Patent ID: 8532798

Claim:
A device for predicting an outcome of an event involving a plurality of participants, comprising: at least one computer processor configured to: receive a user identification of at least one category from a list of identifiable categories; responsive to a plurality of user identifications of a same one of the at least one category, adjust a weighting of the respective category from an initial weighting that is equal to weightings of all other identified ones of the at least one category, such that each identification of the same category beyond a first instance of identification adds an additional degree of weight to the same category relative to all others of the identified categories; for each participant: determine a score value of each of the identified at least one category based on statistics information concerning the respective identified at least one category; calculate an overall score as a function of the respective participant's respective category score values and the weightings; and determine a rank of the respective participant based on the respective participant's overall score; and output for display a graphical user interface that includes, as the predicted outcome, a list of participants ordered according to their determined rank; wherein the user interface includes user selectable options to place respective wagers on each of the participants in the list, and the user selectable options are displayed together with the list.