BG67440B1 - Method and system for placing and managing bets on sports competitions - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and system for the submission and management of electronic betting and can find application in the entertainment industry, in particular in electronic betting, which is read by a computer and computer software products. Betting can involve a group of participants and the bets refer to sports competitions, from different sports, such as football, tennis, basketball and other team sports. The method includes registration of a user, which is performed by a participant communication device, after which the participant chooses an object for a bet and a bet sum of money, as after registration each participant determines by sequential selection the parameters of their participation, namely: a) chooses the type of the sports event in which he/she will participate with bets; b) chooses a sporting event, for example a specific competition in which he/she will bet; c) chooses a bet with which he/she will participate in the bets; d) chooses a game room; e) chooses an object, for example the team or competitor on which he/she bets in their first participation; f) chooses and determines the result on which he/she bets - victory of team, that he/she has chosen, equal result or loss.

Description

(54) METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAKING AND MANAGING BETTING ON SPORTS COMPETITIONS

Field of technique

The invention relates to a method and system for making and managing bets on sports competitions and may find application in the entertainment industry, in particular in computer-read electronic betting and computer software products. Betting can involve a group of participants and refers to sports competitions, from different types of sports, for example, football, tennis, basketball and other team sports.

Prior art

Betting on sporting events such as football, tennis, horse racing is a growing and growing industry in many parts of the world. Various types of betting products or systems are known and implemented to suit different types of sporting events. For example, the standard bets in football are for a home win, a draw or a win away from home. Typical horse racing bets allow bettors to bet on a single horse or multiple horses in a particular race or series of races. For example, a bettor can bet on a particular horse - to finish first (win), to finish second, or to finish third. The bettor can also make different combinations of bets with multiple horses, such as an accuracy bet (covering the first two horses) or a bet that covers the first three horses in a particular order). In addition, the bettor can bet on placings in a series of races, as well as the winners of two consecutive races, the winners of three consecutive races or the winners of six consecutive races. In the known methods and systems, computer programs are used, with the help of which the participants and the bets made are registered, as well as the winning participants and the way of distribution of the winnings are determined.

Patent publication US 20140221065 is known, which relates to a system for betting on virtual events, for example virtual sports competitions, realized in a virtual world. A virtual event looks like a real event, but is entirely computer generated in a computer created world and is based on statistical measures, real or created. Numerous characteristics about the competitors and the parameters of the competition venue are known before the start of the competition. Based on the known parameters of a virtual event's location and participant characteristics, as well as the history and chronology of their previous betting results, it allows betting participants to make informed bets on an event, which significantly increases satisfaction and participation in a competition. As such, the history of the virtual events is saved on top of the actual data of the virtual results of the competitors in the virtual world. History may include all relevant virtual data about a competitor and past events in which the competitor has competed. Individuals in the real world can place bets on the outcome of a fixed odds event using either regular betting bets or fixed odds betting. The virtual event may be in relation to any type of sport or skill-based game usually played between competitors.

Patent publication US 20180033251 is known, which describes a sports betting system and method including registering a user, a potential bettor, accepting and processing sports bets made by multiple participants, selecting multiple sports competitions from at least one sports category, sports bettors make a selection of at least one of the plurality of sports teams and bet on the selected team as the winning team in each of the plurality of sports contests.

A sports betting system in which multiple bettors participate includes: a processor with a bet processing module connected to a memory module in which a sports betting database is provided. The processor and memory module are connected via a communication network to the bettors. At least one of the plurality of sports bettors is selected as having won when the selected team has won a sports competition. In the system described, the entertainment element in sports betting is derived from the combination of several sporting events of a certain category or specific categories, and that there is no explicitly defined requirement that the bettor successfully nominates a winner in a pre-determined required number of races.

A disadvantage of the known methods and systems for electronic betting is that they cannot provide the participants with preliminary information about the objects that are the object of betting, as well as information about the available bets and the number of participants in an easy and efficient way. In addition, popular e-betting is daily or weekly, which significantly reduces the attractiveness and commitment of participants due to the fact that with them, the participant can specify and bet on a large number of sports events, and the bet is valid only for that day and on that day. case getting a profit is very much a matter of luck. The described known betting methods and systems lack the dynamism and attractiveness of betting, the long-term commitment of the participant for the entire period of a given sports competition, for example, a Spanish or English football championship.

