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US 8,272,950 B2Granted
Parlay-based tournament including successive games
AssigneeWorld Sports Challenge Ltd.
InventorsDavid E. Rosenau, Leonid M. Bass
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Abstract
A parlay-based tournament playable by a plurality of players is provided. The tournament includes a plurality of successive games. Each game has a ticket pool and a plurality of results.
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A computer-implemented method of administering a parlay-based tournament playable by a plurality of players, the tournament including a plurality of successive games, each game having a ticket pool and a plurality of game results, wherein an administration computer administers the parlay-based tournament, the method comprising:
- (a) identifying a first game;
- (b) accepting ticket orders from a plurality of players prior to the outcome of the first game without the administration computer informing each player of the game results selected in the ticket orders of the other players, each ticket selecting a game result from the plurality of game results for the first game, the total amount of accepted ticket orders defining the ticket pool for the first game;
- (c) identifying the tickets in the ticket pool that successfully selected the game result of the first game;
- (d) identifying a second game;
- (e) parlaying only the tickets that successfully selected the first game result to the second game, the total amount of parlayed tickets defining the ticket pool for the second game, wherein the ticket pool for the second game is smaller than the ticket pool for the first game;
- (f) prior to the outcome of the second game, each parlayed ticket selecting a game result from the plurality of game results for the second game;
- (g) identifying the tickets in the ticket pool of the second game that successfully selected the game result of the second game;
- (h) identifying one or more additional successive games;
- (i) parlaying only the tickets that successfully selected the second game result to one or more additional successive games, the ticket pool for each of the successive games being defined by the tickets that successfully selected the previous game result;
- (j) for each of the one or more additional successive games, prior to the outcome of the successive game, each parlayed ticket selecting a game result from the plurality of game results for the successive game;
- and
- (k) for each of the one or more additional successive games, identifying the tickets in the ticket pool of the successive game that successfully selected the game result,
- wherein when game results are selected, less than all of the game results are selected.
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A non-transitory, tangible article of manufacture for administering a parlay-based tournament playable by a plurality of players, the tournament including a plurality of successive games, each game having a ticket pool and a plurality of game results, wherein an administration computer administers the parlay-based tournament, the article of manufacture comprising computer-readable medium encoded with computer-executable instructions for performing a method comprising:
- (a) identifying a first game;
- (b) accepting ticket orders from a plurality of players prior to the outcome of the first game without the administrative computer informing each player of the game results selected in the ticket orders of the other players, each ticket selecting a game result from the plurality of game results for the first game, the total amount of accepted ticket orders defining the ticket pool for the first game;
- (c) identifying the tickets in the ticket pool that successfully selected the game result of the first game;
- (d) identifying a second game;
- (e) parlaying only the tickets that successfully selected the first game result to the second game, the total amount of parlayed tickets defining the ticket pool for the second game, wherein the ticket pool for the second game is smaller than the ticket pool for the first game;
- (f) prior to the outcome of the second game, each parlayed ticket selecting a game result from the plurality of game results for the second game;
- (g) identifying the tickets in the ticket pool of the second game that successfully selected the game result of the second game;
- (h) identifying one or more additional successive games;
- (i) parlaying only the tickets that successfully selected the second game result to one or more additional successive games, the ticket pool for each of the successive games being defined by the tickets that successfully selected the previous game result;
- (j) for each of the one or more additional successive games, prior to the outcome of the successive game, each parlayed ticket selecting a game result from the plurality of game results for the successive game;
- and
- (k) for each of the one or more additional successive games, identifying the tickets in the ticket pool of the successive game that successfully selected the game result,
- wherein when came results are selected, less than all of the came results are selected.
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A computer-implemented apparatus for administering a parlay-based tournament playable by a plurality of players, the tournament including a plurality of successive games, each game having a ticket pool and a plurality of game results, wherein an administration computer administers the parlay-based tournament, the apparatus comprising:
- (a) means for identifying a first game;
- (b) means for accepting ticket orders from a plurality of players prior to the outcome of the first game without the administration computer informing each player of the game results selected in the ticket orders of the other players, each ticket selecting a game result from the plurality of game results for the first game, the total amount of accepted ticket orders defining the ticket pool for the first game;
- (c) means for identifying the tickets in the ticket pool that successfully selected the game result of the first game;
- (d) means for identifying a second game;
- (e) means for parlaying only the tickets that successfully selected the first game result to the second game, the total amount of parlayed tickets defining the ticket pool for the second game, wherein the ticket pool for the second game is smaller than the ticket pool for the first game;
- (f) means for selecting for each parlayed ticket, prior to the outcome of the second game, a game result from the plurality of game results for the second game;
- (g) means for identifying the tickets in the ticket pool of the second game that successfully selected the game result of the second game;
- (h) means for identifying one or more additional successive games;
- (i) means for parlaying only the tickets that successfully selected the second game result to one or more additional successive games, the ticket pool for each of the successive games being defined by the tickets that successfully selected the previous game result;
- (j) means for selecting for each parlayed ticket a game result from the plurality of game results for the successive game for each of the one or more additional successive games, prior to the outcome of the successive game;
- and
- (k) means for identifying the tickets in the ticket pool of the successive game that successfully selected the game result for each of the one or more additional successive games,
- wherein when game results are selected, less than all of the game results are selected.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.