Patent ID: 8882576

Claim:
A method for implementation by one or more processors forming part of at least one computing system, the method comprising: accessing, by at least one data processor, data characterizing a quantifiable outcome for each of a plurality of game trials, each game trial associated with one of a plurality of players and a game, the game being a digital game played on a computing platform; computing, using the accessed data and at least one data processor, a first variance measure of the quantifiable outcome for all game trials associated with the plurality of players; computing, using at least one data processor and for one or more of the plurality of players and using the accessed data, a second variance measure of the quantifiable outcome for the game trials associated with the one or more of the plurality of players, wherein computing the second variance measure includes computing a weighted average of outcome variances of each of the one or more of the plurality of players, the weights based on an amount of trials associated with each player; determining, using at least one data processor and based on at least the first variance measure and the second variance measure, a skill factor for the game; determining, using the skill factor, whether a dominant factor of game outcome in the game is skill or chance; and providing, by at least one data processor, data characterizing the skill factor.