Patent ID: 7988545

Claim:
A method for operating a gaming system that includes a central server and at least a first game device in communication with the central server, the first game devices having an electronic display the method comprising the steps of: executing a game on the first game device played by a first player producing game result that includes a plurality of evaluation items based on the game playing performance of the first player; providing from the central server a second player's game results to the first game device, the second player's game results including a plurality of evaluation items based on previous game playing performances of the second player; comparing the evaluation items of the first player's game results with corresponding ones of the evaluation items of the second player's game results, and determining the superiority and inferiority of the first and second players for each of the evaluation items thereby producing a plurality of determined results; displaying on the display of the first game device a reference mark and a plurality of images, each image representing a corresponding one of the plurality of determined results, the images being arranged along a predetermined direction on the display; providing movement on the display by changing the position of the reference mark relative to the images representing the determined results, or by changing the position of the images representing the determined results relative to the reference mark, such that the reference mark points to only one image at any given time while the reference mark and the images are being displayed with the provided movement; receiving from the first player an instruction indicating the first player has selected of the one of the images that the reference mark points to at the time the instruction is received; and determining whether the first player has won or lost relative to the second player, in accordance with the image selected by the first player.