Method and apparatus for conducting event betting
AssigneeScientific Games Holdings Limited
InventorsDow Hardy, Mark E. Herrmann, Bijan Sabet, Paul LaRocca, Steven N. Kane
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Abstract
The field of the invention relates generally to sports and event betting, and more specifically to the use of the Internet in land-based casino sports and event betting. A bettor signs onto an Internet website to find what bets are being accepted and the bettor then places and registers a bet. The player then goes and places pays for the bet at a land-based casino prior to the start of the event. Further, follow-up rounds of making a wager may then be performed over a network such as, for example, the Internet.
Claims51
A method for conducting event betting comprising acts of:
- providing for a bettor to place, via a computer system, one or more bets while the bettor is off-site from a land-based casino;
- providing for the bettor to register the one or more bets with the land-based casino while the bettor is off-site from the land-based casino;
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- accepting a payment for the one or more registered bets by the land-based casino, the payment made by the bettor in person, while physically present at the land-based casino.
A system for conducting event betting comprising:
- a sports betting component of a computer system, the sports betting component configured to provide for a bettor to place one or more bets while the bettor is off-site from a land-based casino and configured to provide for the bettor to register the one or more bets with the land-based casino while the bettor is off-site from the land-based casino;
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- a payment system component of a computer system, the payment system component configured to accept a payment for the one or more registered bets by the land-based casino, the payment made by the bettor while physically present at the land-based casino.
A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with computer-readable signals which define instructions that, as a result of being executed on a computer system, instruct the computer system to:
- provide for a bettor to place one or more bets while the bettor is off-site from a land-based casino;
- provide for the bettor to register the one or more bets with the land-based casino while the bettor is off-site from the land-based casino;
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- accept a payment for the one or more registered bets, the payment made by the bettor in person, while physically present at the land-based casino.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.