We’ve posted before about Gammonish and what a fine service they do for backgammon gaming and instruction.
For those of you who don’t know, Gammonish is a great site that teaches backgammon and blackjack to anyone who wants to learn.
You can play online against a computer or against other players. You can even win money!
Well, Gammonish has applied to Guinness to be the ones to set a World Record. they’re trying to set the record for the farthest backgammon toss.
There’s a press release after the jump but here’s a summary of what’s going on.
The idea is to toss two backgammon dice out of a helicopter from 200 - 300 feet in the air down on to a massive backgammon board.
The people tossing the dice will be two well known Backgammon champions. The playing board is about an acre…huge.
These special dice are valued at about 1000 euros each
It’s good to see a web site becoming so prosperous and taking such a leap to promote themselves.
Read the press release below to find out more details about this unique, record breaking event and don’t forget to learn how to play Backgammon and blackjack online at Gammonish.com
Press Release:
Backgammon Masters online game operator has applied for a Guinness Gamer World Record in farthest backgammon dice toss. The purpose of the event to announce and promote Backgammon Masters Backgammon Freeroll tournaments held every Tuesday and Friday at http://www.backgammonmasters.com . The plan is to toss 2 backgammon dice out of a helicopter 200-300 ft. up in the sky onto a 1 acre-sized gigantic backgammon board-shaped field in a HUGE backgammon tournament, and huge here refers to the size of the playing field and dice, checkers and the event itself.
In the tournament, 2 well-known world backgammon champions will play a full match on the huge acre-sized field using a helicopter to toss the dice and a staff to move the checkers communicating with walkie talkies. The size of checkers to be used is 3 feet in diameter. The winner will get to keep the dice which are valued at 1,000 Euro. The backgammon dice are custom made out of a special inflatable material to withstand the impact of the fall.
Backgammon Masters has been advising with famous pilot expeditioner Quentin Smith who has crossed dessert and reached Arctic territories in extreme conditions and is an expert regarding the best locations, regulations and helicopter safety measures for such an event.
In addition, Backgammon Master’s is planning Guinness Book of World Records will be invited to the event where Special event tickets will be sold to the event and all proceeds will go to charity.
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