Method and system for providing real time sports betting information

• US 8,764,556 B2
• Filed: 10/21/2011
• Issued: 07/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sg Gaming, Inc. (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Don Best Sports (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Inventors: Corbo, Dana
• Primary Examiner(s): Coburn, Corbett B
• Application Number:
  US13/279,129
• Publication Number:
  US 20120040749A1
• Time in Patent Office: 984 Days
• Field of Search: 463/25
• US Class Current: 463/25
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3227 Configuring a gaming machine, e.g. downloading personal settings, selecting working parameters
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3244 Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3288 Betting, e.g. on live events, bookmaking

Abstract

The present invention is directed toward 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. 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.

Claims

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 the 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 being 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 with 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.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the program being able to download and store, on the user'"'"'s computer, information about the odds and allowing for the display of odds on the user'"'"'s computer to be manipulated for a more efficient use of said program.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein said step of allowing for the display of odds to be manipulated provides horizontal and vertical scrolling bars.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein said step of allowing for the display of odds to be manipulated provides a feature that turns a page every five seconds.

5. The method of claim 2 wherein said step of allowing for the display of odds to be manipulated provides a color coded display.

6. The method of claim 2 wherein said step of allowing for the display of odds to be manipulated provides customizable casino columns.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein said casino columns can be moved by a click and drag method.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein said casino columns can be resized to a custom setting.

9. The method of claim 6 wherein said casino columns can be highlighted.

10. The method of claim 6 wherein said casino columns can be abbreviated in order to allow more columns per page.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein said program is written in the C++ programming language.

12. 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 the sports books computer, the system comprising:

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 with 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.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the program downloads and stores, on the computer, occurrences in connection with the odds analyzing the information and generates an alert to a user when a predetermined occurrence takes place in connection with the odds.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the program generates an alert when a predetermined odds, on a particular game, is offered by a sports book.

15. The system of claim 12 wherein the program notifies the user when a predetermined amount of sports books'"'"' odds change within a predetermined amount of time.

16. The system of claim 12 wherein said program is written in the C++ programming language.