Patent ID: 7747505

Claim:
A business process for creating a secure game contract over a network, comprising the steps of: generating a game contract agreement, comprising the steps of determining a game contract rule set, determining a set of game expectations for one or more game contracting parties, and determining potential game contract outcomes; receiving initial game conditions for game contract generation from the one or more game contracting parties; carrying out game contract activity according to the game contract rule set such that the one or more game contracting parties act in a synchronized manner according to the game contract rule set and the set of game expectations; generating a non-refutable game contract log detailing all contract transactions, and storing the game contract log in a storage structure; generating a theoretical game contract log detailing expected game contract transactions based on the game contract rule set, the set of game expectations, and the game initial conditions, and storing the theoretical game contract log in the storage structure; and verifying the game contract transactions as recorded in the game contract log by using processing structure to compare (i) the game contract transactions in the stored game contract log to (ii) the expected game contract transactions in the stored theoretical game contract log.