Patent ID: 8342931

Claim:
A computer implemented method for implementing a fantasy football virtual card game, comprising: using a computer to perform each of the steps comprising: dealing a first set of offensive cards to a player each indicating an athlete who has played in a real world football league; dealing a set of defensive cards to a player each indicating a team in the real world football league; receiving from the player a matchup comprising an offensive selection and a defensive selection, the offensive selection being one from the set of dealt offensive cards, and the defensive selection being one from the set of dealt defensive cards, filtering a play database comprising plays from the real world football league to generate a set of plays where the athlete represented by the offensive selection played on the offensive side in a real world football game against the team represented by the defensive selection, and where the athlete was an athlete of note in the play; selecting randomly a play from the set of plays; and determining an outcome of the play.