Technical essence of the invention

In view of the disclosed known state of the art in the field under consideration, the task of the invention is to propose a method and system for making and managing bets on sports competitions, which are distinguished by a developed structure of the model for betting on sports competitions, while at the same time create an opportunity for a fast, easy and convenient way of registration and participation in the game, in which complex conditions for dynamics, attractiveness, combinability, convenience and a chance of winning are created for each participant.

The task is solved by a method for making and managing bets on sports competitions, which includes registering a participant from a communication device of the participant, in which identification data is sent to the participant, after which an object of a bet and its monetary value are selected.

According to the invention, after registration, the participation parameters are determined by choosing:

a) the type of sports event;

b) a specific sports competition;

c) bet with which he will participate in betting;

d) game room;

e) object - team or competitor.

f) the bet result is determined - victory, tie or loss of the selected object, in which registered participants with the same bet amount form a virtual gaming room and bets are made consecutively, continuing to bet on the next event participants, whose object has completed the sporting event with victory, where for each subsequent sporting event a new object is specified in the betting, with betting continuing until the last sporting event, and the last participant with a valid bet is the winner.

According to the invention, as a sports event, the participant can define collective sports competitions, for example, football, basketball, volleyball championships, tennis tournaments, ice hockey or individual participants in the sports competition - boxing, gymnastics. A sporting event is also a league or tournament, the winning of which is reached through "n" number of matches or games.

The participant can change the selection of the object to bet on within a predetermined time window, for example up to 30 minutes before the start of the sports competition.

According to the invention, a participant can join as a participant in an unlimited number of virtual gaming rooms.

According to a variant implementation of the method, a private virtual gaming room is created for a selected sports event by specifying a name for the private virtual room and specifying a bet amount to participate in it.

When creating the private virtual gaming room, the user receives a unique code that he can provide as a login to his chosen participants.

A participant can participate in a virtual game room and a private virtual game room at the same time.

Sports events take place over a period of time longer than one week.

In a variant implementation of the method, after the registration of the participants, each of them determines the parameters of their participation, as already described above, and bets continue to be made by participants whose objects ended with a win or a tie.

The task of the invention is also solved with a betting management system for sports competitions, which includes a data registration center of betting participants, connected to a database server, which is connected to a module for receiving and processing bets.

According to the invention, the registration center and the database server connected to it are implemented as a registration module connected simultaneously to multiple communication devices of participants and a database module connected in turn simultaneously to a server and a visualization subsystem that is connected to the communication devices of the participants. The visualization subsystem is connected via a database module to an information module, wherein the registration module, the server and the visualization subsystem are connected via feedback to the communication devices of the betting participants.

The registration module and the database module ensure the reception, recording and storage of user data, as well as data on the parameters of participation, for example, on the bets made, on the current status of each "gaming room", including the number of active users, the history of bets, the amount of bets paid.

The visualization subsystem is connected to an information module that is connected via a telecommunications network and to the user's communication device. The information module contains information about the betting objects, for example the current standings of English Premier League teams, statistics for the last 20 matches between Premier League teams, number of wins for a given team in the last 5 years. Such information assists the user in selecting a team to indicate when participating in a bet in the next round.

According to one aspect of the invention, the system for making and managing bets on sports competitions is provided with a computer program consisting of program instructions for implementing the method for electronic betting on sports competitions.

According to another aspect of the invention, there is provided a computer readable environment containing instructions supplied to the computer for sequentially performing the steps for performing the method according to the first independent claim.

The method according to the invention is distinguished by great variability, which allows its wide application to various sports in which a sequence of sports competitions is held over time, such as a football championship, tennis tournament, ice hockey tournament, volleyball championship, basketball . The game is fun, attractive, dynamic in the course of development, as the initial number of participants is constantly changing, while at the same time requiring the participant to develop different combinations, choose a team to bet on and so that, according to his knowledge, he participates in each subsequent round with a team that has a chance of winning, respectively, and the participant will be given the opportunity to continue participating until the moment he reaches the end of the competition and fights for the distribution of the prize fund. In this configuration, the game is particularly attractive, insofar as the participant has the opportunity to receive the full amount of the prize fund or the full amount of the bets originally made by the participants in one gaming room.

