Board game

Claim 1

A method of playing a board game simulating betting on a sporting event comprising the steps of: (a) providing a playing board that represents the game played associated with a seasonal sporting event wherein said playing board has graduations based on the net number of sporting event games won or lost relative to a starting position on said playing board; (b) assigning a starting number of points to a plurality of players; (c) providing a plurality of indicia, one for each player, at the starting position on said playing board; (d) distributing a game and risk card to each player wherein said game and risk card identifies a series of actual future sporting event games occurring during a specified time span and provides for each player to enter a wager of player-selected number of points on each sporting event game and select the winner of each sporting event game upon which the point wager is being made; (e) monitoring the results of said series of sporting event games identified on said game and risk card and the wagers and winner selections made by each player; (f) computing the net gain or loss of points for each player associated with the wagers and selection of winners on said game and risk card relative to the actual outcome of said sporting event games; (g) adjusting the number of points assigned to each of said plurality of players by an amount equal to the net gain or loss of points for each player to establish a new number of points assigned to each of said plurality of players; (h) adjusting the position of the indicium for each player on said playing board to reflect the net number of winners and losers selected by said player relative to the actual outcome of said sporting event games; and (i) repeating steps (d) through (h) during the entire season associated with the seasonal sporting event.

Claim 2

A method of playing a board game simulating betting on a sporting event comprising the steps of: (a) providing a playing board that represents the game played associated with a seasonal sporting event wherein said playing board has graduations based on the net number of sporting event games won or lost relative to a starting position on said playing board; (b) assigning a starting number of points to a plurality of players; (c) providing a plurality of indicia, one for each player, at the starting position on said playing board; (d) distributing a game and risk card to each player wherein said game and risk card identifies a series of actual future sporting event games occurring during a specified time span and provides for each player to enter a wager of player-selected number of points on each sporting event game and select the winner of each sporting event game upon which the point wager is being made; (e) monitoring the results of said series of sporting event games identified on said game and risk card and the wagers and winner selections made by each player; (f) computing the net gain or loss of points for each player associated with the wagers and selection of winners on said game and risk card relative to the actual outcome of said sporting event games; (g) adjusting the number of points assigned to each of said plurality of players by an amount equal to the net gain or loss of points for each player to establish a new number of points assigned to each of said plurality of players; (h) adjusting the position of the indicium for each player on said playing board to reflect the net number of winners and losers selected by said player relative to the actual outcome of said sporting event games; and (i) repeating steps (d) through (h) during the entire season associated with the seasonal sporting event.