Patent ID: 8727870
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of playing a game between a plurality of players comprising the steps of: a. providing a first pre-defined selection set to the players wherein the first selection set comprises a first plurality of items that can be selected by the players; b. opening a first selection period wherein during the first selection period the players are able to select a desired item from the first selection set and wherein multiple players are able to select the same item during the first selection period; c. providing one or more user interface stations wherein the players are able to select the items from the set; d. recording each instance each item is selected during the first selection period, thereby generating a total number of instances each item is selected; e. closing the first selection period wherein no further selections can be made for the first selection period; and f. determining, by a computer, which items have a greatest total number of instances being selected, a smallest total number of instances being selected, or both, at the closing of the first selection period; and g. determining one or more winning players for the first selection period, wherein winning players are players who selected the item having the greatest total number of instances being selected or the smallest total number of instances being selected at the closing of the first selection period.