video display for example the cpu 202 may display winner information received from the central management system 302 on the video display such as u201c john doe is the winner because he accurately predicted the outcome of the most games played on x date u201d further the cpu 202 may be configured to allow a user to view weekly and seasonal results that is a user may access these results through the user interface which displays an appropriate menu selection the cpu 202 then communicates with the central management system 302 to retrieve weekly and or seasonal results optionally the central management system 302 may be housed within the electronic dart game machine 302 further instead of using a central management system 302 information regarding the predictions based game may be stored within the memory 204 of the electronic dart game machine 100 which may be networked with other electronic dart game machines and or electronic gaming systems while an electronic dart game machine 100 is shown and described embodiments of the present invention may be used with various electronic gaming systems such as video games trivia games parlor games having electronic interfaces and the like further embodiments of the present invention may utilize various predictions based games such as those relating to other sports fig3 illustrates a flow chart of a method of operating a predictions based game according to an embodiment of the present invention at 400 the game machine determines if a game such as an electronic dart game is being played if a game is being.