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US 12,525,088 B2Granted
Apparatus for pari-mutuel racing game with finish order betting
AssigneeCfph, LLC
InventorsGeoffrey M. Gelman, Dean P. Alderucci
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Abstract
In various embodiments, a device may test the health of race participants in order to ensure the fairness of a bet on an order of finish.
Claims15
A scale, comprising
- a plurality of weight sensors;
- a communications port;
- a display device;
- at least one processor to:
- detect a plurality of weight readings from the plurality of weight sensors, each weight sensor accommodating a hoof of a horse;
- compute a plurality of average weights, for each respective weight sensor and over a first predetermined time period for which weight readings are taken by each respective weight sensor as a function of time;
- identify whether predetermined pairs of average weights selected from among the plurality of average weights diverge by more than a predetermined threshold difference, wherein a first predetermined pair is measured from both front hooves of the horse, or both rear hooves of the horse;
- render on the display device an indication of an injury, if based on identifying that the predetermined pair of the average weights diverge by more than the predetermined threshold difference;
- and
- transmit, via the communication port, the indication of the injury to a server to include consideration of the injury in computation of racing odds for a race in which the horse is participant.
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A method in a computerized scale, comprising:
- detecting, by at least one processor, a plurality of weight readings from a plurality of weight sensors, each weight sensor accommodating a hoof of a horse;
- computing, by the at least one processor, a plurality of average weights for each respective weight sensor, and over a first predetermined time period for which weight readings are taken by each respective weight sensor as a function of time;
- identifying, by the at least one processor, whether predetermineda pairs of average weights selected from among the plurality of average weights diverge by more than a predetermined threshold difference;
- rendering, by the at least one processor, on a display device an indication of an injury, based onif identifying the predetermined pair of the average weights diverge by more than the predetermined threshold;
- and
- transmitting, by the at least one processor, the indication of the injury to a server, via a communication port, to include consideration of the injury in computation of racing odds for a race in which the horse is participant.
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