EA003621B1 - Wagering system - Google Patents

Abstract

1. A wagering system comprising: a wagering processor for processing wagers received from wagerers on wagering events, each said wager including a predicted outcome of at least one of the events and a bet amount associated with the predicted outcome; a bet allocator in communication with the wagering processor for allocating each said bet amount amongst at least one of a plurality of parimutuel betting pools in accordance with the associated predicted outcome; and a payout processor in communication with the wagering processor for facilitating payouts from the betting pools to winning ones of the wagerers in accordance with the predicted outcomes and actual outcomes of the events. 2. The wagering system according to claim 1, wherein the wagering processor comprises an indicia correlation table associating indicia with participants of the events, each said indicia being associated with an activity having rules for performance thereof, a wagering interface for receiving indicia selections from the wagerers, and an indicia processor in communication with the wagering interface and the indicia correlation table for deriving the predicted outcomes from the indicia selections in accordance with the rules. 3. The wagering system according to claim 2, wherein each said wagering event has a plurality of possible event outcomes and each said activity has a plurality of possible activity outcomes, and the indicia processor comprises an event outcome predictor for determining an event outcome probability associated with each said possible event outcome, an activity outcome predictor for and determining an activity outcome probability associated with each said possible activity outcome, and a probability correlator in communication with the event outcome predictor and the activity outcome predictor for deriving the predicted outcomes from the event outcome probabilities and the activity outcome probabilities. 4. The wagering system according to claim 2, wherein the wagering interface is configured for providing the wagerers with a template for facilitating performance of one of the activities in accordance with the associated rules, and for receiving the indicia selection via the template. 5. The wagering system according to claim 3, wherein the bet allocator comprises an activity correlation table associating each said betting pool with at least one of the activity outcomes, and an allocation processor in communication with the activity correlation table for allocating each said bet amount amongst the betting pools in accordance with the associated activity outcome probabilities. 6. The wagering system according to claim 3, wherein the payout processor comprises an event outcome receiver for receiving indications of the actual outcomes, an outcome correlator in communication with the event outcome receiver for identifying the winning wagerers from the received indications and the predicted outcomes, and a payout allocator in communication with the outcome correlator for allocating the credit amounts amongst the respective winning wagerers in accordance with each said respective predicted outcome. 7. A method for operating a computerized wagering terminal comprising the steps of: providing an indicia correlation table including first records associating activity indicia with participants of wagering events, each said activity indicia being associated with a wagering activity having a plurality of possible activity outcomes; providing an activity correlation table including second records associating parimutuel betting pools with the possible activity outcomes; deriving wagers on wagering events by correlating the first records of the indicia correlation table with indicia selections received from wagerers, each said wager including a bet amount and at least one predicted event outcome of one of the wagering events; allocating each said bet amount amongst at least one of the betting pools by correlating the second records of the activity correlation table with the possible activity outcomes for the associated activity; and paying out credit amounts from the betting pools to winning ones of the wagerers by correlating the predicted event outcomes and actual event outcomes. 8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the step of receiving wagers comprises the steps of associating rules with at least one activity, each said activity being associated with indicia, associating the indicia with participants of the events in accordance with the set of rules, and for each said wager receiving a selection of the indicia, and deriving the associated predicted outcome from the indicia selection. 9. The method according to claim 8, wherein each said wagering event has a plurality of possible event outcomes and each said activity has a plurality of possible activity outcomes, and the step of associating the indicia comprises the steps of determining an event outcome probability associated with each said possible event outcome and determining an activity outcome probability associated with each said possible activity outcome, and associating the indicia with the participants in accordance with the event outcome probabilities and the activity outcome probabilities. 10. The method according to claim 8, wherein the step of receiving a selection comprises the steps of providing a template for facilitating performance of one of the activities in accordance with the associated rules, and receiving the indicia selection via the template. 11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the step of allocating bet amounts comprises the steps of associating each said betting pool with one of the activity outcomes, and allocating each said bet amount amongst the betting pools in accordance with the associated activity outcome probabilities. 12. The method according to claim 9, wherein the step of allocating bet amounts comprises the steps of associating each said betting pool with one of the activity outcomes, and allocating each said bet amount equally amongst the betting pools. 13. The method according to claim 9, wherein the payout step comprises the steps of receiving indications of the actual outcomes, correlating the received indications with the predicted outcomes to identify the winning wagerers, associating each said winning wagerer with at least one of the betting pools in accordance with each said respective predicted outcome, and for each said betting pool allocating the credit amounts amongst the respective associated winning wagerers.

Description

The present invention relates to a game on a tote. In particular, the present invention relates to a gaming betting system and a method for simplifying the placement of bets on the races tote.

