METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEFINING OUTCOMES OF ENSEMBLES OF GAMES USING A SINGLE NUMBER AND WITHOUT REFERENCE TO INDIVIDUAL GAME WINS

摘要

The invention is a method and system (150) for defining the sequential and ultimate outcomes of an ensemble of games, races or other events. Seed values are assigned to participants and the possible outcome of the events are defined by a single value derived from the seed values. A player of a game of the invention attempts to select the single value which is determined from the actual outcomes of events. Although the outcome of a particular game may be necessary for there to be derived some particular seed sum, the winning or losing of that game is not determinative of the resultant seed sum as a whole, since that depends also on the outcome of all of the other games in the ensemble. By randomization of an array of seeds, rankings, or arbitrary identification numbers or the like, the method can also be used to define independently established winning lottery numbers.