Patent ID: 6135881
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method of playing a multiplayer sports game which corresponds to an actual sporting event comprising the steps of:(a) providing, to each of a plurality of players, a form for forecasting the performance in a plurality of athletic performance categories of a plurality of athletes participating in the sporting event, where each athlete belongs to the same actual sports team participating in said actual sporting event;(b) receiving from each of the players, prior to the beginning of the sporting event, forecast decisions regarding the performance of one or more of said athletes in one or more of said athletic performance categories;(c) obtaining, after the conclusion of the sporting event, information regarding actual performances at the sporting event of the athletes in the performance categories; and(d) generating a score for each player based upon the correlation between the forecast decision received from each player and the actual performances of the athletes.