Patent ID: 7841933
Filing Date: 2010-11-30
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for conducting a sport tournament with wagering for a field of players competing in multiple rounds, comprising the steps of: a) each player providing a buy-in amount of money for wagering; b) dividing the field into groups of generally equal size; c) each group competing within itself in a series of play sequences, each play sequence comprising at least one play action made by each player that produces a result based on physical skill in a sport toward a virtual goal on a computerized simulated play system using a digitizing manual input device that gives the player manual control over a simulated trajectory of a ball; d) each player wagering after each play action of physical skill on expected results in the current play sequence versus the other players in the same group; e) each play sequence having a minimum ante required of each player; f) players being eliminated when they can no longer meet the minimum ante on the next play sequence; g) each round of the tournament being completed when a single player survives in each group; h) the survivors of a round being divided into new groups for another round; and i) repeating this method recursively from step b) until a last round is played that has only one group, and a single winner survives.