Advanced platform for hosting physical and virtual events

A system for hosting events with multiple users, comprising:

• a computer system in communication with a datastore;
• a plurality of events stored in the datastore, including virtual events and physical events;
• each of the plurality of events having a plurality of available items, including virtual items and physical items;
• the computer system adapted to provide an operator interface to a computing device, the operator interface showing a lane for each of the plurality of available items;
• such that a physical available item can be assigned to a physical lane and a virtual available item can be assigned to a virtual lane;
• and
• the computer system adapted to receive a selection through the operator interface on the computing device for adjusting an assignment for one of the plurality of available items and adjust the assignment for the one of the plurality of availability items based on the selection.

A method for hosting physical and virtual events with one or more participants, comprising:

• providing information related to a plurality of available items, including physical available items or virtual available items;
• providing a computer system adapted to process the information related to the plurality of available items for one or more events;
• identifying one or more parameters associated with the plurality of available items using the computing system, including whether an available item is a physical item or a virtual item;
• assigning the plurality of available items to a plurality of lane of the one or more events, including either a physical lane or a virtual lane based on whether the available item is the physical item or the virtual item;
• generating an operator interface to a computing device, the operator interface showing a lane for each of the plurality of available items;
• receiving a selection through the operator interface using the computer system, wherein the selection includes adjusting an assignment for one of the plurality of available items;
• and
• adjusting the assignment for the one of the plurality of availability items based on the selection.