Radio receiver capable of confirming gambling results

• US 5,212,636 A
• Filed: 12/26/1989
• Issued: 05/18/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/1988
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Intellectual Ventures Holding 56 LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Nakazawa, Eiji
• Primary Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tran, Khai
• Application Number:
  US07/456,852
• Time in Patent Office: 1,239 Days
• Field of Search: 364/900, 364/412, 364/411, 273/237, 273/148 R, 273/138 A, 273/246, 273/86 G, 340/323 R, 455/325
• US Class Current: 463/6
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/34 Betting or bookmaking, e.g. Internet betting
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3288 Betting, e.g. on live events, bookmaking
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/08 Constructional details, e.g. cabinet

Abstract

A radio receiver that receives gambling information such as for a horse race and that displays prediction data, payout amount data and odds data. The radio receiver includes an input unit for inputting prediction data on a gambling event; a memory unit for storing the prediction data input by the input unit, a receiving unit for receiving result data representative of a gambling result, a coincidence judging unit for judging a coincidence between the result data received by the receiving unit and the prediction data stored in the memory unit; and an announcing unit for announcing the coincidence between the result data and the prediction data when such coincidence is judged by the coincidence judging unit.

Claims

1. A radio receiver comprising:

input means for inputting a plurality of prediction data with respect to each of a plurality of races;

memory means for storing said plurality of prediction data inputted by said input means;

display means for displaying said plurality of prediction data stored in said memory means;

receiving means for receiving result data about said plurality of races;

coincidence judging means for judging whether or not result data for each of said plurality of races received by the receiving means is coincident with each of said plurality of prediction data stored in said memory means; and

display control means for displaying the prediction data which is coincident with said result data on said display means in a display mode different from that of other prediction data.

2. A radio receiver as claimed in claim 1, wherein said receiving means includes error detecting means for detecting an error contained in the received data, and when data having a higher probability of the error is detected by the error detecting means, said display means clearly indicates the higher probability of the error.

3. A radio receiver as claimed in claim 1, wherein said input means includes key input means for inputting order data on a race as the prediction data.

4. A radio receiver as claimed in claim 1, wherein said input means includes key input means for inputting a lucky number of a lottery as the prediction data.

5. A radio receiver as claimed in claim 1, wherein said coincidence judging means includes announcing means for announcing said coincidence between the result data and prediction data by way of a sound.

6. A radio receiver as claimed in claim 1, wherein said receiving means includes:

a memory for storing an address number, and

means for causing said coincidence judging means to be operated when said receiving means receives address number data that is identical to said address number stored in said memory.

7. A radio receiver as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

result data memory means for storing a plurality of result data received by said receiving means.

8. A radio receiver as claimed in claim 1, wherein said receiving means includes:

error detecting means for detecting an error contained in the result data received by said receiving means, and

announcing means for announcing the error detecting by said error detecting means.

9. A radio receiver comprising:

input means for inputting a plurality of prediction data on a single race, and for inputting bet fee data representative of bet fees with respect to said plurality of prediction data;

memory means for storing the plurality of prediction data and the bet fee data which is input by the input means;

receiving means for receiving result data indicative of a race result and a payout amount or result data representative of an odds rate corresponding to the race result;

coincidence judging means for judging a coincidence between the result data received by the receiving means, and each of the plurality of prediction data stored in the memory means;

calculating means for calculating a refund payout of money based upon said bet fee data, payout rate data, or odds rate data, when a judgement is made by the coincidence judging means on the coincidence between the prediction data and result data on the race; and

display means for displaying the payout amount of money calculated by the calculating means.

10. A radio receiver as claimed in claim 9, wherein said receiving means includes error detecting means for detecting an error contained in the received data, and fetches the received data so as to display the received data on the display means only when a judgement is made by the error detecting means that no error is contained in the received data.

11. A radio receiver as claimed in claim 9, wherein said receiving means includes detecting means for detecting an error contained in the received data, and when data having a higher probability of the error is detected by the error detecting means, said display means clearly indicates the higher probability of the error.

12. A radio receiver as claimed in claim 9, wherein said receiving means outputs a reception end signal every time said result data has been received, whereby both said coincidence judging means and calculating means are operated.

13. A radio receiver as, claimed in claim 9, wherein when key input is input by the input means, a process to be effected by the key input operation is executed prior to other processes.

14. A radio receiver as claimed in claim 9, wherein said input means includes key input means for inputting order data on a race as the prediction data.

15. A radio receiver as claimed in claim 9, wherein said input means includes key input means for inputting a lucky number of a lottery as the prediction data.

16. A radio receiver as claimed in claim 9, further comprising:

display means for optically displaying the result data received by the receiving means.