Background of the invention

Bets made on races, such as horse racing or dog races, usually have the form of bets with a fixed overweight or bets on the tote. Fixed odds are a system in which revenue at a particular rate is determined according to the margin in the payout assigned to the appropriate rate. Bets with a fixed margin are advantageous from the point of view of bookmakers (for example, a bookmaker's office), since they impose a limit on the amount of payout in case of a win. Bets with a fixed margin are also beneficial from the point of view of betting players, since they provide a measure of the certainty of possible winnings. However, since the odds assigned to a particular bet may decrease as the total amount of stakes increases, fixed odds stakes are not particularly attractive for some players who bet, since the odds in paying their bet may decrease for an instant before the start of a sporting event.

Playing on the tote is a system in which the betting fund is formed from the accepted bets, and the income of the fund is divided between the winners of the winning tickets according to the number of winners of the winning tickets and the size of each bet. Playing on a tote is beneficial from the point of view of bookmakers (for example, racetrack owners), because a bookmaker usually withholds a fixed percentage of each bet before making payments to the holders of winning tickets. In addition, the game on the tote is beneficial from the point of view of the betting player, since the return at a specific bet is proportional to the size of the tote fund and therefore can exceed the return at a rate with a fixed margin. However, playing tote also has some drawbacks.

First, playing tote requires knowledge of betting terminology (win, place, show, triactor, examiner, first place). Secondly, in order to play on the sweepstakes, you need to know the types of bets and have an idea of the unequal opportunities of the participants in the races. Since these factors impede betting and thus limit bookmakers' income, attempts have been made to improve traditional betting systems to encourage viewers to bet on the run.

For example, Goldberg (Cooper) (US patent 5,374,060) proposed a betting method that provides for an increase in the number of possible conditions for betting on races. The method proposed by Goldberg provides for betting players a betting card, in which the name of a participant in each of the totals of races can be circled. Each betting card allows you to make a bet "to win", bet "to place", bet "to show" or bet "to win, place, show." Each player who makes a bet chooses those or other participants of the competition for each race and delivers the completed card to the bookmaker. The player making the bet also contributes the amount of the bet that is included in the amount associated with the betting condition. The amount intended for the payment of each betting condition is divided equally between the holders of the winning cards. Usually, payments are made to players who have selected all or part of the participants who have really won the race in accordance with the betting condition.

Haddad (Nyayy) (US Patent 5,743,525) offers a sports betting system that provides betting and does not require a specific knowledge of betting conditions from a bettor. The betting system proposed by Haddad provides, first, for each participant to be assigned a unique number. Players then bet on the race participants, choosing one or more numbers and paying the amount of the bet. At the end of the race, add up the numbers associated with the first three horses and compare the amount with the sum of the numbers selected by each player. Players whose sums coincide with the calculated sum distribute among themselves the income of the fund associated with the race.

Weinghardt (Uishchagyi1) (US Patent 5,275,400) offers an electronic gaming system that provides an electronic video game "poker", an electronic game with a sectioned playing field, an electronic game "point" or an electronic dice game. The game system accepts one of a set of different bets and forms a separate fund for the tote, distributing each bet among bet funds according to a formula based on the amount of the bet. The gaming system provides payment to the winning player from the betting fund in accordance with the amount of the bet, and to stimulate an increase in the stakes, the payout amount increases with an increase in the bet amount.

Although the races tote systems proposed by Goldberg and Haddad provide improvements over traditional races tote systems, they have limited opportunities for increasing bookmaker income. For example, according to the Goldberg system, players must still have knowledge of the terminology of the betting conditions. Neither Goldberg nor Haddad does not increase the number of variants of betting conditions over the existing in the traditional systems of the game on the races tote. In addition, the betting interfaces proposed by Goldberg and Haddad do not ensure the attraction and retention of beginners. Although the Weingardt system provides some improvements in betting compared to Goldberg and Haddad systems, Weingardt allows you to bet only in a specific game, implemented through an electronic gaming system, which is unsuitable for encouraging betting on the races. So, there is still a need for a gaming betting system that encourages betting on races.

Summary of Invention

According to the invention, a betting system and a method are provided that facilitate betting on the races, eliminating the disadvantages of the prior art.

The betting system of the present invention includes a betting processor, a betting distribution module communicating with a betting processor, and a payout processor communicating with the betting processor. A betting processor is designed to process betting conditions for contests taken from betting players, with each betting condition containing the predicted outcome of at least one match and the amount of the bet associated with the predicted outcome. The rate distribution module is designed to distribute each bet amount to at least one of the set of bets in accordance with the predicted outcome of the relevant competition. The payout processor is designed to pay out of the betting sets to the winning players who wager, in accordance with the predicted outcomes and the actual outcomes of the contests.

The method of betting includes the steps in which (1) take bet on contests from players who wager, each bet condition contains the predicted outcome of at least one match and the bet amount associated with the predicted outcome, (2) distribute each sum bets in at least one of the sets of bets in accordance with the predicted outcome, and (3) pay the loan amount from the sets of bets to the winning players who have bet, in accordance with the predicted outcomes and actual outcomes with stitches.

