Patent ID: 8088000
Filing Date: 2012-01-03
Classification: A63F,G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a non-transitory machine readable medium having stored thereon a set of instructions that when executed by a computing device causes the computing device to perform a method, said method comprising: determining a wager restriction for a client; selecting at least two event outcomes on which said client is authorized to wager in response to determining the wager restriction, in which said selecting is based on respective minimum required wagers such that each selected event outcome has a respective minimum required wager associated therewith, in which at least two respective minimums includes different respective non-zero minimums, in which selecting the at least two event outcomes that the client is authorized to wager on includes selecting the selected event outcomes based on the respective minimum required wager of each selected event outcome not exceeding the wager restriction; displaying, to the client, a listing of event outcomes that includes no event outcomes other than the selected at least two event outcomes; receiving a request from said client to wager on one of said at least two event outcomes; confirming acceptance of said wager; updating said wager restriction in response to said wager; updating said selection of event outcomes on which said client is authorized to wager based on the updated wager restriction in response to updating said wager restriction, in which updating the selection includes determining an updated selection of event outcomes on which the client is authorized to wager based on the respective minimum of each event outcome of the updated selection of event outcomes not exceeding the updated wager restriction; and displaying, to the client, an updated listing of event outcomes that includes no event outcomes other than the updated selection of event outcomes, in response to updating said selection of event outcomes.