SCALABLE AUTOMATED REAL-TIME MANAGEMENT OF PEER-TO-PEER WAGERS BASED ON EVENTS OCCURRING DURING EXTERNAL CONTEXTS

摘要

An internet based automated wagering system allows many participant to wager on outcomes of certain events associated with a game. The wagering can occur in real time or can be delayed. Presentations are made to participants indicating various events associated with the game and participants can then send to the system proposed wagers based on possible outcomes of the event as selected by each participant. The system then finds a partner for each participant and an engagement is established between the participants interested in the same wager and event outcome. The system can monitor events and determine their outcomes, or can obtain event outcome information from external sources.

主权项

1. A wagering system for receiving a plurality of wagers from a plurality of participants related to a specific game, the game including a plurality of events, each wager defining an engagement between at least two participants dependent on an outcome of one or more events, the system comprising:
a participant manager module adapted to monitor activities of all participants and engagements associated with said specific game; an event manager module adapted to monitor all the events associated with the specific game and providing alert signals indicative of at least one of the beginning of each event, the end of each event and actions occurring during each event; a presentation manager interfacing with participant, said participant interface module receiving commands from participants regarding events that each participant wants to wager on and providing participants with presentations indicative of said specific game together with said events and wagering information associated with the events, commands from the participant being associated with respective engagements between participants and providing information indicative of participants engagements to said participant manager; and a wagering engine associated with said participant manager and said events manager and generating current wagering information reflecting wagers made by participants and wagers won and lost by participants as the events of the specific games progress and eventually close.