According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the betting processor comprises a correlation table of pointers relating the pointers to the participants of the races. Preferably, each pointer is associated with game actions that obey the rules known in advance to the players who have bet. Preferred rules include bingo, points and dice. The betting processor also contains a betting interface capable of providing a betting player with a template that allows you to perform one of the actions in accordance with the relevant rules and is able to receive the selected pointers through a template, as well as a pointer processor that communicates with the betting interface and the correlation table pointers, and designed to produce predictable outcomes based on selected pointers in accordance with the rules.

Usually for each contest there is a set of possible outcomes of the contest, and for each action there is a set of outcomes of the action. Preferably, the pointer processor comprises a competition outcome prediction module that determines the outcome outcome probability associated with each possible outcome of the contest, an action outcome prediction module that determines the outcome outcome probability associated with each possible action outcome, and a probability correlator that communicates with the outcome prediction module contests and a prediction module of outcomes of actions, and designed to obtain predicted outcomes of contests on the ground IAOD probabilities of outcomes of events and probabilities of outcomes of actions.

The rate distribution module contains a correlation table of actions linking each set of bets with one of the outcomes of the action, and a distribution processor that communicates with the correlation table of actions and is designed to distribute each amount of the bet between the sets of bets according to the probabilities of the outcomes of the corresponding actions. The payout processor contains a competition outcome receiver, which accepts actual outcome indicators, an outcome correlator that communicates with a competition outcome receiver and is designed to identify winning players who have bet, based on received indicators and predicted outcomes, and a payment distribution module that communicates with the outcome correlator and designed to distribute the loan amounts among the respective winning players who have entered into a bet, in accordance with each predicted outcome.

Brief Description of the Drawings

The following is, for illustrative purposes only, a description of a preferred embodiment of the invention with reference to the drawings, in which FIG. 1 is a diagram of a betting network in accordance with the present invention, which shows betting centers, betting systems and a communications network;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the betting system shown in FIG. 1, which shows a multimedia display, user interface, money receiver, money dispenser and card reader / writer;

FIG. 3 is a detailed diagram of the betting system shown in FIG. 1, which depicts a betting processor, a bet distribution module and a payout processor;

FIG. 4 is a diagram of a simple bingo game action card, with which you can make bets in the betting system; and FIG. 5a, 5b and 5c is a block diagram of a betting method implemented in a betting system.

Detailed Description of the Preferred Embodiment

According to FIG. 1, the betting network, generally designated 100, contains a set of betting centers 102, a set of betting systems 200 and a communication network 104 for providing communication between the betting centers 102 and the betting systems 200. Preferably, communication network 104 is a closed network, however, communication network 104 may be an open network, such as the Internet, if the open network has sufficient capacity to properly service betting systems 200. In addition, typically, the communication network 104 is a fixed network, however, the communication network 104 may be a wireless communication network.

Typically, each betting center 102 is associated with one or more racetracks and supplies the betting system 200 with information about the races, for example, the names and results of the participants of the races (for example, horses, dogs) in each race on each racetrack. The betting centers 102 also provide the betting systems 200 with overweight information for each participant of the races and betting information, namely, the size of each set of bets.

According to FIG. 2, the betting system 200 comprises a display 202 for displaying information regarding a game action, a user interface 204 for placing bets according to game actions corresponding to rulebooks, a money receiver 206 for receiving paper money, a cash dispenser 208 for issuing cash winnings, a reading device 210 / write cards for receiving electronic cards or magnetic stripe cards containing billing information, and housing 212 for accommodating display 202, user interface 204, money receiver 206, device 208 ydachi money and Card reader / writer device 210. Preferably, the actions displayed by the display 202 are game actions that obey well-known rules, such as "point", "dice", "roulette", "poker" or "bingo". Other actions are obvious to those skilled in the art.

Typically, an electronic card or a card with a magnetic stripe issues a bookmaker in which the betting system 200 is located, and this card contains code information identifying the balance of the bettor’s account. Below, the money receiver 206 and the card reader / writer 210 provide credit mechanisms for the player’s betting device, and the cash dispenser 208 and the card reader / writer 210 provide payout mechanisms at the winning rate.

Preferably, the display 202 comprises a CRT-based display 202a for generating a video image of a game action and a loudspeaker 202b for reproducing audio to the video image. The user interface 204 allows betting players to make bets in the game action mode and initiate the payout of winnings to cash bettors. Preferably, the user interface 204 is implemented as a keyboard separated from the display 202a on the basis of a CRT, however, if desired, the user interface can be implemented as a tactile-sensitive membrane provided on the surface of the display 202a based on a CRT. The betting system 200 also includes a data processor 214 (which will be discussed below) supporting communication with the display 202, user interface 204, money receiver 206, money dispenser 208, and card reader / writer 210 and intended for betting in game action mode .

