Apparatus and methodology for sports square wagering
First Claim
1. A process for sports square wagering comprising:
- a. presenting a grid comprised of a plurality of gaming squares, the gaming square representing a potential winning occurrence for a wagered upon sporting event;
b. selecting at least one gaming square;
c. transmitting wagered funds to a common wager pool based upon the at least one selected gaming square;
d. determining that one or more selected gaming squares represents an actual winning occurrence;
e. calculating a payout for at least one actual winning occurrence gaming square, the payout being based on at least the size of the common wage pool and the total number of winning wagers; and
f. issuing the calculated payouts from the common wager pool as the winning wagers.
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Abstract
One possible embodiment of the invention could substantially be a system and methodology for a pari-mutuel form of sports square wagering, which may utilize a wager format and a wager processing center. The wagering format, having paper and electronic forms, could be used to communicate wagering information to the wager processing center. The wager format may have a wager entry means, which could be grid having gaming squares through which the gambler could record or otherwise denote the gambler'"'"'s selection of one or more potential winning occurrence(s). The wager processing center could be an institution generally comprising of the capability of receiving and handing of wagers and a common wager pool into which wagered funds are placed and from which winning wagers are paid
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20 Claims
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1. A process for sports square wagering comprising:
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a. presenting a grid comprised of a plurality of gaming squares, the gaming square representing a potential winning occurrence for a wagered upon sporting event;
b. selecting at least one gaming square;
c. transmitting wagered funds to a common wager pool based upon the at least one selected gaming square;
d. determining that one or more selected gaming squares represents an actual winning occurrence;
e. calculating a payout for at least one actual winning occurrence gaming square, the payout being based on at least the size of the common wage pool and the total number of winning wagers; and
f. issuing the calculated payouts from the common wager pool as the winning wagers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20)
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13. A system for sports square wagering comprising:
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a) a wager format, the wager format with a display showing least one grid having at least two axes with intersecting rows and columns forming a plurality of gaming squares, each gaming square representing a potential winning event for the wagered upon sporting event;
selected gaming squares transmitting wager information to a wager processing capability; and
b) the wager processing center, the wager processing center comprising of at least one a common wager pool for receiving funds from wagers placed upon the wagered upon sport;
the ability to determine winning wagers; and
the ability to issue payouts from the common wager pool for winning wagers based on selected gaming squares.
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19. An apparatus for pari-mutuel type gambling comprising:
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a. wager format means for communicating wagers placed upon a wagered upon sporting event using a grid that displays gaming squares representing potential winning events of a wagered upon sporting event;
b. a process means for collecting and tabulating winning wagers for the wagered upon sporting event, and c. a common wager pool means for holding wagered funds and for paying out winning wagers as tabulated by the process means.
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