Patent ID: 8308571

Claim:
A gaming method comprising the steps of: (a) distributing at least five different available selections for a game from at least one server to one or more potential participants via at least one device selected from the group consisting of a computer, a gaming machine and a kiosk, said device being operatively connected to said at least one server, (b) obtaining a first selection of a contestant, obtaining or assigning a second selection of a contestant and obtaining or assigning an identification of a first place contestant from among the first and second selections for a particular contest for each game participants at said at least one server, (c) determining an actual finish position in said contest of said first and second selections for each of said participants, and (d) always determining at least one winning participant based only on said determining step (c) and wherein the identification of the actual first place finisher in said contest is only used to determine said at least one winning participant if consideration of the first and second selections results in at least two participants tied for winning participant in said game in which case if at least one of said at least two tied participants has a correct identification of the first place finisher, the at least one participant having the correct identification of the first place finisher is determined to be the winning participant.