The configuration shown in FIG. 2 is only one of the embodiments of the betting system 200, but other configurations are possible. For example, an option (not shown) is possible when the betting system 200 does not contain a money receiver 206 and a money dispenser 208 and contains only the card reader / writer 210 as the only means of accepting bets and securing payouts. Another option, also not shown, envisages the handing of a game card to the betting player, for example, a bingo card with a universal bar code and preassigned pointers, and the reader / writer 210 is able to accept bets from the betting player by read universal barcode. Alternatively, the betting player may be handed an empty game card into which he can enter the necessary pointers, for example, with a pencil, and the reader / writer 210 is able to read and identify handwritten pointers. Other configurations of the betting system 200 are obvious to those skilled in the art.

According to FIG. 3, a data processor 214 comprises a network interface 216 for communicating with betting centers 102 over a communication network 104 and a central processing unit (CPU) 218 communicating with a display 202, a user interface 204, a money receiver 206, a money issuing device 208, a reading device 210 / card records and a network interface 216. Data processor 214 also contains non-volatile memory (EOR) 220 and volatile memory (RAM) 222, communicating with the CPU 218.

The ESP 220 contains a buffer of 224 overbalances, where the overweight data is received from the betting centers 102, and a buffer 226 of the account, which records the amount of funds in money terms on the betting account of the player who has bet. The ESP 220 also stores processor commands to be executed by the CPU 218, according to which a memory object is formed in RAM 222, a betting processor 228, a memory object, a bet allocation module 230, and a memory object defining payout processor 232.

The betting processor 228 is designed to process betting conditions for bets accepted from bettors, with each betting condition containing a predicted outcome for at least one heat and a bet amount associated with the predicted outcome. However, the betting processor 228 does not accept betting directly on races, but accepts bets or forecasts on the outcomes of the action displayed on display 202, and converts the predicted outcomes into bets on the runners in a particular contest. For such a transformation of the predicted outcomes of the action into bets on the participants of a particular competition (arrival), the betting processor 228 uses a correlation table 234 of pointers that contains entries relating the action pointers to each participant in the races.

The betting processor 228 also includes a betting interface 236 for receiving selected pointers from bettors using the betting system 200, and a pointer processor 238 communicating with the betting interface 236 and the correlation table 234 of pointers, and arrivals on the basis of selected indicators in accordance with the relevant rules of action. The pointer processor 238 includes a contest outcome prediction module 240 for determining the probability of the outcome of each run, an outcome outcome prediction module 242 that communicates with the correlation table 234 of the pointers and is designed to determine and transfer the outcome indicators for each action to the correlation table 234, and the correlator 244 probabilities, communicating with the contest outcome prediction module 240 and the action outcome prediction module 242, designed to obtaining bets (i.e. predicted outcomes) of races based on the probabilities of the outcomes of the competition and the probabilities of the outcomes of the action.

The correlation table 234 of the pointers contains entries linking the action pointers to each participant in the races for all races. Preferably, the pointers listed in the correlation table 234 pointers are associated with the participants of the races in accordance with the associated probability of loss. In particular, since the overweight information associated with each participant in the races often suggests that at least one of the participants in the races has more chances to win than the other participants in the races, and since at least one of the outcomes of the action has a greater probability, than other outcomes of the action, with each of the participants in the races listed in the correlation table 234 of pointers, it is preferable to associate one or more pointers in accordance with the odds associated with each respective participant of the races and faith Nost onset of action of each outcome.

For example, if the betting system 200 is designed to dice, then there are only 11 possible outcomes of the action displayed by the betting interface 236, each of which has the following probability:

The outcome of the action Required Pointers Probability of falling out 2 1.1 1/36 3 1.2; 2.1 2/36 four 1.3; 2.2; 3.1 3/36 five 1.4; 2.3; 3.2; 4.1 4/36 6 1.5; 2.4; 3.3; 4.2; 5.1 5/36 7 1.6, 2.5, 3.4, 4.3, 5.2, 6.1 6/36 eight 2.6; 3.5; 4.4; 3.5; 2.6 5/36 9 3.6, 4.5, 6.3 4/36 ten 4.6; 5.5; 6.4 3/36 eleven 5.6; 6.5 2/36 12 6,6 1/36

Accordingly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, the betting interface 236 is capable of displaying a table pattern corresponding to a dice on the CRT-based display 202a, and the user interface 204 is capable of receiving a wager in the dice mode. If there are only six participants in each race, the participant who has the highest probability of winning is connected in the correlation table 234 pointers with indexes {1.6; 2.5; 3.4; 4.3; 5.2; 6.1} (outcome 7 of the action), the participant of the race, who has the probability of winning next in order of decreasing, is connected in the correlation table 234 of pointers with pointers {1.5; 2.4; 2.6; 3.3; 3.5; 4.2; 4.4; 5.1; 5.3; 6.2} (outcomes 6 and 8 of the action), etc., finally, the participant of the arrival, who has the lowest probability of winning, is connected in the correlation table 234 of pointers with indexes {1,1; 6.6} (outcomes 2 and 12 actions). Alternatively, since throwing a pair of dice means that there are 36 possible outcomes for an action, if there are only nine participants, another alternative embodiment of the invention is applicable, according to which each participant specified in the correlation table 234 of pointers is associated with 4 different indicators regardless of the corresponding probabilities fallout.

