SUPPLEMENTAL WAGER METHODS AND APPARATUS

• US 20110098105A1
• Filed: 10/26/2009
• Published: 04/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: William J. Ryan
• Original Assignee: William J. Ryan
• Inventors: Ryan, William J.
• Application Number:
  US12/605,846
• Publication Number:
  US 20110098105A1
• 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 17/3262 Player actions which determine the course of the game, e.g. selecting a prize to be won, outcome to be achieved, game to be played
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3288 Betting, e.g. on live events, bookmaking

Abstract

Described herein are various principles relating to a method for betting comprising offering a base bet having a line associated with an outcome of an event, receiving indication that a bettor has placed the base bet on a side of the line, and offering a supplemental bet to the bettor that the outcome of the event will equal the line if the line is an integer line, or that the outcome of the event will equal the nearest integer value on the side of the line on which the bettor placed the base bet if the line is a non-integer line.

Claims

1. A method for betting comprising:

offering a base bet having a line associated with an outcome of an event;

receiving indication that a bettor has placed the base bet on a side of the line; and

offering a supplemental bet to the bettor that the outcome of the event will equal the line if the line is an integer line, or that the outcome of the event will equal the nearest integer value on the side of the line on which the bettor placed the base bet if the line is a non-integer line.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the bettor, via the base bet, wagers that the outcome of the event will be greater than the line and wherein offering the supplemental bet comprises offering a supplemental bet to the bettor that the outcome of the event will fall on the nearest integer value greater than the line.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the bettor, via the base bet, wagers that the outcome of the event will be less than the line and wherein offering the supplemental bet comprises offering a supplemental bet to the bettor that the outcome of the event will fall on the nearest integer value less than the line.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the supplemental bet is offered with odds.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the outcome of the event is a score differential in a game between a first competitor and a second competitor and the line is a corresponding spread.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the outcome of the event is a number of occurrences during the event and the line is an over/under line for the number of occurrences that will result.

7. At least one computer readable medium having instruction stored thereon, the instructions, when executed on at least one processor, performing a betting method comprising:

offering a base bet having a line associated with an outcome of an event;

receiving indication that a bettor has placed the base bet on a side of the line; and

offering a supplemental bet to the bettor that the outcome of the event will equal the line if the line is an integer line, or that the outcome of the event will equal the nearest integer value on the side of the line on which the bettor placed the base bet if the line is a non-integer line.

8. The at least one computer readable medium of claim 7, wherein the bettor, via the base bet, wagers that the outcome of the event will be greater than the line and wherein offering the supplemental bet comprises offering a supplemental bet to the bettor that the outcome of the event will fall on the nearest integer value greater than the line.

9. The at least one computer readable medium of claim 7, wherein the bettor, via the base bet, wagers that the outcome of the event will be less than the line and wherein offering the supplemental bet comprises offering a supplemental bet to the bettor that the outcome of the event will fall on the nearest integer value less than the line.

10. The at least one computer readable medium of claim 7, wherein the supplemental bet is offered with odds.

11. The at least one computer readable medium of claim 7, wherein the outcome of the event is a score differential in a game between a first competitor and a second competitor and the line is a corresponding spread.

12. The at least one computer readable medium of claim 7, wherein the outcome of the event is a number of occurrences during the event and the line is an over/under line for the number of occurrences that will result.

13. A computer system for placing bets comprising:

at least one input to receive an indication that a bettor has placed a bet;

at least one computer readable medium to store at least one bet having an associated line; and

at least one processor coupled to the at least one input and the at least one computer readable medium, the processor configured to offer a base bet having a line associated with an outcome of an event, receive indication from the at least one input that a bettor has placed the base bet on a side of the line, and offer a supplemental bet to the bettor that the outcome of the event will equal the line if the line is an integer line, or that the outcome of the event will equal the nearest integer value on the side of the line on which the bettor placed the base bet if the line is a non-integer line.

14. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the bettor, via the base bet, wagers that the outcome of the event will be greater than the line and wherein the at least one processor is configured to offer a supplemental bet to the bettor that the outcome of the event will fall on the nearest integer value greater than the line.

15. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the bettor, via the base bet, wagers that the outcome of the event will be less than the line and wherein the at least one processor is configured to offer a supplemental bet to the bettor that the outcome of the event will fall on the nearest integer value less than the line.

16. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the supplemental bet is offered with odds.

17. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the outcome of the event is a score differential in a game between a first competitor and a second competitor and the line is a spread.

18. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the outcome of the event is a number of occurrences during the event and the line is an over/under line for the number of occurrences that will result.