The rules for conducting such sports competitions in the mentioned sports assume that a sports competition ends in a win, a draw or a loss, and according to the invention, the participant can choose to participate in a game of different duration and dynamics, which corresponds to his character and which develops combinability him to achieve the ultimate victory.

An opportunity has been created when a participant drops out to rejoin the game, using his experience and knowledge regarding the participants in the sports competition, as well as their current sports form, to make bets that ensure longer participation in the game . In the described configurations (with or without a bet), the game is particularly attractive, insofar as the last remaining participant has the opportunity to receive the full amount of the initially placed bets from the participants in a gaming room.

Explanation of the attached figures

The method and system for making and managing bets on sports competitions, according to the invention, is presented in more detail by way of exemplary embodiments, which are illustrated with the help of the accompanying drawings, where:

- Figure 1 - presents a schematic diagram of a system for implementing and managing betting on sports competitions;

- Figure 2 - expanded scheme of conducting a game with bets on sports competitions, which is held with a bet, when choosing a sports competition football (only victory);

- Figure 3 - presents an expanded scheme of conducting a game, which is conducted with a bet when choosing a sports competition, a tennis tournament on a court (only victory);

- Figure 4 - presents an expanded scheme of conducting a game, which takes place without a bet, when choosing a football sports competition (win or draw);

- Figure 5 - presents an expanded scheme of conducting a game, which takes place without a bet, when choosing a sports competition football (only victory).

Examples of implementation of the invention

Further in the description, exemplary embodiments of the method and system for implementing and managing bets for sports competitions, objects, of the invention are presented, and the exemplary embodiments presented do not limit the implementation of other conceptual solutions using elements (parameters) and sequence of the operations that have an equivalent functional purpose and allow the method to achieve an analogous effect, such as attractiveness, dynamics, combinability.

Further in the description, especially in the sense of the invention, terms are used which we explain below.

- the participant is a natural person who meets the data required for registration and is essentially a participant, a player in betting on sports competitions;

- sport category refers to the type of sports competition, for example, all football events can belong to a given competition category called football. All leagues or tournaments that can be won by winning "n" matches or games can be selected. If the player chooses to bet on sports football, he should also choose which specific competition he will bet on, for example Premier League in England, Serie A in Italy, Eredivisie in Holland, Primera Division in Spain or Championships in England. So for example, in the category of sport Football there can be subgroups labeled with the names Football Championship of Spain or Football Championship of the Netherlands, as well as sub-groups, for example, in the subgroup Spain there can be subgroups "Primera División" and Segunda División, in the subgroup England can have the Premier League and the Championships as a subgroup. As an object, the participant can indicate a team, for example, Chelsea from the Premier League in England, or an individual athlete, for example, a participant in a tennis tournament (Grigor Dimitrov), in an athletics tournament, a boxing tournament held within the framework of the Olympic Games or world championships;

- an event is a term used to define a type of activity, for example a match, a game, a set, for example a match, and the participant can bet on the outcome of the activity, when this outcome depends partially or entirely on the subjective probability, i.e. on the bets object;

- result is the result at the completion of a sporting event, which can have a set of variants that determine the result. For example, in a soccer match, the event participant has the option to choose from: the winner of the match (ie, a win for the home team or a draw), who will score first, or a correct score. It is convenient to determine the results manually or at a predetermined time;

- object refers to a sports team, or to an individual - an athlete, participants in a given sports competition event. For example, in the case of a football match, both teams are participants. Each team will have a pool of participants (i.e. players) who may or may not subsequently be subject to additional betting types.

