SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERPROCESS COMMUNICATION OF WAGERING OPPORTUNITIES AND/OR WAGER REQUESTS
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a tangible machine readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions that when executed by a computing device cause the computing device to;
offer, for a limited amount of time, a wagering opportunity defined by particular odds for each of at least two outcomes of an event, in which the particular odds are held constant throughout the amount of time;
receive a plurality of respective first wager requests for wagers based on a first outcome of the at least two outcomes during the amount of time;
receive a plurality of respective second wager requests for wagers based on a second outcome of the at least two outcomes during the amount of time, in which wagers related to the first outcome offset a risk associated with wagers related to the second outcome; and
determine a respective first portion of a first wager request and a respective second portion of a second wager request to accept based on a cumulative risk of accepting both the first portion and the second portion.
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Abstract
Various embodiments may include offering wagering opportunities, receiving wager requests, balancing risk, determining wager requests to accepted based on risk, forming wagers based on wager request, and/or performing other actions by one or more apparatus. Further methods and apparatus are described.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a tangible machine readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions that when executed by a computing device cause the computing device to;
offer, for a limited amount of time, a wagering opportunity defined by particular odds for each of at least two outcomes of an event, in which the particular odds are held constant throughout the amount of time; receive a plurality of respective first wager requests for wagers based on a first outcome of the at least two outcomes during the amount of time; receive a plurality of respective second wager requests for wagers based on a second outcome of the at least two outcomes during the amount of time, in which wagers related to the first outcome offset a risk associated with wagers related to the second outcome; and determine a respective first portion of a first wager request and a respective second portion of a second wager request to accept based on a cumulative risk of accepting both the first portion and the second portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- a tangible machine readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions that when executed by a computing device cause the computing device to;
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