According to another embodiment of the invention, the betting interface 236 is capable of displaying on the display 202a, on the basis of a CRT, a pattern corresponding to a bingo game card, for example, a game action card 300 shown in FIG. 4. According to FIG. 4, the game action card 300 comprises a collection of game columns 302 and a collection of game rows 304 intersecting with game columns 302 to form a collection of cells, each of which contains a game pointer 306. According to the last embodiment, each run participant indicated in the correlation table 234 of pointers , is one-to-one with one of the game indicators 306, indicated in the game action card 300, irrespective of the corresponding probabilities of loss.

According to the map to the pointers provided by the map of 300 game actions, the choice of the pointer in one or another column can correspond to the prediction by the player betting which participants in this race will come first, second, third and fourth (the SUPERFECT bet). In addition, depending on whether the corresponding sets of rates are provided for the arrival, the choice of a pointer in one or another column can also (or alternatively) match the prediction of the player who wagers which of the participants of the race will come first (a bet on the WINNING); and / or first and second (wager EXAKTOR); and / or the first, second and third (bet TRIACTOR). In addition, the choice of a pointer in a particular column can also (or alternatively) correspond to the prediction by the player who makes a bet which of the participants in the race will come first or second (the PLACE bet); or predicting by the player for betting which of the participants in the race will come first, second or third (the bet of the SHOW). The choice of a pointer in one line or another may correspond, for example, to a player forecasting a bet in 6 rounds (PIC 6 bet); or forecasting by the player who wins the winner in 5 races (PIC 5 bet). The selection of all pointers can correspond to the betting of the SUPERFECT (betting PIK OL) in all races. Other pointer binding schemes covered by the present invention are possible.

Preferably, the rate distribution module 230 is able to allocate each bet to at least one of the totals of the tote rates in accordance with the likelihood of each predicted outcome issued by the betting processor 228. For example, if the betting system 200 is configured in accordance with a bingo game using, for example, the game action card 300 shown in FIG. 4, and with each participant of the races indicated in the correlation table 234 of the pointers one of the game pointers 306, marked on the game action map 300, is matched uniquely, then each column or row of the game pointers 306 can be matched with one or several types of betting on the outcome of the race (for example, VICTORY, PLACE, SHOW, EXAKTOR, TRIACTOR, SUPERFECT). Since a SHOW type bet has the maximum probability of winning (behind it, in order of decreasing probability of winning, PLACE type bet, VICT type bet, EXAKTOR type bet, TRIACTOR type bet, PEAK type bet 5, PIK 6 type bet and bet of type PIK OL), the rate distribution module 230 will distribute, for example, 20% of the bet in the aggregate of the SHOW betting rates, 20% in the aggregate of the PLACE betting bets, 15% in the aggregate of the bet betting VICTORY, 10% in the aggregate of the bet rates 9% - in the aggregate betting rates TRIACTOR, 8% - in the aggregate one hundred SUPERFECT betting rate, 7% - in the aggregate of PIC 5 betting rates, 6% - in the aggregate of PIC 6 betting rates, and 5% - in the aggregate of PIC NL betting rates. As will be seen from the following example, the distribution of the amount of the bet between sets of bets does not have to exactly correspond to the probability distribution of the outcomes of the action.

On the other hand, since the dice game has only 6 different levels of probability, the rate distribution module 230 distributes the amount of the bet only between 6 different sets of bets, for example, the corresponding bets VICTORY, PLACE, SHOW, EXAKTOR, TRIACTOR and SUPERFECT. Obviously, the distribution of the bet amount among these 6 sets of bets differs from the above-mentioned distribution corresponding to the bingo game.

To ensure the distribution of each bet described above, the rate distribution module 230 contains a correlation table 246 of actions, which contains records linking the sets of bets with the possible outcomes of a game action realized by means of a betting interface 236. Records of the correlation table 246 actions also specify the probability associated with each set of bets (i.e. the probability that the bettor receives payment from the corresponding set of bets). Rate allocation module 230 also contains a distribution processor 248 that communicates with a correlation table 246 of actions and is designed to determine and transmit probabilistic data to each correlation table in a correlation table 246 and to distribute each bet between bet aggregates in accordance with the probability of each outcome .

The correlation table 246 of actions contains records linking sets of bets with outcomes of actions. Preferably, the sets of bets listed in the correlation table 246 actions are associated with the outcomes of actions in accordance with the likelihood of each outcome of the action. For example, according to one embodiment of the invention, the betting interface 236 is capable of displaying on the display 202a, based on the CRT of the table pattern, the corresponding dice, and the betting centers 102 form 6 sets of bets for each betting system 200, configured accordingly to the dice, the outcome of the 7th action is compared in the correlation table of 246 actions with the first set of bets, the outcomes of the 6th and 8th actions are compared in the correlation table of 246 actions with the second set of hundred wok etc. and, finally, the outcomes of the 2nd and 12th actions are compared in the correlation table 246 actions with the sixth set of bets.

