Systems and methods for a combination lottery and fantasy sports league

A method of determining lottery results, the method comprising:

• receiving selections for multiple participant categories from a user, wherein the multiple participant categories are related to one or more statistical performance measurements for a participant in a future sporting event, and wherein more than one participant is selected for at least one participant category;
• converting the selections into numerical lottery numbers;
• comparing the numerical lottery numbers to one or more actual statistical performances for each of the multiple participant categories after a sporting event, wherein points in each of the multiple participant categories are assigned based on the one or more actual statistical performances to determine the winning participant, and wherein combined actual statistical performances for participant categories with more than one participant are combined by weighting and ranking;
• determining, by at least one processor and based on the comparing, if there is at least one winner among all users;
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• assigning at least one prize to the at least one winner among all users if there is at least one winner.

A method of determining lottery results, the method comprising:

• receiving selections for multiple participant categories from a user, wherein the multiple participant categories are related to one or more statistical performance measurements for a participant in a future sporting event;
• converting the selections into numerical lottery numbers;
• comparing the numerical lottery numbers to one or more actual statistical performances for each of the multiple participant categories after a sporting event, wherein points in each of the multiple participant categories are assigned based on the one or more actual statistical performances to determine the winning participant;
• determining, by at least one processor and based on the comparing, if there is at least one winner among all users;
• and
• assigning at least one prize to the at least one winner among all users if there is at least one winner, wherein the at least one prize is determined by a statistical model.