17. A radio receiver as claimed in claim 9, where in said receiving means includes:

a memory for storing an address number, and

means for causing said coincidence judging means to be operated when address number data identical to said address number stored in the memory is received.

18. A radio receiver as claimed in claim 9, further comprising:

result data memory means for storing a plurality of result data received by said receiving means.

19. A radio receiver comprising

selection switch means for selecting a desired type of data from a plurality of types of data on a race;

data type memory means for storing types of data indicative of the desired type selected by the selection switch means;

receiving means for selectively receiving both said plurality of types of data concerning said race and race result data;

judging means for judging whether or not the data selectively received by the receiving means corresponds to one of said type of data and said race result data;

first received data memory means for storing said selectively received result data when a judgement is made by said judging means that the received data corresponds to result data indicative of the result of the race;

second received data memory means for storing the selectively received type data when a judgement is made by said judging means that the received data corresponds tot he same type of data which has been stored in said sort data memory means; and

display means for displaying the data stored in said first and second received data memory means.

20. A radio receiver as claimed in claim 19, wherein said display means displays the data which has been stored in the second received data memory means in a normal condition, and displays the data which has been stored in the first received data memory means when a predetermined switch is operated.

21. A radio receiver as claimed in claim 19, wherein said receiving means includes:

a memory for storing an address number, and

means for causing said coincidence judging means to be operated when address number data identical to said address number stored in the memory is received.

22. A radio receiver as claimed in claim 19, wherein said first received data memory means includes:

result data memory means for storing a plurality of result data received by said receiving means.

23. A radio receiver as claimed in claim 19, wherein said receiving means includes:

error detecting means for detecting an error contained in the result data received by said receiving means; and

announcing means for announcing the error detection made by said error detecting means.

24. A radio receiver comprising:

race designating means for designating a desired race among a plurality of races;

receiving means for receiving various data on the designated desired race;

memory means for storing a plurality of types of data on the desired race designated by said race designating means among the data received by the receiving means;

switch means for selecting and designating the desired type of data among said plurality of types of data relating to the desired race which have been stored in the memory means; and

display means for displaying the type of data selected and designated by said switch means among the data stored in the memory means.

25. A radio receiver as claimed in claim 24, wherein said receiving means further includes:

result data receiving means for receiving the result data of said race; and

result data memory means for storing the result data.

26. A radio receiver as claimed in claim 25, further comprising:

result data display means for optically displaying the result data stored in said result data memory means.

27. A radio receiver as claimed in claim 24, wherein said receiving means includes:

a memory for storing an address number, and

means for causing said memory means to store the plurality of types of data when said receiving means receives address number data that is identical to said address number stored in said memory.

28. A radio receiver comprising:

race designating means for designating a desired race among a plurality of races in which a plurality of racers compete with each other;

receiving means for receiving various data relating to the racers;

memory means for storing various data concerning said desired race among the data received by said receiving means, which has been designated by said race designating means;

racer designating means for designating a desired racer among said plurality of racers for the desired race designated by said race designating means;

editing means for fetching data on the racer designated by said racer designating means from the various data which have been stored in the memory means, so as to edit the data on the racer; and

display means for displaying the data which has been edited by the editing means.

29. A radio receiver as claimed in claim 28, wherein said receiving means further includes:

result data memory means for receiving the result data on said race and for storing the received result data.

30. A radio receiver as claimed in claim 29, further comprising:

display means for optically displaying the result data stored in said result data memory means.

31. A radio receiver as claimed in claim 28, wherein said receiving means includes:

a memory for storing an address number, and

means for causing said memory means to store the data when said receiving means receives address number data that is identical to said address number stored in said memory.

32. A radio receiver comprising:

race designating means for designating a desired race among a plurality of races in which a plurality of racers compete with each other;

receiving means for receiving various data relating to the racers;

memory means for storing various data concerning said desired race among the data received by said receiving means, which has been designated by said race designating means;

data sort designating means for designating a desired sort of data among the various data on the desired races which have been stored in the memory means;

edit means for fetching only the sort of the data designated by said data sort designating means so as to edit the fetched sort of the data; and

display means for displaying data which has been edited by the editing means.

33. A radio receiver as claimed in claim 32, wherein said receiving means further includes:

result data memory means for receiving the result data on said race and for storing the received result data.

34. A radio receiver as claimed in claim 33, further comprising:

display means for optically displaying the result data stored in said result data memory means.

35. A radio receiver as claimed in claim 32, wherein said receiving means includes:

a memory for storing an address number, and

means for causing said memory mean to store the data when address number data identical to said address number stored in the memory is received.