Amusement devices including simulated court games or athletic events

An apparatus, comprising:

• a processor configured to:
• receive, over a communication network, from a first remote device, an indication of a first fantasy team for a sport, in which the first fantasy team includes a first plurality of members that each correspond to a respective player of the sport;
• receive, over the communication network, from a second remote device different than the first remote device, an indication of a second fantasy team for the sport, in which the second fantasy team includes a second plurality of members that each correspond to a respective player of the sport;
• receive, over the communication network, from a third remote device, statistics data related to each of the respective players of the sport;
• determine, based on the statistics data, expected performance values for the first fantasy team and the second fantasy team, respectively;
• cause, over the communication network, at an external computing device, display of an indication of an available wager for the first fantasy team, in which the indication indicates the expected performance value for the first fantasy team;
• receive, over the communication network, from at least the first remote device, an indication of a wager involving the first fantasy team and the second fantasy team;
• determine an outcome of the wager;
• and
• transmit, over the communication network, to the at least the first remote device, an indication of a payout amount based on the outcome of the wager.

A method comprising:

• controlling, by at least one processor:
• receiving, over a communication network from a first remote device of a first player, an indication of a first fantasy team, in which the first fantasy team includes a first plurality of members that each correspond to a respective player of a sport;
• receiving, over the communication network from a second remote device of a second player, an indication of a second fantasy team, in which the second fantasy team includes a second plurality of members that each correspond to a respective player of a sport;
• receiving, over the communication network from a third remote device, statistics data related to each of the respective players of the sport;
• determining, based on the statistics data, expected performance values for the first fantasy team and the second fantasy team, respectively;
• causing, over the communication network, display of an indication of an available wager for the first fantasy team, in which the indication indicates the expected performance value for the first fantasy team;
• receiving, over the communication network from at least the first remote device, an indication of a wager involving the first fantasy team and the second fantasy teams;
• determining an outcome of the wager;
• and
• transmitting, over the communication network, to at the least the first remote device, an indication of a payout amount based on the outcome of the wager.