- virtual gaming room is a term that represents a conditional concept for a group of participants who are registered, have made a bet and are united by the fact that they have made a bet of the same size, i.e. these players start their participation under equal conditions;

- a private virtual gaming room is also a conditional term that collects and organizes participants who get the opportunity to participate in betting using a special access code. The betting management method for sports competitions allows a participant to place bets simultaneously in a virtual gaming room and in a private virtual gaming room.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the method is carried out in the following sequence: the participant who wishes to play the betting registers, and the registration is carried out by his communication device by sending data identifying him as a betting participant. As a rule, required data is entered, in the presence of which he will be allowed to participate in the game. Such data may be name, date of birth, contact email. In case the game is adapted to another platform, for example an external partner site, no additional registration is required if the user is already registered on the platform, for example the game participation site.

After registration, the participation parameters are determined by choosing:

a) the type of sports event;

b) a sporting event, for example a specific competition;

c) bet with which he will participate in betting;

d) game room;

e) an object, for example a team or competitor;

f) the result to be bet on is determined - victory, draw or loss of the selected object.

The participant chooses the type of sports competition in which he wants to play with a bet, and these can be any categories of sports that take place, such as a championship consisting of successive rounds, matches, as well as those on a tournament basis, such as football, basketball , tennis, hockey, American football, etc.

All leagues (competitions) tournaments that can be won by winning "n" matches or games can be selected. If the player chooses football, he should choose which league he wants to participate in, for example Premier League in England, Serie A in Italy, Eredivisie in Holland, Primera División in Spain or the Championships in England.

The participant has the right to choose one team only once during the entire game. For example, if the Participant chooses to bet on the Primera Division (Spain), there are 20 teams participating in this championship, which means that the Participant must every subsequent round indicate a new, different team to bet on and expect that his team will win.

Participants choose the virtual game room to join, and each user has the opportunity to get acquainted with the number of participants in the game room and with the prize fund that the participant in this virtual game room will receive, which prize fund is determined ex officio by the system for betting.

The Participant continues to participate in betting in the next round of the competition if the team selected by him has achieved victory in the actual match played. Participants whose teams have finished their matches with a draw or a loss are excluded from further participation. Betting continues until the last round of the sports competition (football championship or tournament), with the last participant remaining in the virtual gaming room being the winner of the game and winning the pre-announced prize fund, and in the event that after the last round there is more than one participant left in the game , the prize fund is distributed equally among the participants remaining after the final round of the competition.

According to the method, participants with the same bet size gather in a virtual gaming room and make consecutive bets, with those whose object has completed the sporting event with a victory, continuing to bet on the next event, where for each subsequent sporting event in bets specify a new object, for example, a team or a player, by betting until the last round of the sporting event, for example, a football championship or tournament, and the last remaining participant in the virtual gaming room is the winner and receives the full amount of bets originally placed by participants in a gaming room room.

If the participant has chosen to bet in only one competition, he enters a virtual gaming room where all participants have chosen to play in only one competition, championship, tournament or league, and each participant has the opportunity to see the number of participants in the relevant selected from it a virtual game room.

If a participant wants to play in more than one competition (championship) tournament, he must enter another virtual gaming room.

Optional - the participant can create a private virtual gaming room for a sports competition of his choice, necessarily naming it with a name of his choice.

Upon creation of the Private Virtual Gaming Room, the Participant receives a unique code that he can provide as an invitation to participants of his choice to engage in betting in the Private Virtual Gaming Room. The Participant, the creator of the private virtual game room, determines the amount of the bet by providing the participants invited by him with the unique code to enter the private virtual game room. This option to play in a private virtual gaming room is especially suitable to be used for sports competitions such as the World Cup, European Football Championship. Participants without the right to use the unique code will not be able to enter the private virtual gaming room. A participant can participate in a virtual game room and a private virtual game room at the same time.

To begin participating in the game, the participant must select an entity, such as a team or athlete, with which to participate in the game, and the selection must be made within a time window that expires before the start of the first match of the round. The Participant can change his choice of team to bet on in the upcoming round without limit, but this can be done until the end of the specified time window for selection, for example 30 minutes before the start of the sports competition. A change in the selected team or player may be the result of the entrant's judgment regarding the results of other matches, the line-up with which a team has announced that it will play 1 hour before the start of the match, as well as other factors known to the user for this period. In the event that the participant fails to select and indicate a team to participate with until the team selection window is closed - the participant is dropped from the game and cannot place a bet.

