Method and system for providing real time sports betting information
First Claim
1. A method for providing sporting event odds and information, for sports books, in substantially real time where the sports books, gamblers and enthusiasts want real time odds and information on a sports books computer, the method comprising:
- providing a program that utilizes an Internet connection to provide real time sports bet odds and information for a plurality of sports games from a plurality of sport books, said real time sports bet odds and information being downloaded and stored on a user'"'"'s computer, and wherein said program is incapable of placing bets;
the program displaying real time odds and information including a major line move alert indicating when a number of sport books change their odds for a bet for a sports game in the same direction within a user settable period of time; and
navigating said display in order to acquire real time sports bet odds and information using a menu made up of various menus, and for any particular game or bet, the program being capable of visually cycling through odds for the plurality of sport books.
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Abstract
A method and system for providing sports betting information, in real time, utilizing a standard Internet connection on a computer to display the odds from a plurality of sports books are provided. The system provides its users with a line seeker alert, a major line move alert, a bet tracker, and a fully customizable display. A method of gaining real time sports betting information without the use of a web browser, through the use of a separate program written in the C++ programming language is disclosed.
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1. A method for providing sporting event odds and information, for sports books, in substantially real time where the sports books, gamblers and enthusiasts want real time odds and information on a sports books computer, the method comprising:
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providing a program that utilizes an Internet connection to provide real time sports bet odds and information for a plurality of sports games from a plurality of sport books, said real time sports bet odds and information being downloaded and stored on a user'"'"'s computer, and wherein said program is incapable of placing bets; the program displaying real time odds and information including a major line move alert indicating when a number of sport books change their odds for a bet for a sports game in the same direction within a user settable period of time; and navigating said display in order to acquire real time sports bet odds and information using a menu made up of various menus, and for any particular game or bet, the program being capable of visually cycling through odds for the plurality of sport books. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for providing sporting event odds and information, for sports books, in substantially real time where the sports books, gamblers and enthusiasts want real time odds and information on a sports books computer, the system comprising:
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a program executed by a computer that utilizes an Internet connection to provide real time sports bet odds and information for a plurality of sports games from a plurality of sport books, said real time sports bet odds and information being downloaded and stored on the computer, wherein the program is incapable of placing bets; the program generating a display of real time sports bet odds and information including a major line move alert indicating when a number of sport books change their odds for a bet for a sports game in the same direction within a user settable period of time; and the program allowing navigation of the display in order to acquire real time sports bet odds and information wherein the program generates a menu made up of various menus, and for any particular game or bet, the program being capable of visually cycling through odds for the plurality of sport books. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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