Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus, system and method for playing interactive distributed gaming. One embodiment of the method comprises transmitting a performance prediction to a scoring database on a game server and determining an actual performance outcome. The actual performance outcome representation is transmitted to a remote terminal. The performance prediction is scored based on the actual performance outcome. In at least one embodiment, a predetermined ruleset is used to score the performance prediction based on the actual performance outcome.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for playing an interactive real time distributed game including receiving at a scoring database a next play prediction for a sporting event from a remote terminal, determining an actual play outcome for the sporting event, transmitting an actual play outcome representation to the remote terminal, and scoring the play prediction based on the actual play outcome and a predetermined offensive scoring ruleset. In one embodiment, the sporting event is a football game.