Fantasy sports using playing cards schema
AssigneeFantasy River, Inc,
InventorsKenneth A. Malnar, Dustin Bane
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Abstract
Live fantasy sports is played in a card game context wherein each participant's team of sport players is obtained through a poker card game format. The sports players are represented in a deck of playing cards based on a specified sporting event or slate of sporting events that occur between future set start and end dates and times. Poker gameplay determines which cards, and therefore which sports players, are in each participant's team. Scoring is determined based on results from the specified sporting event or events t and each participant's hand of sport players has been determined.
Claims20
A method for providing a fantasy sports game for participants comprising:
- choosing a slate of one or more future sports events in which a plurality of sports players are scheduled to play;
- providing a deck of cards wherein each card represents a respective sports player in said plurality of sports players;
- playing a poker game in which the participants are dealt cards from said deck to define an initial hand of cards and wherein the participants can exchange cards in their initial hands in accordance with rules of the poker game;
- establishing a final hand of cards for each participant by terminating the poker game at a time in advance of the playing said slate;
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- awarding fantasy sports points for the fantasy sports game to each participant based on the performances in said slate of the sports players represented by the cards in that participant's final hand.
A system comprising a system processor and multiple participant processors in interactive communication with the system processor for providing a fantasy sports game for participants, wherein the system processor is configured to:
- choose a slate of one or more future sports events in which a plurality of sports players are scheduled to play;
- provide a deck of cards wherein each card represents a respective sports player in said plurality of sports players;
- enable participants to play a poker game in which the participants are dealt cards from said deck to define an initial hand of cards and wherein the participants can exchange cards in their initial hands in accordance with rules of the poker game;
- establish a final hand of cards for each participant by terminating the poker game at a time in advance of the playing said slate;
- and
- award fantasy sports points for the fantasy sports game to each participant based on the performances in said slate of the sports players represented by the cards in that participant's final hand.
A computer program product for use in a system comprising a system processor and multiple participant processors in interactive communication with the system processor for providing a fantasy sports game for participants, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions being executable by the system processor to:
- choose a slate of one or more future sports events in which a plurality of sports players are scheduled to play;
- provide a deck of cards wherein each card represents a respective sports player in said plurality of sports players;
- enable participants to play a poker game in which the participants are dealt cards from said deck to define an initial hand of cards and wherein the participants can exchange cards in their initial hands in accordance with rules of the poker game;
- establish a final hand of cards for each participant by terminating the poker game at a time in advance of the playing said slate;
- and
- award fantasy sports points for the fantasy sports game to each participant based on the performances in said slate of the sports players represented by the cards in that participant's final hand.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.