# US 10,482,716 B2 · Electronic gaming based on intermediate points in an event > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,482,716 B2 - Document ID: US10482716B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/876,997 - Filed: 2018-01-22 - Published: 2018-05-24 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2008-01-28 - Assignees: Cfph, LLC - Applicants: Cfph, LLC - Inventors: Howard W. Lutnick; Mark Miller - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10482716B2 ## CPC - G07F 17/3288: {Betting, e.g. on live events, bookmaking} - A63F 1/04: Card games combined with other games - A63F 1/18: Scoring or registering devices; Indicators (A63F1/16 takes precedence) - A63F 9/14: Racing games, traffic games or obstacle games characterised by figures moved by action of the players - A63F 13/80: Special adaptations for executing a specific game genre or game mode - G07F 17/32: for games, toys, sports, or amusements - G07F 17/3225: {Data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users} - G07F 17/3244: {Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes} - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) - A63F: CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract Systems and methods related to gaming based on the results at intervals of a race. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus comprising: a network interface; a memory; at least one processor to: generate in the memory a matrix such that each column of the matrix indicates an intermediate point of a race participant during a race and each row of the matrix represents a race participant; populate each cell of the matrix with a predicted position of a respective player at an intermediate point in the race; receive, from remote sensors via the network interface, data indicating actual positions of race participants at intermediate points of the race; compare the actual positions from the remote sensor with the predicted positions; identify matches between the actual positions and the predicted positions; identify whether a particular number of matches occur consecutively in the matrix; and in response to determining that the matches occur consecutively, identify whether a bet is a winning bet based at least partially on the matches identified in the matrix. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor determines that the particular number of matches occur diagonally consecutive, horizontally consecutive, or vertically consecutive in the matrix. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor determines that the bet is a winning bet, when the particular number of matches occur diagonally consecutive, horizontally consecutive, or vertically consecutive in the matrix. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the remotes sensors comprise cameras or teletimers. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to receive, via the network interface, a plurality of bets associated with the participants of the race. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The apparatus of claim 5, wherein each bet comprises a given predicted position of a given race participant at a given intermediate point in the race. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to generate the matrix in the memory based at least partially on the plurality of bets. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to transmit the matrix to an interface. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to transmit the matrix to a printing device. ### Claim 10 A method comprising: generating, by at least one processor, a matrix in a memory such that each column of the matrix indicates an intermediate point of a race participant during a race and each row of the matrix represents a race participant; populating, by the at least one processor, each cell of the matrix with a predicted position of a respective player at an intermediate point in the race; receiving, by the at least one processor, data indicating actual positions of race participants at intermediate points of the race from remote sensors via a network interface; comparing, by the at least one processor, the actual positions from the remote sensor with the predicted positions; identifying, by the at least one processor, matches between the actual positions and the predicted positions; identifying, by the at least one processor, whether a particular number of matches occur consecutively in the matrix; and in response to determining that the matches occur consecutively, identifying, by the at least one processor, whether a bet is a winning bet based at least partially on the matches identified in the matrix. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, further comprising determining, by the at least one processor, that the particular number of matches occur diagonally consecutive, horizontally consecutive, or vertically consecutive in the matrix. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, further comprising determining, by the at least one processor, that the bet is a winning bet, when the particular number of matches occur diagonally consecutive, horizontally consecutive, or vertically consecutive in the matrix. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the remotes sensors comprise cameras or teletimers. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, further comprising receiving, by the at least one processor, via the network interface, a plurality of bets associated with the participants of the race. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein each bet comprises a given predicted position of a given race participant at a given intermediate point in the race. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein generating the matrix further comprises generating, by the at least one processor, the matrix in the memory based at least partially on the plurality of bets. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, further comprising transmitting, by the at least one processor, the matrix to an interface. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, further comprising transmitting, by the at least one processor, the matrix to a printing device.