Fantasy sports data analysis for game structure development

A system comprising:

• at least one computing device, each computing device comprising a processor and a storage medium for tangibly storing thereon program logic for execution by the processor, the stored program logic comprising:
• obtaining logic executed by the processor for obtaining, for a contest, a tentative payout structure comprising a payout amount for each winning place of a number of winning places for the contest;
• determining logic executed by the processor for determining a number of buckets and a size for each bucket indicating how many of the number of winning places to assign to the bucket;
• and
• determining logic executed by the processor for determining a related payout structure using the tentative payout structure of prize amounts for each winning place, the related payout structure specifying a prize amount for each bucket, each winning place's prize amount being determined by the bucket to which it is assigned and the bucket's prize amount, determining a related payout structure using the tentative payout structure further comprising:
• assigning logic executed by the processor for assigning each winning place of the number of winning places to a single bucket based on the determined bucket size of each bucket, an order of the winning places and a bucket order associated with the number of buckets;
• and
• determining logic executed by the processor for determining a prize amount for a bucket using an aggregate of the tentative prize amount associated with each of the winning places assigned to the bucket.

A computer readable non-transitory storage medium for tangibly storing thereon computer readable instructions that when executed cause a processor to:

• obtain, for a contest, a tentative payout structure comprising a payout amount for each winning place of a number of winning places for the contest;
• determine a number of buckets and a size for each bucket indicating how many of the number of winning places to assign to the bucket;
• and
• determine a related payout structure using the tentative payout structure of prize amounts for each winning place, the related payout structure specifying a prize amount for each bucket, each winning place's prize amount being determined by the bucket to which it is assigned and the bucket's prize amount, determination of the related payout structure using the tentative payout structure causing the processor to:
• assign each winning place of the number of winning places to a single bucket based on the determined bucket size of each bucket, an order of the winning places and a bucket order associated with the number of buckets;
• and
• determine a prize amount for a bucket using an aggregate of the tentative prize amount associated with each of the winning places assigned to the bucket.