Non-risk gaming
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1. A method for providing a wagering system regarding at least a partial result in at least one broadcast event, the method comprising:
- determining a prize payout amount for a winning wager based, at least partially, upon an audience rating of the broadcast event; and
crediting the prize payout amount to an electronic account of a wagering party having the winning wager, wherein the winning wager did not include a financial risk by the wagering party.
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Abstract
A method for providing a wagering system regarding at least a partial result in at least one broadcast event. The method includes determining a prize payout amount for a winning wager based, at least partially, upon an audience rating of the broadcast event; and crediting the prize payout amount to an electronic account of a wagering party having the winning wager. The winning wager does not include a financial risk by the wagering party.
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1. A method for providing a wagering system regarding at least a partial result in at least one broadcast event, the method comprising:
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determining a prize payout amount for a winning wager based, at least partially, upon an audience rating of the broadcast event; and crediting the prize payout amount to an electronic account of a wagering party having the winning wager, wherein the winning wager did not include a financial risk by the wagering party. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of providing a wagering system regarding at least a partial result in at least one broadcast event, the method comprising:
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contracting by a broadcaster of the broadcast event with an advertiser for payment of a fee by the advertiser for broadcast of an advertisement by the broadcaster during the broadcast event, wherein an amount of the fee is determined, at least partially, based upon an audience rating of the broadcast event; receiving the payment of the fee from the advertiser at least partially after broadcast of the broadcast event; and allocating the fee to electronic accounts of wagering parties who placed a winning wager regarding the broadcast event.
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19. A method of wagering comprising:
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entering a wager by a wagering party into an electronic communication device without a financial risk by the wagering party, wherein the wager is based, at least partially, upon an outcome of a broadcast event; and electronically communicating the wager to a broadcaster of the broadcast event.
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20. A method of wagering comprising:
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providing a broadcast viewer an ability to wager regarding at least a partial result of at least one broadcast event, wherein the wager does not include a financial risk by the broadcast viewer; and depositing an electronic credit into an account for the broadcast viewer based upon a winning wager by the broadcast viewer.
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