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US 2009/0264189 A1Published application
Methods, apparatus and article of manufacture for determining an outcome of a game without placing any bets on the game
AssigneeCfph, LLC
InventorsHoward W. Lutnick, Geoffrey M. Gelman
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus and article of manufacture for receiving from a client an amount of money and instructions to place a type of bet in a game. The outcome of the game is determined without placing any bets on the game. Based on the outcome of the game, a portion of the amount of money is provided to the client.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- receiving a first amount of money from a first client;
- receiving a second amount of money from a second client;
- receiving instructions from the first client to place a first type of bet in a game;
- receiving instructions from the second client to place a second type of bet in the game;
- determining the outcome of the game without placing any bets on the game;
- and
- providing, based on the outcome of the game, a portion of both the first amount of money and the second amount of money to the first client.
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