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US 11,694,519 B2Granted
System and method for gaming based upon intermediate points in a race event
AssigneeCfph, LLC
InventorsHoward W. Lutnick, Mark Miller
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Abstract
Systems and methods related to gaming based on the results at intervals of a race. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims18
An apparatus comprising:
- a network interface;
- a memory;
- at least one processor to:
- receive, via the network interface, data indicative of a bet on an intermediate position of a race participant during a race, the bet comprising a bet amount;
- allocate a fraction of the bet amount to a jackpot pool to be awarded to a winner of a jackpot bet;
- generate in the memory a matrix such that each column of the matrix indicates an intermediate point of the race participant during the 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 the bet is a winning bet based at least partially on the matches identified in the matrix;
- identify whether the matrix also satisfies a condition of the jackpot bet;
- and
- in response to determining that the matrix also satisfies the condition of the jackpot bet, award the jackpot pool to a user that initiated the matrix.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, by at least one processor, data indicative of a bet on an intermediate position of a race participant during a race, the bet comprising a bet amount;
- allocating, by the at least one processor, a fraction of the bet amount to a jackpot pool to be awarded to a winner of a jackpot bet;
- generating, by the at least one processor, a matrix in a memory such that each column of the matrix indicates an intermediate point of the race participant during the 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;
- 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;
- identifying, by the at least one processor, whether the matrix also satisfies a condition of the jackpot bet;
- and
- in response to determining that the matrix also satisfies the condition of the jackpot bet, awarding, by the at least one processor, the jackpot pool to a user that initiated the matrix.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.