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Betting system and method

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  • US 7,206,762 B2
  • Filed: 01/17/2001
  • Issued: 04/17/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating a fixed-odds betting system including a central processing machine in communication with a data feed to a source of data concerning a financial market, and a user terminal in communication with the central processing machine, the method comprising the steps of:

  • via the user terminal, accepting from a user multiple parameters relating to a fixed-odds bet on an aspect of a financial market;

    at the central processing machine, receiving one or more of the parameters from the user terminal;

    at the central processing machine, obtaining data concerning the financial market via the data feed;

    at the central processing machine, calculating a fixed-odds price for the bet based on at least one of the parameters received from the user terminal and the data obtained from the data feed; and

    communicating the fixed-odds price to the user.

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