Horse race betting graphical user interface

A method of generating a graphical user interface for horse race betting, the method comprising:

• displaying a first list of horses scheduled to run a first race from among one or more races;
• displaying, in association with each horse of the first list of horses, one or more manual selection elements by which a user of the graphical user interface may mark or unmark the horse as selected to win the first race;
• displaying an automatic ticket generation button by which the user may request an automatic selection of horses;
• in response to a first user interaction with the automatic ticket generation button, marking one or more horses of the first list of horses as selected to win the first race based on predicted win percentages of the horses of the first list, wherein the one or more horses marked in response to the first user interaction with the automatic ticket generation button maximizes a function of a predicted ticket win percentage, the predicted ticket win percentage being calculated from the predicted win percentages of the horses and representing a likelihood that, in each respective race from among the one or more races, a horse will win from among the horses marked to win that respective race;
• and,
• in response to a user interaction with the one or more manual selection elements of at least one horse of the first list of horses, imposing one or more constraints on the function.

A non-transitory program storage medium on which are stored instructions executable by a processor or programmable circuit to perform operations for generating a graphical user interface for horse race betting, the operations comprising:

• displaying a first list of horses scheduled to run a first race from among one or more races;
• displaying, in association with each horse of the first list of horses, one or more manual selection elements by which a user of the graphical user interface may mark or unmark the horse as selected to win the first race;
• displaying an automatic ticket generation button by which the user may request an automatic selection of horses;
• in response to a first user interaction with the automatic ticket generation button, marking one or more horses of the first list of horses as selected to win the first race based on predicted win percentages of the horses of the first list, wherein the one or more horses marked in response to the first user interaction with the automatic ticket generation button maximizes a function of a predicted ticket win percentage, the predicted ticket win percentage being calculated from the predicted win percentages of the horses and representing a likelihood that, in each respective race from among the one or more races, a horse will win from among the horses marked to win that respective race;
• and,
• in response to a user interaction with the one or more manual selection elements of at least one horse of the first list of horses, imposing one or more constraints on the function.

A system for generating a graphical user interface for horse race betting, the system comprising:

• a user device configured to display a first list of horses scheduled to run a first race from among one or more races, to display, in association with each horse of the first list of horses, one or more manual selection elements by which a user of the user device may mark or unmark the horse as selected to win the first race, and to display an automatic ticket generation button by which the user may request an automatic selection of horses;
• and
• a server in communication with the user device, the server being configured, in response to a first user interaction with the automatic ticket generation button, to mark one or more horses of the first list of horses as selected to win the first race based on predicted win percentages of the horses of the first list, wherein the one or more horses marked in response to the first user interaction with the automatic ticket generation button maximizes a function of a predicted ticket win percentage, the predicted ticket win percentage being calculated from the predicted win percentages of the horses and representing a likelihood that, in each respective race from among the one or more races, a horse will win from among the horses marked to win that respective race;
• wherein the server is configured to impose one or more constraints on the function in response to a user interaction with the one or more manual selection elements of at least one horse of the first list of horses.