If people are going to play Monopoly continuously for 50 days, there are advantages to doing it in an 8,000-gallon tank of water, says a player who helped set an underwater endurance record.
"The process of being underwater relieves a lot of the boredom and detail of it. You can drop the dice and watch for 10 seconds as it cascades down," said Stephen Desaulniers, 38.Desaulniers was one of about 1,200 people who played Monopoly in the tank behind the Doubletree Hotel in a fund-raising stunt that began July 16 and culminated Sunday. The participants hope to earn a place in the Guinness Book of World Records, which listed a 48-day Monopoly game by a group in Buffalo, N.Y.
Lead weights held down the plastic porch seats and card table the players used, and plastic clothespins kept the play money and game cards in place. The players strapped themselves into the seats and used oxygen tanks.
Desaulniers, one of the organizers, said the Monopoly marathon raised about $62,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.