Patent ID: 8579686

Claim:
A method for operating a gaming event prediction game, comprising the steps of: preparing a plurality of predictive questions relating to possible outcomes of a plurality of elements of at least one scheduled competitive event for each scheduled contested event in a series of recurring scheduled contested events; transmitting the plurality of event prediction questions to a plurality of game playing consoles for each of the plurality of players, respectively; receiving and displaying said event prediction questions at said plurality of game playing consoles for each of said plurality of players, respectively; inputting each said player's selection of a series of player answers to said plurality of event prediction questions to said plurality of game playing consoles for each of said plurality of players, respectively; transmitting each said player's selection of a series of player answers to said plurality of event prediction questions from said plurality of game playing consoles for each of said plurality of players, respectively; receiving each said player's selection of a series of player answers to said plurality of event prediction questions at a remote comparison controller for each of said plurality of players, respectively, said remote comparison controller making a comparison of said series of correct answers to said plurality of event prediction questions with the series of player answers to said plurality of event prediction questions selected by each of said plurality of players on said plurality of game playing consoles, respectively, to determine whether the plurality of answers to said plurality of predictive questions are correct or incorrect for each of said plurality of players, respectively; determining a cumulative point score as the sum of point values of correct answers for each of said plurality of players, respectively, wherein at least one of said plurality of predictive questions is designated as a power question, and assigning an increased point value of answers to each of said plurality of predictive questions designated as a power question that is a multiple of an initial point value, and wherein each player is given the opportunity to selected twelve questions to answer each week, and each player designates two of the twelve questions as power questions each week; awarding said plurality of players points for correctly predicting certain future outcomes contained in said plurality of predictive questions; making the results of the comparison available for transmission to the plurality of game playing consoles for each of the plurality of players, respectively, responsive to the selection of a series of player answers to the plurality of event prediction questions; and displaying the points and prizes on the plurality of game playing consoles for each of the plurality of players, respectively, responsive to the selection of a series of player answers to the plurality of event prediction questions.