Alternatively, since the dice game provides for 11 distinct outcomes of actions {2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12}, according to another embodiment of the invention, betting centers 102 form 11 bet aggregates for each betting system 200, configured accordingly to the dice, with each set of bets in the correlation table 246 of actions, one of the outcomes of the actions is compared without regard to the probability of its occurrence. In this embodiment, it is preferable that rate distribution module 230 distributes the amount of the rate equally among all 11 sets of bets.

According to another embodiment, the betting interface 236 is configured to display on the CRT-based display 202a a bingo game card template, for example, the game action card 300 shown in FIG. 4. According to the latter embodiment, the betting centers 102 form a first set of tote betting sets, with each of which correlation table 246 actions compares the filling of the corresponding column 302 of the game action card 300, another set of tote betting sets, with each of which correlation table 246 of actions compares filling in the corresponding line 304 of the game action card 300, and another set of betting stakes with which the correlation table 246 acts This compares the completion of the entire map of 300 game actions.

According to this embodiment, filling in one column 302 of a game action card 300 corresponds to correctly predicting which runner will come first, second, third and fourth in any race (i.e., SUPERFECT betting), filling in one row 304 of a game action card 300 corresponds to the correct prediction of which runner will come first (second, third or fourth) in all races, and filling in the entire card of 300 game actions corresponds to correct prediction of which runner is s come first, second, third and fourth in all races (bet PIK O L). Due to the relatively low probability that a novice player who has bet will correctly fill in any single column 302 or any single line 304 of a game action card 300, betting centers 102 also form a plurality of totals of betting totals, with each of which the correlation table 246 compares the first two cells of the game pointers 306 of the corresponding column 302 of the map of 300 game actions (i.e. betting EXAKTOR), and a plurality of totals of betting totals, with each of which is a correlation Blitz 246 compares the filling of the first three cells of the game pointers 306 of the corresponding column 302 of the map 300 of the game actions (i.e. betting the TRIACTOR). In addition, betting centers 102 also form multiple sets of betting stakes, with each of which the correlation table 246 matches the filling of five cells of the first row of game pointers 306 (i.e. PIC 5 bet), and many sets of tote stakes, with each of them the correlation table 246 compares the filling of the first six cells of the first row of game pointers 306 (i.e., PIC 6 betting).

In yet another embodiment, the betting system 200 still provides for a bingo game mode using, for example, the game action card 300 shown in FIG. 4. According to the latter embodiment, the betting centers 102 form the first set of tote rates, with which the correct identification of all 24 pointers is correlated in the correlation table 246, the second set of tote rates, with which the correct identification is correlated from 20 to 23 pointers, the third set of tote rates, with which in the correlation table 246 the correct identification from 16 to 19 pointers is matched, the fourth set of tota rates lysator, with which the correct identification of 12 to 15 pointers is correlated in the correlation table 246, and the fifth set of tote rates, with which the correct identification of 8 to 11 pointers is correlated in the correlation table 246. Given the possibility of non-compliance with the terms of payment from a given set of betting rates, betting centers 102 also form the sixth set of betting rates, with which in the correlation table 246 the most correctly identified pointers are compared. Preferably, the sixth set of sweepstakes bets are distributed over the totals of sweepstakes for which the payout requirements were not met. Other bindings to rate sets covered by the present invention are possible.

The payout processor 232 is capable of making payouts to winning players who have bet on sets of bets in accordance with the predicted outcomes and the actual outcomes of the contests. To do this, the payout processor 232 contains a contest of events 250 for receiving data on the actual outcomes of competitions, an outcome correlator 252 communicating with the receiver of outcomes of competitions 250 and designed to identify the winning bettors based on the received data on outcomes and predicted outcomes, and a payout distribution module 254 that communicates with the outcome correlator 252 and is intended to distribute loan amounts (i.e., part of the bid amounts included in one or another set of bets) and each set of totalizator betting among the winning players make a bet, which made a part of the bet amount to the respective set of rates. The payout distribution module 254 communicates with a money receiver 206, a cash dispenser 208, a card reader / writer 210 and an account buffer 226 and is designed to credit the betting account of the player who has bet on the amount received by the money receiver 206. The payout distribution module 254 is also configured to credit the account of a player who has betted using the betting system 200 any amount of credit stored on an electronic card or a magnetic stripe card inserted into the card reader / writer 210 and update the player’s betting account, bettor, in accordance with the amount of the bet and the outcome of the bet.

Below with reference to FIG. 5, a preferred embodiment of the method implemented using the betting network 100 and, in particular, the betting system 200 is described. At step 400, betting centers 102 transmit run information, for example, the names and results of the runners in each run, information on the start time of each run, and overweight information for each runner. Each betting system 200 receives information over the communications network 104 and, at step 402, displays the game action pattern on the display 202, together with the time remaining until the start of the next race. The term “betting period” is used below, meaning the period immediately preceding the start of arrival, during which bets can be accepted. Each betting system 200 stores received override information in a buffer of 224 weights.

