The Stradamus Game enables participants to utilize their knowledge of players, teams and sports themselves, or the movie industry, for example; by using strategy and statistics to make choices in order to answer questions premised on the true performance of the professional athletes and teams during a given season.

 Just like participants pay a fee to purchase a fantasy sports team and the supporting services, as well as spelling bees, beauty contests and other services Stradamus members pay to play the Stradamus game.  Each Stradamus category is affected by the knowledge of the players and the Stradamus website provides the expertise (Stradamus expert) to help members with acquiring the kind of knowledge that can improve their chances of getting the answers correct and win the game.  The Stradamus game allows its members to compete against other participants based on the actual statistical performance of real life players and teams or the movie industry, etc.

Stradamus is premised on true statistics of people/players/events/timelines chosen by the participant; the most successful is named the winner.  Other prizes, may be given to participants who are runner up, some examples are; given prizes, such as gift cards, flat-screen TVs, vehicles, vacations etc.  Such prizes are disclosed prior to the commencement each week of play, and do not depend on how many people participate or the total registration fees received by the game.

In the Stradamus Game the prize is given away every week.  All prizes are disclosed in advance prior to the week it is played for and do not depend on how many players participate or the total fees received by the players.

As described in judge ruling for the case of Humphrey v. Viacom, (In the U.S. District Court of New Jersey on June 22, 2007 Judge Dennis Cavanaugh dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Charles E. Humphrey, Jr. against ESPN, CBS Sportsline,  The Sporting News the plaintiff sued not only Viacom, but also CBS Television Network, Sportsline.com, The Walt Disney Company, ESPN, The Hearst Corporation, Vulcan, Inc., Vulcan Sports Media and The Sporting News),  the judge recognized that it would be absurd to conclude that the combination of an entry fee and a prize constitutesgambling.  When an entry fee is paid unconditionally and the prize is for an amount certain and is guaranteed to be won by a participant, a contest does not turn into gambling under the law. 

Additionally, the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, which broadly prohibits Internet gambling, establishes that among others, fantasy games are not gambling operations.  This is because all prizes are announced in advance and do not depend on the number of participants and the amount of fees paid by them, the winning outcomes reflects the knowledge and skill of the participants and are based on accumulated statistical results of the performance of individual athletes, movies or celebrities.