Method and system for online prediction-based entertainment

A system for providing online prediction-based entertainment, the system comprising:

• a user terminal having a user interface that is interactive with a browser to communicate online;
• and
• a server communicating online with the user terminal, wherein the server,
• provides the user terminal with a user identification system that enables access to an online community,
• offers an interactive selection of actual entertainment events to a user by displaying the interactive selection on the user terminal, the actual entertainment events being scheduled to be performed,
• wherein the selection of actual entertainment events is a string of occurrences, one or more occurrences within a string of occurrences, or an isolated occurrence, and
• wherein the string of occurrences has yet to begin or is in progress,
• requires the user to select one or more of the actual entertainment events,
• enables the user to make predictions on one or more features of the one or more of the actual entertainment events selected by the user, thereby testing the user's predictive capabilities, and
• recognizes the user with the best predictive capabilities for the one or more of the actual entertainment events.

A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for online prediction-based entertainment, the computer program product comprising:

• computer readable program code for causing the computer to provide a user identification system that enables access to an online community of contestants;
• computer readable program code for causing the computer to offer an interactive selection of actual entertainment events to a user, wherein the actual entertainment events are scheduled to be performed, wherein the selection of actual entertainment events is a string of occurrences, one or more occurrences within a string of occurrences, or an isolated occurrence, and wherein the string of occurrences has yet to begin or is in progress;
• computer readable program code for causing the computer to require the user to select one or more of the actual entertainment events;
• computer readable program code for causing the computer to enable the user to make predictions on one or more features of the one or more of the actual entertainment events selected by the user, thereby testing the user's predictive capabilities;
• and
• computer readable program code for causing the computer to recognize the user with the best predictive capabilities for the one or more of the actual entertainment events.