Methods and Related Systems for Hosting Game Hunting and Fishing Tournaments

A computer-implemented method for hosting game hunting and fishing competitions, the method comprising the steps of:

• storing user data for a plurality of users of a game hunting and fishing tournament platform in a database;
• receiving a tournament request from one or more first users to host a local tournament, each tournament request comprising a primary target species and a set of pre-defined rules and scoring thresholds;
• generating a tournament scoreboard having an associated tournament ID for each tournament request, and assigning permission to the host of each respective tournament to administrate entry of one or more second users into their tournament scoreboard;
• calculating a set of rewards for each tournament scoreboard based on the pre-defined scoring thresholds and the number of participants in each tournament scoreboard;
• receiving one or more score entries from the one or more second users and participating in each tournament scoreboard;
• calculating a points score for each second user based on the received score entries and the pre-defined rules for their respective tournament scoreboard and ranking the second users within each tournament scoreboard;
• determining that a predefined time period for the one or more competitions has ended;
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• determining a distribution of rewards for each tournament scoreboard based on the rankings of the second users and the pre-defined scoring thresholds.