Patent ID: 6015345
Filing Date: 2000-01-18
Classification: G06Q,G07C,G07F

Abstract:
A method of conducting games of chance in conjunction with a plurality of regularly-scheduled sporting events between competing teams for awarding prizes to participants that meet predetermined requirements, the method comprising the steps of:(a) issuing to participants game cards that identify a plurality of principal team sporting events to be played by a specified time and that include blank delineated spaces that correspond to pre-selected fields of information for the entry of indicia corresponding to the predicted numerical value of the sum of the final scores of the competing teams for each event;(b) receiving from the participants prior to the specified time, game cards that have the delineated spaces marked with indicia corresponding to the predicted numerical value of the sum of the final scores of the competing teams for each of the events, and the participants' prescribed entry fee;(c) entering the predicted numerical value of the sum of the final scores of the competing terms indicated on the cards into the memory of a programmed digital computing device in association with a unique data entry transaction code;(d) issuing to each participant a printed confirmation of the entry of the predicted numerical value of the scores of the competing teams and the data entry transaction code;(e) entering the actual numerical score value totals from each of the principal sporting events into the memory of the digital computing device;(f) employing the computing device to identify the data entry transaction code of the score predictions of any participants that meet predetermined requirements for winning a prize; and(g) publishing the data entry transaction code of any prize-winning score predictions.