Reduced skill, short-term fantasy sports method and system

A method of executing a sports fantasy wagering event among multiple participants executed through participant terminals to one or more servers, each of the participant terminals comprising:

• one or more processors;
• player input controls;
• a communications component to connect the participant terminal to a gaming platform running on the one or more servers;
• a display to depict action into and from an interactive gaming session directed to a sports fantasy event, wherein the interactive game is a single participant competing against other single participants that is dependent upon verifiable sports event outcomes in sports event where all wagers must be placed before a first sports event from among at least ten sports events begin;
• wherein the participant selects or enters through the player input controls sports event selections for the verifiable sports event outcomes by defined individual sports players or sports team performances selected from the group consisting of sports players at specific positions, team defensive performance and team offensive performance through the participant input controls;
• each of the multiple participants selecting a predetermined number of outcomes for the defined individual sports players performance or sports team performances;
• wherein each of the multiple participants may select any of the defined individual sports players or sports team performances, even if other ones of the multiple participants have selected ones of the defined individual sports players or sports team performances;
• and
• upon occurrence of verifiable outcomes for the defined individual sports players performance or sports team performances, points are awarded by the one or more servers to each of the multiple participants based on performance with respect to the verifiable outcomes for the defined individual sports players performance or sports team performances;
• the one or more servers having a memory and the memory having instructions stored thereon that when executed by the one or more servers causes the one or more servers to generate an amended point outcome based on reducing numbers of points awarded to each of the multiple participants inversely based on numbers of the participants having selected any identical individual sports players performance or sports team performances, wherein a monetary wager is placed through the participant input controls and monetary payouts are authorized by the one or more servers to individual participants based upon accumulation of points from the amended point outcomes for the individual sports players, and wherein sports events providing the verifiable outcomes for the defined individual sports players performance or sports team performances are limited to sports players performance or sports team performances that occur within a time frame of seven days or less and wherein the amended outcome is provided by establishing a balancing base number of selections to each and every individual sports players performance or sports team performance, and that balancing base is equal at least 10% of the total number of participants in the sports fantasy wagering event.

A method of executing a sports fantasy wagering event among multiple participants executed through participant terminals to one or more servers, each of the participant terminals comprising:

• one or more processors;
• player input controls;
• a communications component to connect the participant terminal to a gaming platform running on the one or more servers;
• a display to depict action into and from an interactive gaming session directed to a sports fantasy event, wherein the interactive game is a single participant competing against other single participants that is dependent upon verifiable sports event outcomes in sports event where all wagers must be placed before a first sports event from among at least ten sports events begin;
• wherein the participant selects or enters through the player input controls sports event selections for the verifiable sports event outcomes by defined individual sports players or sports team performances selected from the group consisting of sports players at specific positions, team defensive performance and team offensive performance through the participant input controls;
• each of the multiple participants selecting a predetermined number of outcomes for the defined individual sports players performance or sports team performances;
• wherein each of the multiple participants may select any of the defined individual sports players or sports team performances, even if other ones of the multiple participants have selected ones of the defined individual sports players or sports team performances;
• and
• upon occurrence of verifiable outcomes for the defined individual sports players performance or sports team performances, points are awarded by the one or more servers to each of the multiple participants based on performance with respect to the verifiable outcomes for the defined individual sports players performance or sports team performances;
• the one or more servers having a memory and the memory having instructions stored thereon that when executed by the one or more servers causes the one or more servers to generate an amended point outcome based on reducing numbers of points awarded to each of the multiple participants inversely based on numbers of the participants having selected any identical individual sports players performance or sports team performances, wherein a printer at the participant terminal prints out a sports event ticket identifying the individual sports players performance or sports team performances selected by an individual participant, and a number identifying a total of all individual participants making an identical selection.

A method of executing a sports fantasy wagering event among multiple participants executed through participant terminals to one or more servers, each of the participant terminals comprising:

• one or more processors;
• player input controls;
• a communications component to connect the participant terminal to a gaming platform running on the one or more servers;
• a display to depict action into and from an interactive gaming session directed to a sports fantasy event, wherein the interactive game is a single participant competing against other single participants that is dependent upon verifiable sports event outcomes in sports event where all wagers must be placed before a first sports event from among at least ten sports events begin;
• wherein the participant selects or enters through the player input controls sports event selections for the verifiable sports event outcomes by defined individual sports players or sports team performances selected from the group consisting of sports players at specific positions, team defensive performance and team offensive performance through the participant input controls;
• each of the multiple participants selecting a predetermined number of outcomes for the defined individual sports players performance or sports team performances;
• wherein each of the multiple participants may select any of the defined individual sports players or sports team performances, even if other ones of the multiple participants have selected ones of the defined individual sports players or sports team performances;
• and
• upon occurrence of verifiable outcomes for the defined individual sports players performance or sports team performances, points are awarded by the one or more servers to each of the multiple participants based on performance with respect to the verifiable outcomes for the defined individual sports players performance or sports team performances;
• the one or more servers having a memory and the memory having instructions stored thereon that when executed by the one or more servers causes the one or more servers to generate an amended point outcome based on reducing numbers of points awarded to each of the multiple participants inversely based on numbers of the participants having selected any identical individual sports players performance or sports team performances, wherein the amended outcome is provided by the one or more servers establishing a balancing base number of selections to each and every individual sports players performance or sports team performance, and that balancing base is equal at least 10% of the total number of participants in the sports fantasy wagering event.