Virtual card game linked to player performance in an event and methods and systems for providing the same

A virtual card game linked to player performance, comprising:

• a game server coupled to
• an events database comprising events data comprising one or more sporting events scheduled during a game time period;
• and
• a players database comprising player data comprising a plurality of players scheduled to participate in the one or more sporting events during the game time period;
• and
• a plurality of game clients each coupled to the game server, wherein each game client is associated with a game participant of a plurality of game participants;
• wherein the game server is configured to
• randomly deal a virtual hand from a virtual card shoe to each game participant, the virtual card shoe comprising a plurality of virtual cards, wherein each of the plurality of virtual cards corresponds to one or more players selected from the plurality of players;
• transmit the virtual hand of each game participant to the corresponding game client;
• receive player performance data corresponding to each of the plurality of players that is a measure of each player's performance in the one or more sporting events;
• calculate a card value for each virtual card based on the player performance data corresponding to the one or more players associated with each virtual card;
• calculate a virtual hand value for each game participant based on the card value for the plurality of virtual cards in the virtual hand dealt to each game participant;
• determine one or more winners from the plurality of game participants based on the virtual hand value associated with each game participant;
• calculate a payout from a pot for each winner of the one or more winners;
• and
• transmit the payout associated with each winner to the game client associated with each winner.