The participant has the right to choose one team only once during the entire game. For example, if the Participant chooses to bet on the Primera Division (Spain), there are 20 teams participating in this championship, which means the Participant must every subsequent round indicate a new, different team to bet on and expect that his team will win.

In case, for some reason, the match of the team specified by the participant is postponed or does not take place, the participant gets the right to choose a new, different team. If the team named by the participant wins their match or ends in a draw, the participant continues to participate in the game in the next round, and in case of loss, the participant is eliminated from the game. A participant dropped from the game can join at any time in a new game, specifying a new team, and his game will start in the next possible round, round, game, set; If in one round all participants in the room are eliminated at the same time, in this case all participants automatically move on.

Under the described betting rules, participants in a gaming room who started with the same bet gradually drop out, whereby the last remaining participant in the virtual gaming room wins the prize fund formed by the initially placed bets of all participants. If at the end of the season (with the last match) there is more than one participant left in the game room - the last remaining players divide the prize fund equally.

If the game is held without a bet by participants who can indicate in each round "only victory", only participants whose selected team won continue to participate in the game. Under the described rules, participants in a room who started with the same bet are gradually eliminated, whereby the last remaining participant in the gaming room is the winner. If at the end of the season (with the last match) there is more than one participant left in the game room - the last remaining participants are the winners.

In one variant implementation of the method of conducting a game without a bet, the system determines a prize fund, which is learned by the participant or distributed among more than one winner - equally.

In order to encourage the eliminated participants, if they wish, they can return to betting and participate in the next round of the championship/tournament, having to specify a new object, different from the one with which they participated before the elimination. Any eliminated participant who re-enters the betting must make a new bet.

The described method for making and managing bets on sports competitions is carried out using a system that includes an unlimited number of participants with a communication device 1, united in a gaming room 2, and the participants 1 are connected to a reception registration center, including a registration module 3, connected with a database module 4 connected in turn to a server 5 and a visualization subsystem 6.

The registration module 3, the server 5 and the visualization subsystem 6 are connected via a feedback connection with the communication device 1 of the betting participant. The registration module 3 and the database module 4 provide reception, recording and storage of the data on the participants, as well as on the parameters of participation, for example, on the bets made, on the current state of each virtual gaming room 2, including the number of active participants, the history of bets , the amount of bets paid.

The visualization subsystem 6 by means of computer graphics generates characters visualizing the parameters of participation in betting determined by the participant, as well as the parameters of other participants of the same virtual gaming room.

According to a preferred variant embodiment, the method and system for placing bets on sports competitions is performed in the following sequence:

Example 1

A game (betting) in which the participant makes a bet and in each round can indicate a choice only win - win, (figure 2).

According to an exemplary embodiment of the method according to the invention, the game is conducted in the following sequence: a) registration of a participant, b) selection of a sports competition - football, c) after which the participant selects a specific competition - Premier League England, d) after which to takes part in the game, each participant makes a bet, for example BGN 30. Participants who have chosen the same competition - football, Premier League England and made the same bet - BGN 30, gather in one game room. Each participant has the opportunity to see the number of participants in the respective virtual gaming room 2 and, accordingly, the collected prize fund formed by the bets of all participants in one gaming room 2. To start participating in the game, the participant must also choose a team, for example Manchester City to take part in the betting with, the selection must be made within a time window before the start of the first match of the consecutive round. The participant has the right to select one team only once during the entire game, which means that until the end of the Premier League championship, he cannot specify the same team (Manchester City) for betting. Until the expiration of the predetermined time window of 30 to 90 minutes, the participant has the right to change an unlimited number of times the team of his choice, but this can be done before the closing of the said time window of selection. In the event that until the team selection window is closed, the user fails to select and indicate a team with which to participate in betting, he is dropped from the game. Any eliminated participant has the right to start participation in a new game at any time, and their game will start in the next possible round.

The game takes place in the already described sequence, with only participants whose selected teams have won (Manchester City) moving forward, and in the event of a loss or a tie to a team specified by other participants (Leicester), the participant is eliminated from the game. Such a participant has the opportunity to re-join the game, he can start from the next round and for this he must indicate a new team (Liverpool) different from the previous one, he cannot repeat and choose a team (Leicester) he is already with participated in the game in previous rounds.

