Method and system for placing a wager on a pari-multuel event

• US 8,241,114 B2
• Filed: 12/04/2008
• Issued: 08/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Anthony L. Fontaine, Michael Staw
• Original Assignee: Anthony L. Fontaine, Michael Staw
• Inventors: Fontaine, Anthony L., Staw, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): PERT, EVAN T
• Application Number:
  US12/315,786
• Publication Number:
  US 20100144428A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,349 Days
• Field of Search: 463/28
• US Class Current: 463/28
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/34 Betting or bookmaking, e.g. Internet betting
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3225 Data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3258 Cumulative reward schemes, e.g. jackpots
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3288 Betting, e.g. on live events, bookmaking

Abstract

A method and system is provided to permit placing a wager on a pari-mutuel event in which expert handicapper'"'"'s prognoses are displayed to a player to permit them to formulate either simple or complicated exotic wagers, and to be able to aggregate a wager with those of other players to satisfy wagering minimums.

Claims

1. A system adapted to be used by a bettor for placing a contest entry or wager, comprising:

a display for presenting an individual with several prognostications and the rationale therefor from an expert in horse racing, each of the prognostications being in the form of a wagering proposition, the presentation of said several prognostications and exotic waging propositions occurring prior to the placing of a wager; and

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a unit for selecting one of said presented wager propositions for automatically placing with a racetrack sanctioned entity a wager corresponding to said selection in which money is adapted to be transferred from the bettor to the racetrack sanctioned entity, said unit automatically dispensing winnings to the bettor based on a winning wager, said wager based on the selection of one of the wagering propositions associated with said several presented prognostications, whereby said wager takes into account the presented expert prognostications and expert rationale such that said individual can pick amongst said several prognostications and automatically place a bet.

2. The system of claim 1, whereby said expert has his wager propositions or wagering information obtained from a racetrack totalisator system that outputs race information via a totalisator interface.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said expert is a professional handicapper who provides advice for a fee.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the probability of success for each of the wager propositions is calculated and displayed on said display to said individual.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the expert analysis is translated into a ProPick wager or contest entry processible by said totalisator system.

6. The system of claim 2, and further including at least one database.

7. The system of claim 1, and further including a communications network coupled to said unit for placing a contest entry or wager.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein said communications network includes the Internet.

9. The system of claim 1, and further including a system interface that automatically calculates the minimum wager applicable to a predefined wager amount.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein said system interface displays incremental wager amounts within a range as specified by an operator.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein said racetrack sanctioned entity includes a computerized pari-mutuel wagering system supporting Advance Deposit Wagering and further moduling an interface for interfacing said unit with said computerized pari-mutuel wagering system.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein said individual is in possession of an originating device capable of Short Message Service.

13. The system of claim 1, and further including at least one communications interface to facilitate the receipt and delivery of SMS communications from a plurality of originating devices.

14. The system of claim 1, and further including provisions of a date and time recordal of each communication between said individual, a system interface and an ADW system.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein said originating device has an ID number and wherein said ID number is associated with the wagering account number of individuals on an ADW system.

16. The system of claim 11 and further including a unit for creating a user account and establishes ongoing bilateral communications regarding the status and activity associated with the account.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein the results of multiple wagers for a number of individuals are aggregated over a period of time to attain an award or prize based upon a tiered structure of rewards.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein said wagering includes contests and wherein said contests award information and prize types are maintained in a database relating to legal jurisdictional contests, awards and prizes criteria.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein appropriate contest, award information and prize types are displayed only to individuals in an authorized jurisdiction.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein said display provides a contest, award status and instructional communications to said individual via SMS communications.

21. The system of claim 1, where said racetrack sanctioned entity includes a computerized pari-mutuel wagering system supporting Advance Deposit Wagering interfaced to said unit, in which said individual is allowed to select a wagering proposition and amount from a range of wagering propositions and amounts offered by an ADW operator.

22. The system of claim 21, and further including a module to invite said individual to select a particular wagering proposition by contacting said ADW operator via a digital device with a unique device ID and to place a wager on that proposition via an SMS communication to said ADW operator via a System Interface, the System Interface being capable of receiving discrete receiving digital device ID'"'"'s from a plurality of devices, the system interface communicating the individual'"'"'s identity and offering a means to verify that identity and the wager proposition to said ADW operator, the system interface communicating the status of the wager to said individual based upon information sent to, and received from, said ADW operator.

23. The system of claim 21, wherein an individual'"'"'s eligibility to place a wager is determined by jurisdictional and other legal requirements that are maintained in a database relating to legal jurisdictional criteria.

24. The system of claim 21, and further including a facilitator to present wagering activity, current wager status and instructional communications to said individuals via SMS communications.

25. The system of claim 24 and further including an authentifier for authentication of information of said individual including a password contained in the body of the SMS communication and extracted by a system interface and communicated to said ADW operator for authentication.

26. The system of claim 21, wherein said system interface receives wagering instructions from said individual for a particular wagering proposition by the association of the destination device ID to a wagering proposition contained in a database.

27. The system of claim 21, wherein said system interface conveys wagering instructions to, and receives status messages from said ADW operator.

28. The system of claim 21, wherein the ability to facilitate wagering activity, current wager status and instructional communications to individuals occurs through the use of SMS communications.

29. The system of claim 21, wherein the amount of the wager is determined through its association with a destination device ID contained in a database.

30. The system of claim 21, wherein the amount of the wager is contained in the body of an SMS communication and extracted by a system interface and communicated to said ADW operator in conjunction with the wagering proposition for wager placement.

31. The system of claim 21 wherein a system interface receives wagering instructions from said individual based on selection by said individual of a particular professional handicapper as indicated by the association of a destination device ID to a professional handicapper contained in a database.

32. A system for placing a wager, comprising:

a display adapted to present an individual with a series of wagering propositions found on an opinion from an expert on a possible outcome of a wager on a horse that would win prior to said individual placing the wager; and

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a unit for automatically placing with a racetrack sanctioned entity a wager from said individual based on a selected one of said wagering propositions so as to permit said individual to pick one amongst said series and automatically places a bet therewith.

33. The system of claim 32, wherein said expert is a professional handicapper.

34. The system of claim 32, wherein said expert provides at least two wagering propositions to be presented to the individual making the wager.

35. The system of claim 32, wherein the probability of success for each of the scenarios is indicated to said individual.

36. The system of claim 32, and further including a communications network connected to said racetrack sanctioned entity to place a bet.

37. The system of claim 36, wherein said communications network includes the Internet.