The marathon playing pool (singles) is 88 hours and was achieved by Colin Pilcher and Marc Murray (both UK) in Consett, Durham, UK, from 25 to 28 July 2013. This 770-frame effort saw Colin and Marc regain this Guinness World Records title, having lost it 2011.
The longest time an individual has continuously played poker is 115 hours and was achieved by Phil Laak (Cyprus) at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino, NV, USA, from 2 to 7 June 2010. Over 117,000 people watched the attempt live online.
The longest pinball marathon lasted 28 hours and was achieved by Alessandro Parisi (Australia) at the Westland Shopping Centre in Whyalla, Australia on 22-23 January 2007.
The longest pétanque marathon is 52 hours by 12 members of Gilles de B’Heinsch in Toernich, Luxemberg, Belgium on 18-20 September 2009. The attempt began at 8am on the 18th and ended at 12noon on 20th September. The players were seperated into 4 teams of 3 palyers each.
The record for the longest marbles playing marathon is 26 hours, achieved by Michael Gray and Jenna Gray (both Australia), who continuously played the street game at First Fleet Park, The Rocks, Sydney, Australia, from 11-12 February 2006.
The longest marathon playing Mahjong is 33 hr 3 min 48.58 sec and was achieved by Oleg Petrov, Anton Khantimirov, Mark Efremov and Nickolay Demyanov (all Russia) in the exhibition center “Sibir” in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, on 14-16 December 2012.
The longest marathon playing lacrosse (male) is 13 hr 14 min, between The Charlotte Hounds and members of the South Charlotte Old Guys Lacrosse League at the Memorial Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA on 19 November 2011. The final score was tied between the white and blue teams, scoring 140 goals each.
The longest marathon playing table hockey is 26 hr 16 min and was achieved by Martin Zenisek, Vaclav Pikl, Hynek Nechutny, Zdenek Lopaur, Zdenek Matousek, Josef Kurka, Jakub Sladek and Lukas Vacek (all Czech Republic), at Salesian Community, Pilsen, Czech Republic, on 25-26 July 2008.
The longest table football marathon lasted 51 hr 52 min and was set by Alexander Gruber, Roman Schelling, Enrico Lechtaler and Christian Nägele (all Austria) in Bregenz, Austria, on 27-29 June 2008. 469 matches were played with 7,503 goals being scored in total. The winning pair were Enrico Lechtaler and Christian Nägele who scored 3,854 goals to 3,649.
The record for the longest subbuteo marathon is 100 hr 1 min and was set by Graham Larkin and Kieran Mulrooney (both UK) at RAF Staff College, Bracknell, Berkshire, UK on 16-20 March 1989. Re-instated from 1990 edition after Mr Larkin contacted us asking if the record was still valid. It is valid as guidelines post August 2005 are the same as they were in 1989.