Individual sports event activities are recorded along with metric results of individual or collective results of the activities. The data from these recordings and metrics are provided to a central gaming server. Individual players offer wagers of value to be used in competition against other individual or groups of players. The central gaming server compares the metrics of at least two individual players that have offered wagers of values and determines a winning individual player based on the comparison of metrics.

A ball delivery device, system, and method housing a plurality of balls for a game session is presented. The ball delivery device includes a mixing chamber that receives the plurality of balls for the game session, a mixing arm (or arms) that mixes the plurality of balls within the mixing chamber during the game session, a ball holder disposed on the arm, wherein the ball holder captures a single ball from the mixing chamber during the game session and deposits the ball on a reading platform, an agitator mechanically coupled to the reading platform, wherein the agitator induces a vibration in the reading platform, a reader that scans an identifier printed on the ball as the ball rotates on the vibrating reading platform, and a camera that captures an image of the ball.

A computer-based digital marketplace exchange is disclosed, providing the functionality of offering rounds of golf for sale, as well as conducting the sale of the rounds of golf. Customers can use the system to build, purchase, and redeem rounds, subject to at least one rule uploaded by the course. Once an order is purchased with the system, a customer's account is credited. When the customer seeks to redeem the round, the system can be configured to access a real-time positioning component and temporal component of a customer's mobile computer device. The system determines whether the time/location of the customer violates the rules placed on the round. If the rules are violated, then the system notifies the customer that he/she is prohibited from redeeming the round. Conversely, if the rules are not violated, then the round is redeemed and the course notified of the customer's arrival.

A publicly accessible urban beach entertainment complex is disclosed, with a man-made tropical, pristine-clear lagoon as the centerpiece of the complex. The lagoon includes a surf feature and surrounding the lagoon are entertainment, educational, sports, and commercial facilities. The complex has a controlled public access and provides the look and feel of a tropical beach with clear waters and sandy beaches. In addition a method for efficiently utilizing facilities and land that are vacant, underutilized, have limited uses, or that are contiguous to or nearby recreational, educational, sports, or commercial venues is disclosed. The method providing a publicly accessible urban beach entertainment complex with a centerpiece man-made tropical-style pristine-clear lagoon having a surf feature. The method allows for generating revenue and increasing efficiency by pairing vacant sites, underutilized sites, limited use land, or sites that are contiguous to entertainment, educational, sports, and/or commercial venues with urban beach entertainment complexes. The complex preferably has a controlled public access, thereby allowing entrance upon payment of a fee.

An operation assembly for a game assembly is disclosed. The operation assembly has an actuating assembly, an electric relay that is electrically connected to the actuating assembly, a tracking device that is electrically connected to the electric relay, and a display assembly that is selectively electrically connected to the electric relay. The display assembly is configured to transfer an electrical pulse from the display assembly to the tracking device via the electric relay. The actuating assembly performs an operation when the electrical pulse is transferred to the tracking device. The operation includes activating one or more actuators of the actuating assembly to move a structural member of the actuating assembly. The structural member is disposed at an elongated slot of the game assembly.

A roulette wheel device, and related devices, systems, and methods, includes a base coupled to a table, the base having a circular ball track within a circular rim. The roulette wheel device further includes a circular wheelhead rotatably coupled to the base within the ball track. The wheelhead includes a circular ring having a plurality of pockets, wherein the circular ball track is sloped downwardly toward the circular ring to direct a roulette ball into one of the plurality of pockets. The wheelhead further includes a circular display subassembly including a display device to selectively display graphical elements corresponding to the plurality of pockets. The circular ball track, the circular ring, and the circular display subassembly are substantially concentric.

A display signal associated with a pinball machine display is received. The display signal is interpreted. A network message is transmitted via a network interface based at least in part on the interpretation of the display signal. A network message is received via a network interface. A maintenance signal associated with the network message is submitted via a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to a pinball machine coin door panel driver board.

A display signal associated with a pinball machine display is received. The display signal is interpreted. A network message is transmitted via a network interface based at least in part on the interpretation of the display signal. A network message is received via a network interface. A maintenance signal associated with the network message is submitted via a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to a pinball machine coin door panel driver board.

A table game, includes a game surface having a plurality of holes therein, a plurality of balls for contacting the game surface and being of a diameter allowing each ball of the plurality of balls to be passed or thrown into each hole of the plurality of holes of the game surface, along with a manner for players to thrown balls onto the game surface and scoring players, preferably depending upon the location of the ball thrown onto the game surface.

A table game, includes a game surface having a plurality of holes therein, a plurality of balls for contacting the game surface and being of a diameter allowing each ball of the plurality of balls to be passed or thrown into each hole of the plurality of holes of the game surface, along with a manner for players to thrown balls onto the game surface and scoring players, preferably depending upon the location of the ball thrown onto the game surface.