On-line betting game

• US 20100311495A1
• Filed: 06/09/2009
• Published: 12/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Innovatron SA
• Original Assignee: Innovatron SA
• Inventors: Moreno, Roland
• Application Number:
  US12/457,396
• Publication Number:
  US 20100311495A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/25
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3288 Betting, e.g. on live events, bookmaking

Abstract

The game is implemented by means of a computer system that comprising at least one terminal suitable for presenting data to a player and for enabling the player to provide parameters to the system; and a game site coupled to each terminal. The game comprises the following sequence of successive steps: a) presenting the player with a plurality of N competitor-elements forming a predefined set, the competitor-elements being suitable for being classified as a whole in an ordered list that can be determined after some future event has occurred; b) asking the player to select one of the N competitor-elements as a reference element; and c) asking the player to select one of the N−1 remaining competitor-elements as a competitor-element, with the player forecasting that it is to have a relative rank in the classification that is higher, or respectively lower, than that of the reference element; to the exclusion of forecasting the winning competitor-elements that will present the highest absolute ranks after classification has occurred; and after the future event has occurred: d) if the relative rank of the competitor-element is higher, or respectively lower, than that of the reference element, calculating a winning score and allocating the score to the player.

Claims

1. An on-line betting game implemented by means of a computer system that comprises:

at least one terminal suitable for presenting data to a player and for enabling the player to provide parameters to the system; and

a game site coupled to each terminal; and

the game comprising the following sequence of successive steps;

a) presenting the player with a plurality of N competitor-elements forming a predefined set, the competitor-elements being suitable for being classified as a whole in an ordered list that can be determined after some future event has occurred;

b) asking the player to select one of the N competitor-elements as a reference element; and

c) asking the player to select one of the N−

1 remaining competitor-elements as a competitor-element, with the player forecasting that it is to have a relative rank in the classification that is higher, or respectively lower, than that of the reference element;

to the exclusion of forecasting the winning competitor-elements that will present the highest absolute ranks after classification has occurred;

and after the future event has occurred;

d) if the relative rank of the competitor-element is higher, or respectively lower, than that of the reference element, calculating a winning score and allocating the score to the player.

2. The game of claim 1, wherein the winning score calculated in step d) is an inverse function of the difference between the rank of the competitor-element and the rank of the reference element.

3. The game of claim 1, wherein the winning score is allocated to the player solely if the ranks of the competitor-element and of the reference element are consecutive.

4. An on-line betting game implemented by means of a computer system that comprises:

at least one terminal suitable for presenting data to a player and for enabling the player to provide parameters to the system; and

a game site coupled to each terminal; and

the game comprising the following sequence of successive steps;

a) presenting the player with a plurality of N competitor-elements forming a predefined set, the competitor-elements being suitable for being classified as a whole in an ordered list that can be determined after some future event has occurred;

b) asking the player to select one of the N competitor-elements as a reference element; and

c) asking the player to select one of the N−

1 remaining competitor-elements as a first competitor-element, with the player forecasting that it is to have a relative rank in the classification that is higher than that of the reference element;

d) asking the player to select one of the N−

2 remaining competitor-elements as a second competitor-element, with the player forecasting that it is to have a relative rank in the classification that is lower than that of the reference element;

to the exclusion of forecasting the winning competitor-elements that will present the highest absolute ranks after classification has occurred;

and after the future event has occurred;

e) calculating a winning score and allocating this score to the player if;

     1) the rank of the first competitor-element is higher than that of the reference element; and

     2) the rank of the second competitor-element is lower than that of the reference element.

5. The game of claim 4, wherein the winning score calculated in step e) is an inverse function:

1) of the difference between the rank of the first competitor-element and the rank of the reference element; and

     2) of the difference between the rank of the second competitor-element and the rank of the reference element.

6. The game of claim 4, wherein the winning score is calculated and allocated to the player only if, in addition:

1) the rank of the first competitor-element and of the reference element are consecutive; and

     2) the ranks of the second competitor-element and of the reference element are also consecutive.

7. The game of claim 4, further including the following steps:

in steps c) and d);

c1) also asking the player to select one of the N−

3 remaining competitor-elements as a third competitor-element, for which the player forecasts that it will have a relative rank in the classification that is higher than that of the first competitor-element;

d1) asking the player to select one of the remaining N−

4 competitor-elements as a fourth competitor-element, that the player forecasts will have a relative rank in the classification that is lower than that of the second competitor-element; and

in step e);

calculating a winning score and allocating it to the player if, in addition;

     3) the relative rank of the third competitor-element is higher than that of the first competitor-element; and

     4) the relative rank of the fourth competitor-element is lower than that of the second competitor-element.

8. The game of claim 4, wherein a subsidiary winning score is allocated to the player if the respective rank of the first competitor-element, the second competitor-element, and the reference element are consecutive, but without the right placings.

9. The game of claim 4, wherein:

steps c1) and d1) are iterated at least one additional time with successive remaining competitor-elements; and

in step e), the winning score is calculated and allocated to the player if, in addition;

     5) the relative ranks of the competitor-elements selected during these iterations are progressively higher; and

     6) the relative ranks of the competitor-elements selected during these iterations are progressively lower.

10. The game of claim 4, wherein the elements are programs broadcast simultaneously on respective television channels, and said predefined criterion is the audience rating achieved by each of the channels while broadcasting said programs.

11. The game of claim 4, wherein the elements are sporting teams playing in a given category, and said predefined criterion is the classification obtained by each of the teams in said category at the end of a series of competitions.

12. The game of claim 4, wherein the elements are securities listed on the same market, and said predefined criterion is the mark of each of the securities at a predetermined moment.

13. The method of claim 4, wherein steps b) to d) are implemented via a graphics interface having a series of fields displayed on a screen of the terminal, these fields being movable by controlled action of the player so as to cause them to be dragged across the screen and form a stack that is representative of the player'"'"'s choice.