Patent ID: 8814695
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a processor configured to execute a plurality of instructions; and a memory on which the plurality of instructions are stored, in which the instructions, when execute, cause the processor to: receive an indication of a first fantasy team for a sport from a first user, in which the first fantasy team includes a first plurality of members that each correspond to a respective player of the sport, receive an indication of respective statistics related to each of the corresponding players of the sport; determine, based on the respective statistics, and the first fantasy team, an expected performance value for the first fantasy team in one or more competitions with one or more not yet chosen opponent teams; present to a plurality of second users, a) an indication of an available wager involving the first fantasy team in the one or more competitions with the one or more net yet chosen opponent teams and b) an indication of the expected performance value of the first fantasy team in the one or more competitions; after presenting, receive a plurality of second fantasy teams from the plurality of second users, in which each respective second fantasy team includes a respective set of players that is each chosen by a respective second user; receive an indication of respective statistics related to each of the respective players of the sport; in response to receiving the plurality of second fantasy teams, determine a respective second expected performance value for each of the second fantasy teams; determine respective characteristics for respective wagers involving the first fantasy team and each of the respective second fantasy teams based on the expected performance value and each respective second expected performance value; accepting respective wagers each defined by a respective characteristic and involving the first fantasy team and a respective second fantasy team; determine outcomes of the wagers; transmit indications of payouts based on the outcomes; before receiving the indication of the first fantasy team, receive an indication of a third fantasy team that includes one different member than the first fantasy team; determine a third expected performance value of the third team in the one or more competitions; present the third expected performance value to the first user; in which receiving the indication of the first fantasy team includes receiving, from the player, an alteration of the third fantasy team that results in the first fantasy team; and in which presenting the third expected performance value of the first fantasy team includes presenting the third expected performance value to reflect the alteration.