Methods and systems for electronic virtual races
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1. An electronic interactive entertainment system, comprising:
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a video library, the video library storing a plurality of selectably accessible video racing activity sets, each video racing activity set of the plurality of video racing activity sets being associated with a different kind of race, each kind of race including a plurality of race entrants, each video racing activity set including a predetermined number of numbered video sequences for each race entrant, the predetermined number of video sequences for each race entrant being dependant on predetermined odds assigned to each race entrant;
a player interaction means, the player interaction means being configured to enable selection, from the plurality of stored selectably accessible video racing activity sets, of the kind of race that is to be shown on the display, a predicted winning race entrant of the selected kind of race and a wager on the predicted numbered outcome of the selected kind of race;
a random number generator, and a processor, the processor being configured to select a winning entrant of the selected kind of race, to access the video library, to select one of the predetermined number of numbered video sequences of the race entrant selected as the winning entrant according to a number generated by the random number generator and to cause the selected numbered video sequence to be shown on the display.
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Abstract
A game of chance includes steps of accepting at least one of a wager and a selection of a predicted outcome of a competitive activity; randomly selecting an actual outcome of the competitive activity according to predetermined odds; accessing one of a plurality of video sequence that shows the randomly selected actual outcome of the competitive activity, and showing the accessed one of the plurality of video sequence on a display. A step may be carried out to pay a sum determined by the wager and the predetermined odds when the predicted outcome matches the randomly selected actual outcome.
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55 Claims
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1. An electronic interactive entertainment system, comprising:
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a display;
a video library, the video library storing a plurality of selectably accessible video racing activity sets, each video racing activity set of the plurality of video racing activity sets being associated with a different kind of race, each kind of race including a plurality of race entrants, each video racing activity set including a predetermined number of numbered video sequences for each race entrant, the predetermined number of video sequences for each race entrant being dependant on predetermined odds assigned to each race entrant;
a player interaction means, the player interaction means being configured to enable selection, from the plurality of stored selectably accessible video racing activity sets, of the kind of race that is to be shown on the display, a predicted winning race entrant of the selected kind of race and a wager on the predicted numbered outcome of the selected kind of race;
a random number generator, and a processor, the processor being configured to select a winning entrant of the selected kind of race, to access the video library, to select one of the predetermined number of numbered video sequences of the race entrant selected as the winning entrant according to a number generated by the random number generator and to cause the selected numbered video sequence to be shown on the display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A game of chance, comprising the steps of:
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presenting a player with a plurality of activities;
accepting from the player a selected activity from the presented plurality of activities, a predicted outcome of the selected activity and a wager;
randomly selecting an actual outcome of the selected activity according to predetermined odds;
a first showing step to show the player an introductory video sequence of the selected activity; and
a second showing step to show the player a selected video sequence of a plurality of video sequences of the randomly selected actual outcome of the selected activity immediately after the introductory video sequence, a number of the plurality of video sequences from which the video sequence of the randomly selected actual outcome is selected being dependant upon the predetermined odds. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A machine-readable medium having data stored thereon representing sequences of instructions which, when executed by a computing device, causes said computing device to enable a player to play a game of chance, by performing the steps of:
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presenting the player with a plurality of activities;
accepting from the player a selected activity from the presented plurality of activities, a predicted outcome of the selected activity and a wager;
randomly selecting an actual outcome of the selected activity according to predetermined odds;
a first showing step to show the player an introductory video sequence of the selected activity, and a second showing step to show the player a selected video sequence of a plurality of video sequences of the selected actual outcome of the selected activity immediately after the introductory video sequence, a number of the plurality of video sequences from which the video sequence of the randomly selected actual outcome is selected being dependant upon the predetermined odds. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. An electronic interactive entertainment system, comprising:
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a display;
a plurality of selectably accessible video sequences associated with each of a plurality of selectable competitive activities, each video sequence of the plurality of video sequences showing at least one numbered entrant of the associated competitive activity at least one of placing in and winning the competitive activity, each of the at least one numbered entrant being shown on a number of video sequences that is dependant on predetermined odds of the at least one entrant placing in and winning the competitive activity such that numbered entrants being assigned longer odds are shown on comparatively fewer video sequences than numbered entrants being assigned shorter odds;
a player interaction means, the player interaction means being configured to enable selection of one of the plurality of selectable competitive activities, and at least a predicted numbered outcome of the selected competitive activity and a wager on the predicted outcome of the selected activity;
a random number generator configured to generate a random number within a predetermined range, and a processor, the processor being configured to select, based on the generated random number, one of the plurality of video sequences and to cause the selected one of the plurality of video sequences of the selected one of the plurality of selectable competitive activities to be shown on the display. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A game of chance, comprising the steps of:
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selecting one of a plurality of competitive activities;
accepting at least one of a wager and a selection of a predicted outcome of the selected competitive activity;
randomly selecting an actual outcome of the selected competitive activity according to predetermined odds;
accessing one of a plurality of video sequences that shows the randomly selected actual outcome of the selected competitive activity, a number of the plurality of video sequences from which the video sequence of the randomly selected actual outcome is selected being dependant upon the predetermined odds, and showing the accessed one of the plurality of video sequence on a display. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A machine-readable medium having data stored thereon representing sequences of instructions which, when executed by a computing device, causes said computing device to enable a game of chance to be played, by performing the steps of:
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selecting one of a plurality of competitive activities;
accepting at least one of a wager and a selection of a predicted outcome of the selected competitive activity;
randomly selecting an actual outcome of the selected competitive activity according to predetermined odds;
accessing one of a plurality of video sequences that shows the randomly selected actual outcome of the selected competitive activity, a number of the plurality of video sequences from which the video sequence of the randomly selected actual outcome is selected being dependant upon the predetermined odds, and showing the accessed one of the plurality of video sequence on a display. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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