Apparatus for pari-mutuel racing game with finish order betting
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor; and
at least one tangible memory device having software stored thereon that when executed by the at least one processor directs the at least one processor to;
receive via a communications network a plurality of inputs comprising bets that a plurality of participants will win a race;
determine, based at least on the plurality of received bets and a weight measurement of each participant, payoff odds for each of the plurality of participants, in which the participant with a lowest payoff odds is a favored participant to win the race, the participant with a next lowest payoff odds is a next favored participant to win the race, and the participant with a highest payoff odds is a least favored participant to win the race;
determine, based at least on the payoff odds, a potential order in which all participants in the race might finish the race, in which the potential order includes the favored participant finishing the race first, the next favored participant finishing the race second, and the least favored participant finishing the race last;
receive a reverse-order-bet that all participants in the race will finish the race in an order that is a reverse order of the determined potential order, in which the reverse order includes the least favored participant finishing the race first, the next favored participant finishing the race second to last, and the favored participant finishing the race last;
based on results of the race received via a communications network, determine an actual order in which the plurality of participants finished the race;
based on the actual order in which the plurality of participants finished the race, determine whether the reverse order transpired; and
determine a payment amount based on and whether the reverse order transpired.
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Abstract
In various embodiments, a device may test the health of race participants in order to ensure the fairness of a bet on an order of finish.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one tangible memory device having software stored thereon that when executed by the at least one processor directs the at least one processor to; receive via a communications network a plurality of inputs comprising bets that a plurality of participants will win a race; determine, based at least on the plurality of received bets and a weight measurement of each participant, payoff odds for each of the plurality of participants, in which the participant with a lowest payoff odds is a favored participant to win the race, the participant with a next lowest payoff odds is a next favored participant to win the race, and the participant with a highest payoff odds is a least favored participant to win the race; determine, based at least on the payoff odds, a potential order in which all participants in the race might finish the race, in which the potential order includes the favored participant finishing the race first, the next favored participant finishing the race second, and the least favored participant finishing the race last; receive a reverse-order-bet that all participants in the race will finish the race in an order that is a reverse order of the determined potential order, in which the reverse order includes the least favored participant finishing the race first, the next favored participant finishing the race second to last, and the favored participant finishing the race last; based on results of the race received via a communications network, determine an actual order in which the plurality of participants finished the race; based on the actual order in which the plurality of participants finished the race, determine whether the reverse order transpired; and determine a payment amount based on and whether the reverse order transpired. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method comprising:
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receiving, via a communications network by at least one processor, for each of a plurality of participants in a race, a plurality of bets that the participant will win the race; determining, by at least one processor, based on a plurality of received bets, payoff odds for each of the plurality of participants, in which the participant with a lowest payoff odds is a favored participant to win the race, the participant with a next lowest payoff odds is a next favored participant to win the race, and the participant with a highest payoff odds is a least favored participant to win the race; determining by the at least one processor, based at least on the payoff odds a potential order in which all participants in the race might finish the race, in which the potential order includes the favored participant finishing the race first, the next favored participant finishing the race second, and the least favored participant finishing the race last; receiving, by the at least one processor, at least one reverse-order-bet that all participants in the race will finish the race in an order that is a reverse order of the determined potential order, in which the reverse order includes the least favored participant finishing the race first, the next favored participant finishing the race second to last, and the favored participant finishing the race last; based at least on results of the race received via a communication network, determining, by the at least one processor, an actual order in which the plurality of participants finished the race; based at least on the actual order in which the plurality of participants finished the race, determining by the at least one processor whether the reverse order transpired; and determining, by the at least one processor, a payment amount based at least on whether the reverse order transpired. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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