Predictive competitive sports game system
A system and method providing a game for users to select predictive statements about a future sporting event that the user believes will become true. A user or gamer initiates the game contest by opening that game site and choosing a particular competitive sporting event from a list of competitive sporting events. The user is then presented with a pool of predictive statements relating to the chosen sporting event. Each contest has multiple users who compete with each other for points. After the conclusion of the competitive sporting event or events, based on the outcome and occurrences during the event, it is determined which of the predictive statements are true, and which are not. Points are awarded to users for true statements and the user with the most points is declared the winner.
1. A gaming system for rewarding the ability of a user operating a device connected to the internet to predict aspects and outcomes of a future competitive sporting event, the system comprising:
a server connected to the internet and operating the gaming system;
a device under the control of a user, the device communicating with the server through the internet and capable of responding to prompts generated by the server;
wherein the server is configured to:
generate a pool of at least two predictive statements in each of at least two subcategories about a future sporting event for presentation to the device;
receive responses from a user operating the device identifying at least some of the pool of predictive statements in each subcategory;
subsequent to the competitive sporting event determine whether the identified predictive statements become true or not;
generate a response to the device based on the merits of the predictions; and,
reward the user based on the merits of the predictions.
2. The gaming system of claim 1 wherein the server is configured to receive responses from the user identifying a predetermined number of predictive statements in the pool of predictive statements.
3. The gaming system of claim 1 further comprising a second device operated by a second user communicating with the server through the internet, the device capable of responding to prompts generated by the server;
wherein the server generates a pool of predictive statements about a future sporting event for presentation to the second device;
receive responses from the second user operating the second device identifying some of the pool of predictive statements;
subsequent to the competitive sporting event determine whether the identified predictive statements submitted by the second user become true or not;
generate a response to the second device based on the merits of the predictions; and,
reward the user based on the merits of the predictions.
4. The gaming system of claim 3 wherein the server is further configured to compare the merits of the predictions received from the first and second devices.
5. The gaming system of claim 4 wherein the server is configured to reward the user operating the device based on the comparison of the merits of the predictions.
6. The gaming system of claim 1 wherein the server is configured to reward the user based on the likelihood the identified predictive statement would become true.
7. The gaming system of claim 1 wherein the pool of predictive statements relates to a contest between two teams, and the statements are chosen from the group consisting of a criteria for individual player performance, a final score of one team, an identification of a prevailing team, an event occurring during the contest, and a combination of two or more of the above criteria.
8. A gaming system for rewarding the ability of a user operating a device connected to the internet to predict aspects and outcomes of a future competitive sporting event, the system comprising:
a server connected to the internet and operating the gaming system;
a device under the control of a user, the device communicating with the server through the internet and capable of responding to prompts generated by the server;
wherein the server is configured to:
generate a pool of predictive statements about a future sporting event for presentation to the device;
receive responses from a user operating the device identifying some of the pool of predictive statements;
subsequent to the competitive sporting event determine whether the identified predictive statements become true or not;
generate a response to the device based on the merits of the predictions; and,
reward the user based on the merits of the predictions;
wherein the server is configured to receive responses from the device that order the identified predictive statements, and wherein the server is configured to reward the user based both on whether the predictive statement becomes true and the position of the predictive statement in the order of identified predictive statements.
9. The gaming system of claim 8 wherein the server is configured to provide a higher weight to a true identified predictive statement that is ordered ahead of another true identified predictive statement.
10. A modifiable sports gaming system for rewarding the ability of a user operating a device connected to the internet to accurately predict aspects and outcomes of a future sporting event, the system comprising:
a server connected to the internet and operating the gaming system;
a device under the control of a user, the device communicating with the server through the internet and capable of responding to prompts generated by the server;
wherein the server is configured to:
receive predictive statements generated by a user or users about a future sporting event;
generate a pool of at least two predictive statements in each of at least two subcategories about the future sporting event from the predictive statements received from the user or users;
present the pool of predictive statements to a user;
receive responses from a user operating the device identifying at least some of the pool of predictive statements in each subcategory;
subsequent to the competitive sporting event determine whether the identified predictive statements become true or not;
generate a response to the device based on the merits of the predictions; and,
reward the user based on the merits of the predictions.
11. The gaming system of claim 10 wherein the server is configured to receive responses from the user identifying a predetermined number of predictive statements in the pool of predictive statements.
12. The gaming system of claim 10 further comprising a second device operated by a
second user communicating with the server through the internet, the device capable of responding to prompts generated by the server;
wherein the server generates a pool of predictive statements about a future sporting event for presentation to the second device;
receive responses from the second user operating the second device identifying some of the pool of predictive statements;
subsequent to the competitive sporting event determine whether the identified predictive statements submitted by the second user become true or not;
generate a response to the second device based on the merits of the predictions; and,
reward the user based on the merits of the predictions.
13. The gaming system of claim 12 wherein the server is further configured to compare the merits of the predictions received from the first and second devices.
14. The gaming system of claim 13 wherein the server is configured to reward the user operating the device based on the comparison of the merits of the predictions.
15. The gaming system of claim 10 wherein the server is configured to reward the user based on the likelihood the identified predictive statement would become true.
16. The gaming system of claim 10 wherein the pool of predictive statements relates to a contest between two teams, and the statements are chosen from the group consisting of a criteria for individual player performance, a final score of one team, an identification of a prevailing team, an event occurring during the contest, and a combination of two or more of the above criteria.
17. A modifiable sports gaming system for rewarding the ability of a user operating a device connected to the internet to accurately predict aspects and outcomes of a future sporting event, the system comprising:
a server connected to the internet and operating the gaming system;
a device under the control of a user, the device communicating with the server through the internet and capable of responding to prompts generated by the server;
wherein the server is configured to:
receive predictive statements generated by a user or users about a future sporting event;
generate a pool of at least two predictive statements in each of at least two subcategories about the future sporting event from the predictive statements received from the user or users;
present the pool of predictive statements to a user;
receive responses from a user operating the device identifying at least some of the pool of predictive statements in each subcategory;
subsequent to the competitive sporting event determine whether the identified predictive statements become true or not
generate a response to the device based on the merits of the predictions; and, reward the user based on the merits of the predictions;
wherein the server is configured to receive responses from the device that order the identified predictive statements, and wherein the server is configured to reward the user based both on whether the predictive statement becomes true and the position of the predictive statement in the order of identified predictive statements.
18. The gaming system of claim 17 wherein the server is configured to provide a higher weight to a true identified predictive statement that is ordered ahead of another true identified predictive statement.