Patent ID: 7351149
Filing Date: 2008-04-01
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of playing a parimutuel betting game between a plurality of players, the parimutuel betting game based on events unfolding during a determinate sporting event, such as a trivia game, a principal objective of the game being to acquire the largest number of betting tokens by the end of the sporting event, wherein the players are in direct competition because payoffs are parimutuel style, comprising: allocating betting tokens to each of the players, conducting a plurality of betting events, each said betting event based on a bettable event occurring during said determinate sporting event, each said step of conducting a betting event comprising: selecting a betting event from said bettable event; administering at least one betting line for said betting event, each said step of administering a betting line comprising: opening a betting line for said betting event, said betting line based on a finite set of possible outcomes of said betting event; allowing the players to selectively bet tokens on said possible outcomes of said betting event; freezing tokens bet on said open betting line such that said frozen tokens are not