Patent ID: 9092940
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method of selecting horseracing wagers to be placed on behalf of users and providing delayed reveals of the horseracing wagers, the method being implemented in a computer system having one or more physical processors programmed with computer program instructions that, when executed by the one or more physical processors, cause the computer system to perform the method, the method comprising: causing, by the computer system, user risk profile information associated with a user to be stored in a memory, wherein the user risk profile information indicates a level of risk that the user is willing to take; causing, by the computer system, first wager risk profile information to be stored in the memory, wherein the first wager risk profile information indicates a first level of risk associated with a first type of horseracing wager; comparing, by the computer system, the user risk profile information and the first wager risk profile information; determining, by the computer system, whether the first type of horseracing wager should be placed on behalf of the user based on the comparison; selecting, by the computer system, one or more wager parameters that specify the first type of horseracing wager to be placed on behalf of the user responsive to a determination that the first type of horseracing wager should be placed on behalf of the user; causing, by the computer system, the first type of horseracing wager to be placed on behalf of the user based on the one or more wager parameters; obtaining, by the computer system, an outcome of the first type of horseracing wager placed on behalf of the user; updating, by the computer system, a user account balance associated with the user based on the outcome; determining, by the computer system, reveal information that specifies at least a portion of the user account balance to be revealed; and causing, by the computer system, the reveal information to be transmitted to an interactive media application through which a potential reveal relating to the user account balance is to be made.