Systems and methods for interprocess communication of wagering opportunities and/or wager requests

An apparatus comprising:

• a tangible machine readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions that when executed by a computing device cause the computing device to:
• offer, for a limited amount of time, a wagering opportunity defined by particular odds for each of at least two outcomes of an event, in which the particular odds are held constant throughout the amount of time;
• receive a plurality of respective first wager requests for wagers based on a first outcome of the at least two outcomes during the amount of time;
• receive a plurality of respective second wager requests for wagers based on a second outcome of the at least two outcomes during the amount of time, in which wagers related to the first outcome offset a risk associated with wagers related to the second outcome;
• and
• determine a respective first portion of a first wager request and a respective second portion of a second wager request to accept based on a cumulative risk of accepting both the first portion and the second portion.