Patent ID: 6443838
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
A method of playing a main game in which the outcome of the main game is represented by a single value, the single value comprising a sum of individual values assigned to a plurality of participants participating in a plurality of individual games, each individual game involving two of said participants and said game having an outcome of a single winning participant and a single losing participant comprising:assigning a seed value to each participant of said plurality of individual games, said assigned seed value being unique to each participant and remaining constant throughout said plurality of individual games; generating all possible single values achieved by summing said assigned seed value of said participants based upon all possible winning outcomes of said plurality of individual games; permitting players to select at least one of said possible single values; and determining a single actual outcome value comprising the sum of said assigned seed values of the winning participants of each of said plurality of individual games.