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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2006
Jeffery Wayne Henry, New Braunfels, TX (US);
John Timothy Schooley, New Braunfels, TX (US);
Jeffery Wayne Henry, New Braunfels, TX (US);
John Timothy Schooley, New Braunfels, TX (US);
Water Ride Concepts, Inc., New Braunfels, TX (US);
Abstract
A system may enable a participant to play games of chance in a water environment. A gambling facility may be part of a water ride. The gambling facility is coupled to a water amusement system. Gambling stations may be at least partially submerged in the body of water. Gambling apparatus may float on or be coupled to structures in the body of water. A participant may move from station to station, or apparatus to apparatus, by swimming, floating, traveling underwater, walking or jogging in the body of water, or using a conveyor. In some embodiments, participant identifiers are coupled to the one or more participants. The participant identifiers may be used to assess a status of the participants in the gambling facility or water amusement park system.