At step 404, the payout processor 232 verifies that the player who wager entered the money into the money receiver 206 or inserted an electronic card or magnetic stripe card from the player who wager into the card reader / writer 210, and thus generates an account rates in the buffer 226 accounts. In one embodiment, the betting system 200 communicates with banking computers, and the payout processor 232 forms a betting account by electronically transferring funds from the bank account of the player who has bet, after the betting player reports the corresponding payout processor 232 to ΡΙΝ code and bank account number via user interface 204.

If no betting account has been formed, the betting system 200 returns to step 402, continuing to display the game action pattern and the remaining time. If the betting account is formed, then at step 406, the payout processor 232 determines whether the betting period has expired. If payout processor 232 determines that the betting period has expired, then the betting system 200 returns to step 402, continuing to display the game action pattern and the remaining time until the next betting period begins.

If payout processor 232 determines that the betting period has not expired, then on this ne 408, payout processor 232 is awaiting input of the bet amount and selected indicators via the user interface 204 and betting interface 236. As will be seen later, the betting interface 236 ensures that the pointers selected by the betting player comply with the rules associated with the game actions displayed by the betting system 200. When the bet amount is selected, at step 410, the payout processor 232 again determines if the betting period has expired. If payout processor 232 determines that the betting period has expired, then the betting system 200 returns to step 402, continuing to display the game action pattern and the remaining time until the next betting period begins. If the payout processor 232 determines that the betting period has not expired, then at step 412, the payout processor 232 refers to the account buffer 226 to determine if there are enough funds in the betting account to make the appropriate bet. If payout processor 232 determines that there are not enough funds in the bet account to make this bet, then payout processor 232 displays a message to display 202 with a proposal to the betting player to deposit additional funds or make a smaller bet. Thereafter, the payout processor 232 returns to step 408, awaiting the entry of a new bet.

If payout processor 232 determines that there is enough money in the bet account to bet, then pointer processor 238, which is part of betting processor 228, refers to the correlation table 234 of pointers, provided that the selected pointers are received using a betting interface 236 to determine at least one predicted outcome of the race. For this, the module 242 predict outcomes of actions, which is part of the processor 238 pointers, first calculates and stores the probability of occurrence of each outcome of the action in the correlation table 234 pointers. At step 414, the contest outcome prediction module 240 refers to an overbalance buffer 224 to determine the probability of occurrence of each possible outcome of the race. At step 416, the probability correlator 244 obtains predicted outcomes based on the probabilities of the outcomes of the actions stored in the correlation table 234 of pointers (prediction module of the outcomes of actions) and the probabilities of the outcomes of contests issued by the contest outcome prediction module 240. A betting processor 228 transmits predicted outcomes to a rate distribution module 230.

After determining the predicted outcomes, the rate distribution module 230 distributes the rate between the totals of the tote rates that can be used with this selection of indicators. To do this, the distribution processor 248, included in the rate distribution module 230, refers, at step 418, to the correlation table 246 actions, having predictable outcomes in order to determine the aggregate rates associated with the predicted outcomes. At step 420, the distribution processor 248 obtains probabilistic data associated with each of the respective rate sets, and distributes the bet amount (received from the wager interface 236) in accordance with the probabilistic data. At step 422, the rate distribution module 230 transfers the bet amounts distributed at step 420 to the betting centers 102 to replenish the respective rate sets. Upon the expiration of the betting period, the betting centers 102 supply the betting systems 200 with updated information on the size of each set of bets and the number of bets included in each set of bets.

Upon completion of one of the races, at step 424, the betting centers 102 transmit the contest data to the processor 232 of the payments indicating the actual outcome of the race. By accepting the contest data using the contest outcomes receiver 250, the outcome correlator 252 at step 426 determines, based on the contest data and the predicted outcomes (provided by the betting processor 228), whether any better has won. If not, then the payout processor 232 continues to wait at step 424 until all the races for which this player has made a bet have run out. If, at step 428, payout processor 232 determines that all races have ended, the process returns to step 400 for a new bet.

If, at step 426, the outcome correlator 252 determines that at least one of the bets made by the bettor has won, then at step 430, the payout distribution module 254 distributes the loan amount from the corresponding set of bets to the rate buffer 226 according to the size of the corresponding set of bets and the number of bets entered into this set of betting rates. Payout processor 232 updates the account information stored on an electronic card or a magnetic stripe card (if present), after which at step 432 it determines whether all the races have ended. If not, the process returns to step 424 and waits to receive data for the next match. If the payout processor 232 determines that all the races have ended, the player who made the bet can receive the payout at step 434 by removing the electronic card or the magnetic stripe card from the card reader / writer 210. Alternatively, if an electronic card or a magnetic stripe card is not used, the betting player can initiate the payment by giving the appropriate command to the payout processor 232 through the touch-sensitive membrane of the display 202, and thus trigger a cash payment through the payout device 208 of money. In the event that the betting system 200 communicates with banking computers, the betting player can also initiate payment to his bank account by entering the corresponding ΡΙΝ-code and bank account number through the user interface 204.

