Patent ID: 11861987
Assignee: nan
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 16:
17. A non-transitory machine-useable storage medium embodying instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:
provide, by use of a data processor, a display device, and a network interface, a virtual deck of cards, wherein a plurality of virtual cards in the deck have been selected from a shuffled virtual deck of cards, wherein each of the plurality of virtual cards comprise identifying information and real-life statistics related to a participant's actions in real-life events, wherein each of the plurality of virtual cards further comprise information indicative of: 1) a participant's name, 2) an identifier of a group of which a participant is a member, 3) a value of the virtual card determined by fantasy points a corresponding participant is worth, the value corresponding to a participant's performance in a real-life event, the value representing live action scoring from the real-life event currently in progress or completed, 4) an identifier of a position or role played by a participant, and 5) statistics related to a participant's performance in real-life events;
receive a wager from players for entry into a real time live action wagering tournament game;
divide a plurality of players into player groups;
present, via the display device, at least one virtual card face up from the virtual deck of cards to each player of a player group;
identify at least one top scoring winner of each player group based on values of the virtual cards presented to each player in a player group; and
enable one or more top scoring players of each player group to participate in a subsequent game with a different player group.