Method and apparatus for tournament betting
First Claim
1. A method of betting on participants in a tournament, the method comprising:
- creating at least two teams each having at least one participating player playing in said tournament, said tournament having a series of at least two casino games in which said participating players will play;
associating at least one event with at least one participating player during said tournament;
a betting player selecting at least one chosen participant on which to place a bet, each said chosen participant being one of a team and participating player;
said betting player identifying at least one event related to said tournament for which to place said bet, wherein said event is meaningful within said tournament;
said betting player making at least one bet that said at least one event will occur in association with said at least one chosen participant during said tournament;
determining an occurrence of said at least one event in said tournament in association with said at least one chosen participant; and
if said at least one event occurred in association with said at least one participant, determining a payout to be paid to said betting player;
wherein said betting player is one of said participating player and a player who does not participate in the tournament.
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Abstract
The method of betting on participants in a tournament comprises creating at least two teams of at least one participating player playing in the tournament, the tournament having a series of at least two casino games in which the participating players will play; associating at least one event with at least one participating player during the tournament; a betting player selecting at least one chosen participant on which to place a bet, each of the chosen participant being one of a team and a participating player; the betting player identifying at least one event related to the tournament for which to place the bet, wherein the event is meaningful within the tournament; the betting player making a that the event will occur in association with the chosen participant during the tournament; determining an occurrence of the event in association with the chosen participant; and if the event occurred in association with the participant, determining a payout to be paid to the betting player; wherein the betting player is one of the participating player and a player who does not participate in the tournament. An apparatus is also provided.
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13 Claims
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1. A method of betting on participants in a tournament, the method comprising:
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creating at least two teams each having at least one participating player playing in said tournament, said tournament having a series of at least two casino games in which said participating players will play;
associating at least one event with at least one participating player during said tournament;
a betting player selecting at least one chosen participant on which to place a bet, each said chosen participant being one of a team and participating player;
said betting player identifying at least one event related to said tournament for which to place said bet, wherein said event is meaningful within said tournament;
said betting player making at least one bet that said at least one event will occur in association with said at least one chosen participant during said tournament;
determining an occurrence of said at least one event in said tournament in association with said at least one chosen participant; and
if said at least one event occurred in association with said at least one participant, determining a payout to be paid to said betting player;
wherein said betting player is one of said participating player and a player who does not participate in the tournament. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An apparatus for betting on participants in a tournament, the apparatus comprising:
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a player registrar for providing an identification of at least two participating players for said tournament;
a team builder for creating at least two teams each having at least one of said participating player, said tournament having a series of at least two casino games in which said participating players will play;
a tournament controller for associating at least one event with at least one participating player during said tournament;
a player betting station connected to said tournament controller allowing a betting player to select at least one chosen participant on which to place a bet, to identify at least one event related to said tournament for which to place said bet and to make at least one bet that said at least one event will occur in association with said at least one chosen participant during said tournament, wherein each said chosen participant is one of a team and participating player and said event is meaningful within said tournament;
a bet controller determining an occurrence of said at least one event in said tournament in association with said at least one chosen participant; and
a payout calculator to determine a payout to be paid to said betting player if said at least one event occurred in association with said at least one participant;
wherein said betting player is one of said participating player and a player who does not participate in the tournament. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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