The present invention is defined by the attached claims, and the above description is illustrative of a preferred embodiment. Specialists in this field can offer in the above embodiment, the implementation of some additions, deletions or modifications, which, although not described here in detail, do not lead to a change in the scope of the invention defined by the attached claims.

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CLAIM 1. A betting system containing a betting processor designed to obtain betting conditions for contests based on predictions regarding outcomes of actions received from betting players, each prediction regarding the outcome of the action specifies the predicted outcome of the betting action if there is a set of possible outcomes. actions, each betting condition contains a bet amount and at least one predicted outcome of one of the contests, a rate distribution module supporting communication with a betting processor and intended to distribute each bet amount to at least one of a plurality of totals betting sets in accordance with the possible outcomes of the corresponding action, and a payment processor that communicates with the betting processor and intended to effect payouts from betting sets winning players who have bet, in accordance with the predicted outcomes and actual outcomes of the competition. 2. The betting system according to claim 1, characterized in that each action on betting has pointers and execution rules and the betting processor contains a correlation table of pointers that connects the pointers to the contestants in accordance with the rules, the betting interface designed to receive from betting players, selected pointers, and a pointer processor that communicates with the betting interface and the correlation table of pointers and is intended to be predictable x competitions outcomes based on the selected pointers. 3. The betting system according to claim 2, characterized in that for each contest there is a set of possible outcomes of the contest, and the pointer processor contains a contest outcome prediction module, which determines the probability of the contest outcome associated with each possible outcome of the contest, the prediction module of outcomes of actions, which determines the probability of the outcome of the action, associated with each possible outcome of the action, and the correlator of probabilities, which communicates with the module of the prediction of outcomes of competitions act on the basis of forecasting module and designed to produce predictable outcomes of competitions on the basis of probabilities of outcomes and probabilities of outcomes match action. 4. The betting system according to claim 2, characterized in that the betting interface is configured to provide the players who have signed the bet with a template for performing one of the actions in accordance with the relevant rules and receiving the selected indicators by means of the template. 5. The betting system according to claim 3, characterized in that the rate distribution module contains a correlation table of actions linking each set of bets with at least one of the outcomes of the action, and a distribution processor that communicates with the correlation table of actions and is intended for the distribution of each bet amount between sets of bets in accordance with the probabilities of the outcomes of the action. 6. A betting system in accordance with claim 3, wherein the payout processor includes a competition outcome receiver, which receives actual outcome indicators, an outcome correlator that communicates with a competition outcome receiver and is designed to identify winning players who have bet, based on the received indicators. and predicted outcomes, and a payout distribution module that communicates with the outcome correlator, and is designed to distribute loan amounts among the respective winning players, Keys bet according to each race corresponds to the projected outcome. 7. The method of operation of a computerized betting terminal, comprising stages, which provide a correlation table of pointers, containing the first entries linking the action indicators with participants to the matches, and each indicator is assigned a betting action, having a set of possible outcomes of the action, provide a correlation table actions, which contain second entries that associate sets of bets with possible outcomes of an action, receive a wager condition on competitions, comparing the first The records of the correlation table of pointers with selected pointers received from the betting players, each betting condition containing a bet amount and at least one predicted outcome of one of the contests, distribute each bet amount in at least one set of bets, matching the second entries of the correlation table of actions with the possible outcomes of the corresponding action, and pay the loan amounts from the sets of bets to the winning players who bet, comparing the predicted outcomes of co Actual competition outcomes. 8. The method according to claim 7, characterized in that at the stage of receiving the betting condition, the rules are associated with at least one action, the action indicators are associated with the contestants in accordance with the rulebook, and for each of the betting conditions the predicted outcome of the competition is obtained based on selected pointers. 9. The method of claim 8, characterized in that each match has a set of possible outcomes of the contest, while at the stage of establishing links for action indicators, the probability of the outcome of the contest associated with each possible outcome of the contest is determined, the probability of the outcome of the action associated with each possible outcomes of the action, and associate action indicators with participants in accordance with the probabilities of the outcomes of the competition and the probabilities of the outcomes of the actions. 10. The method according to claim 8, characterized in that at the stage of obtaining the conditions of betting provide a template that allows you to perform one of the actions in accordance with the relevant rules, and accept the selected indicators by means of a template. 11. The method according to claim 9, characterized in that at the stage of the distribution of the amounts of bets, each amount of the bet is distributed between the sets of bets according to the probabilities of the outcomes of the action. 12. The method according to p. 9, characterized in that at the stage of the distribution of the amounts of bets, each amount of the bets is distributed equally between the sets of bets. 13. The method according to claim 9, characterized in that at the stage of payment, the indicators of actual outcomes are received, the adopted indicators are compared with the predicted outcomes of the competitions, in order to identify the winning players who have bet, they associate each winning player who has bet, at least with one of the sets of bets in accordance with each predicted outcome and for each set of bets, the loan amounts are distributed among the respective winning players who have bet.