Exchange of entries corresponding to participants in a sports competition
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a memory having instructions stored thereon that are configured to cause the processor to;
determine a first set of entries in a sports competition, in which each entry of the first set of entries corresponds to a respective team of a set of teams participating in the sports competition and in which the sports competition has one or more stages;
distribute the first set of entries to a plurality of users;
receive a buy order placed by a first user of the plurality of users, in which the buy order is associated with at least one entry of the first set of entries;
receive a sell order placed by a second user of the plurality of users associated with the at least one entry of the first set of entries;
match the buy order with the sell order and execute a trade of the at least one entry between the first user and the second user;
determine a winning entry of the first set of entries based on at least one first outcome of the sports competition; and
determine a payout to be paid to one or more users who hold the winning entry.
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Abstract
Entries in one or more sports competitions are determined and distributed to a plurality of users. The entries may be traded among the users. The one or more sports competitions have one or more stages. In some implementations relating to a first sports competition, the entries include entries in which each of the entries corresponds to a respective team of a set of teams participating in the first sports competition. In some implementations relating to a second sports competition, the entries include entries in which each of the entries corresponds to a respective individual of a set of individuals participating in the second sports competition.
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a processor; and a memory having instructions stored thereon that are configured to cause the processor to; determine a first set of entries in a sports competition, in which each entry of the first set of entries corresponds to a respective team of a set of teams participating in the sports competition and in which the sports competition has one or more stages; distribute the first set of entries to a plurality of users;
receive a buy order placed by a first user of the plurality of users, in which the buy order is associated with at least one entry of the first set of entries;receive a sell order placed by a second user of the plurality of users associated with the at least one entry of the first set of entries; match the buy order with the sell order and execute a trade of the at least one entry between the first user and the second user; determine a winning entry of the first set of entries based on at least one first outcome of the sports competition; and determine a payout to be paid to one or more users who hold the winning entry. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method comprising:
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determining, by a processor, a first set of entries in a sports competition, in which each entry of the first set of entries corresponds to a respective team of a set of teams participating in the sports competition and in which the sports competition has one or more stages; distributing, by the processor, the first set of entries to a plurality of users; receive, by the processor, a buy order placed by a first user of the plurality of users, in which the buy order is associated with at least one entry of the first set of entries; receive, by the processor, a sell order placed by a second user of the plurality of users associated with the at least one entry of the first set of entries; match, by the processor, the buy order with the sell order and execute a trade of the at least one entry between the first user and the second user; determine, by the processor, a winning entry of the first set of entries based on at least one first outcome of the sports competition; and determine, by the processor, a payout to be paid to one or more users who hold the winning entry. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that are configured to cause a processor to:
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determine a first set of entries in a sports competition, in which each entry of the first set of entries corresponds to a respective team of a set of teams participating in the sports competition and in which the sports competition has one or more stages; distribute the first set of entries to a plurality of users; receive a buy order placed by a first user of the plurality of users, in which the buy order is associated with at least one entry of the first set of entries; receive a sell order placed by a second user of the plurality of users associated with the at least one entry of the first set of entries; match the buy order with the sell order and execute a trade of the at least one entry between the first user and the second user; determine a winning entry of the first set of entries based on at least one first outcome of the sports competition; and determine a payout to be paid to one or more users who hold the winning entry.
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