A participant can join as a participant in an unlimited number of virtual gaming rooms, i.e. he can participate simultaneously in different tournaments or in the same tournament, but with different stakes.

In the event that for any reason (unsuitable natural conditions, irregular player) the match of the team specified by the participant is postponed or does not take place, the participant gets the right to choose a new, different team. If the team specified by the participant wins its match, it continues its participation in the game in the next round, and in case of a loss or a draw - the participant is eliminated from the game. A player who drops out of the game can join a new game, with a new bet, specifying a new team, and his game will start in the next possible round. If in one round all participants in the game room are eliminated at the same time, then automatically all participants move on. Under the described rules, participants in a room who started with the same bet gradually drop out, whereby the last remaining participant in the "gaming room" wins the prize fund formed by the bets of all participants from this gaming room. If at the end of the season (with the last match) there is more than one player left in the game room - the last remaining players divide the prize pool equally.

Example 2

A game (betting) in which the participant chooses a bet in sports tennis, makes a bet and in each round can indicate a choice only victory - wins. (figure 3)

In this variant embodiment of the method, betting is conducted and managed as in Example 1, with the differences being as follows: the participant selects an individual participant in a tennis tournament, makes a bet, and designates a player to bet on.

The participant moves forward only if the tennis player of his choice has won, and in the next round he must indicate and bet on another tennis player from the same or the other stream of the tournament.

Example 3

A game (betting) in which the participant does not make a bet and in each round can indicate a choice win or tie - win (figure 4).

In this variant implementation of the method, betting is conducted and managed as in Example 1, with the differences being as follows: in this variant, participants 1 choose the betting parameters, not making a bet with financial terms, but the system ex officio generates a prize pool that is determined by the number of participants in a gaming room 2 and the rating of the sports event. At the end of the next round of the sports event, participants who indicated a win or a draw continue, while participants who indicated a loss are eliminated.

Example 4

A game (betting) in which the user does not make a bet and in each round can indicate a choice - only a win wins (Figure 5)

In this variant implementation of the method, betting is conducted and managed as in Example 1, with the differences being as follows: in this variant, participants 1 choose the betting parameters, not making a bet with financial terms, but the system ex officio generates a prize pool that is determined by the number of participants in a virtual gaming room 2 and the rating of the sports event.

At the end of the next round of the sports event, participants who indicated a victory result continue, while participants with a tie or loss result are eliminated.

The invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, examples of which are to be considered illustrative only for the purposes of applying the principles of the invention. Furthermore, those skilled in the art can realize numerous modifications and changes which retain the spirit and idea of the invention, therefore all suitable and applicable modifications and equivalents should be understood as falling within the scope of the invention.

With respect to the present description, it should be understood that the optimal and effective relationships of the features of the invention in terms of sequence, parameters, function and mode of action are subject to creative implementation depending on the selected parameters, respectively possible variant embodiments are considered covered by the present invention.

Claims (2)

A method of making and managing bets on sports competitions, comprising registering a participant from a communication device of the participant, sending identification data to the participant, then selecting a bet object and its monetary value, characterized in that after the registration the participation parameters are determined by choosing: a) the type of sports event; b) a specific sports competition; c) bet with which he will participate in betting; d) virtual gaming room; e) object - team or competitor; f) a bet result is determined - win, tie or loss of the selected object, in which registered participants with the same bet amount form a virtual gaming room and bets are made consecutively, continuing to bet on the next event participants, whose object has completed the sporting event with victory, where for each subsequent sporting event a new object is specified in the betting, with betting continuing until the last sporting event, and the last participant with a valid bet is the winner A betting management system for sports competitions that includes a bettor data registration center connected to a database server that is connected to a bet receiving and processing module, characterized in that the registration center and the associated with it, a database server is implemented, as a registration module (3) connected simultaneously to multiple communication devices of participants (1) and to a database module (4), connected in turn simultaneously to a server (5) and a visualization subsystem (6) ), which is connected to the communication devices of the participants (1) and via a database module (4) with an information module (7), where the registration module (3), the server (5) and the visualization subsystem (6) are connected via a feedback connection with the communication devices of the participants (1) in betting