Game of skill played by remote participants utilizing wireless devices in connection with a common game event

A server for conducting a game of skill played simultaneously by groups of participants, each participant on a client device, each group comprising a plurality of participants of a particular game skill tier, remote from each other in conjunction with at least one common game event wherein each participant player of a game receives one or more scores, the server comprising:

• a. a memory for storing program instructions for providing the common game event and transmitting the common game event to each of the remote participants and for defining a predetermined plurality of game skill tiers each comprising one or more players, wherein a competition for the game is based on the predetermined plurality of game skill tiers and an award amount, wherein the program instructions determine a current skill tier of a user and updates the current skill tier of the user if the current skill tier is not correct for the user, wherein the program instructions are implemented in real time, wherein the memory stores the game skill tier of each participant for each type of common game event, wherein one or more web-connected devices receive a first set of game data from the server, wherein the server receives a second set of game data from the one or more web-connected devices, wherein the first set of game data comprises questions relative to the predetermined plurality of game skill tiers such that each player belonging to a tier is asked a different level of question wherein all questions that are asked to lower tier players belonging to a lower tier are included among questions asked to higher tier players of one or more higher tiers, wherein the questions to the higher tier players also include one or more different questions than asked to the lower tier players;
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• b. a processor coupled to the memory to configure the second set of game data for the one or more web-connected devices, including setting up a two-way client/server relationship, wherein the two-way client/server relationship is only set up for a subset less than all of the one or more of the web-connected devices.

A method of controlling a game of skill or chance, comprising:

• a. transmitting one or more common game events from a server to one or more web-connected devices;
• b. defining a predetermined plurality of game skill tiers each comprising one or more players;
• c. transmitting game elements to the one or more players via the one or more web-connected devices, wherein the game elements are relative to the predetermined plurality of game skill tiers such that each player belonging to a tier is presented a different level of game element wherein all game elements that are presented to lower tier players belonging to a lower tier are included among game elements presented to higher tier players of one or more higher tiers, wherein the game elements presented to the higher tier players also include one or more different game elements than presented to the lower tier players;
• d. determining a current skill tier of the user in an application and updating the application if the current skill tier is not correct for the user, thereby ensuring the user is utilizing an updated application that is correct for the user, wherein the application is implemented in real time, wherein the one or more web-connected devices receive a first set of game data from the server, wherein the server receives a second set of game data from the one or more web-connected devices, wherein a processor of the server configures the second set of game data for the one or more web-connected devices, including setting up a two-way client/server relationship, wherein the two-way client/server relationship is only set up for a subset less than all of a plurality of the one or more of the web-connected devices.

A graphical user interface for displaying scores of a game of skill played by a plurality of players viewing one or more common game events, wherein the graphical user interface is stored in a non-transitory memory and displayed on a display of a device, wherein the graphical user interface is associated with an application, the graphical user interface comprising:

• a. a representation of a plurality of tiers each comprising one or more players, the plurality of tiers comprising an initial skill tier and one or more advanced skill tiers, wherein initial players of the initial skill tier are asked one or more initial queries, and advanced players of at least one of the one or more advanced skill tiers are asked the one or more initial queries as well as at least one advanced query, wherein querying is relative to the plurality of tiers;
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• b. a list of a plurality of scores of the plurality of players, wherein each player has an associated tier, wherein the application is implemented in real time, including an acknowledgment by a server which is received by the device in real time, wherein the device receives a first set of game data from the server, wherein the server receives a second set of game data from the device, wherein a processor of the server configures the second set of game data for the device, including setting up a two-way client/server relationship, wherein the two-way client/server relationship is only set up for a subset less than all of a plurality of devices.