Patent ID: 8315722

Claim:
A method of playing a fantasy sport competition by a plurality of users, the users each having a personal computing device to access, through the Internet, one or more servers hosting the fantasy sport competition, comprising: in a first stage of the fantasy sport competition, each user individually: (i) drafting a user-drafted fantasy team to create a roster of a plurality of players, the user following a distribution requirement of the fantasy sport competition for a plurality of playing positions, the user drafting the plurality of players in competition against an automated system of the fantasy sport competition, the automated system drafting a plurality of system-generated fantasy teams by randomly selecting an algorithm for choosing players by rank, the automated system randomly changing the algorithm for each draft selection; (ii) forming a simulated league including the user-drafted fantasy team and the plurality of system-generated fantasy teams, the simulated league including a plurality of matches, wherein during each of the plurality of matches the user-drafted fantasy team competes with a randomly selected different one of the plurality of system-generated fantasy teams; (iii) selecting a starting line-up of the plurality of players from the user-drafted fantasy team roster before a first match of the plurality of matches; and (iv) being able to adjust the starting line-up of the user-drafted fantasy team roster prior to each match of the plurality of matches; and (v) scoring a plurality of points during each match of the plurality of matches, wherein the user wins each match by scoring greater points than the system-generated fantasy team, thereby compiling a win-loss record for the user during the plurality of matches.