Patent ID: 7364509
Filing Date: 2008-04-29
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method of facilitating a wager between players, the method comprising: receiving data representing an initial offer from an initial player, wherein the initial offer comprises an initial fantasy team and an initial total wager amount; publishing the initial fantasy team and the initial total wager amount to a plurality of players; receiving second data representing a challenging offer to the published initial offer from a challenging player, wherein the challenging offer comprises a challenging fantasy team and a challenging wager amount; querying the initial player to accept or decline the challenging offer; calculating a score for the initial fantasy team, wherein the score is determined based on the performance of the initial fantasy team in at least one external event; calculating a score for the challenging fantasy team wherein the score for the challenging fantasy team is determined based on the performance of the challenging fantasy team in at least one external event; and awarding a pay-off amount to the initial player if the score for the initial fantasy team is higher than the score for the challenging fantasy team, and wherein the pay-off amount is determined based on at least one of the initial total wager amount and the challenging wager amount.