Abstract: A game method includes a player placing a wager. A sub-game includes the selection of N challenge indicia from a set of ranked indicia. After each challenge indicia is displayed, a player predicts the relative ranking of the next challenge indicia. If a player qualifies based on his performance during the sub-game, the player is issued a reward and moves to another sub-game. A device for executing a game method includes a data processor communicating with a display, a wager device, a reward dispenser, and a input device.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for verifying a player's eligibility for participation in on-line gaming. A method for verifying a player's eligibility to participate in on-line gaming includes performing one or more verification checks for the player. The method includes, for each verification check, requesting data about the player from one or more data source providers. The method includes receiving the data from the one or more data source providers. The method includes, for each verification check, calculating a check score based on received data from the one or more data source providers. The method includes calculating a verification score that is based on the check scores.

Abstract: A game method includes a player placing a wager. A sub-game includes the selection of N challenge indicia from a set of ranked indicia. After each challenge indicia is displayed, a player predicts the relative ranking of the next challenge indicia. If a player qualifies based on his performance during the sub-game, the player is issued a reward and moves to another sub-game. A device for executing a game method includes a data processor communicating with a display, a wager device, a reward dispenser, and a input device.

Abstract: A method for the treatment of anemia associated with viral and bacterial infection in a patient wherein symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis are present, by administering to the patient an effective amount of a composition capable of increasing thyroxine in the blood stream of said patient and thereby increasing stem cells in the blood stream. The composition preferably comprises fat soluble alkaloid extracts from the root of Zanthoxylum Simulans.