Patent ID: 6394899
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
A method of playing a knowledge based wagering game comprising:identifying a knowledge based game to a plurality of individuals; enrolling a plurality of the individuals as active players for the game whose subsequent scores form a universe of competing players; affording each player an opportunity to place a wager on the game; accepting the wager from each player to form a wager pool; displaying to each player a sequential series of inquiries and providing a plurality of possible responses to each inquiry; affording each player a predetermined period of time in which to select a response from the plurality of possible responses for each sequentially displayed inquiry; recording the responses selected by each player and the time taken by each player to select each response to each inquiry; determining each player's ranking with respect to the universe of players; displaying to all of the players each player's ranking and any amount won by each player; and paying out the amount won by each player.