Patent ID: 7477954

Claim:
A method of providing probable payout information to a user for an exotic wager type, said exotic wager type requiring either a selection of two entrants from a single race or an entrant from each of two races, comprising the steps of: (a) displaying a table in a graphical user interface screen, said table including first probable payout information for said exotic wager type, said first probable payout information indicating: (1) a respective probable payout for a selection of a first entrant from a first race and a selection of each other entrant from said first race, and (2) a respective probable payout for a selection of said first entrant from said first race and a selection of each entrant from a second race; and (b) in response to a request by said user, displaying a reconfigured table in said graphical user interface screen, said reconfigured table including second probable payout information for said exotic wager type, said second probable payout information indicating: (1) a respective probable payout for a selection of a second entrant from said first race and a selection of each other entrant from said first race, and (2) a respective probable payout for a selection of said second entrant from said first race and a selection of each entrant from said second race, wherein said graphical user interface screen includes a first set of a plurality of selectable graphical identifiers each associated with respective entrants in said first race, whereby said request is received from said user, and wherein said graphical user interface screen includes a second set of a plurality of selectable graphical identifiers each associated with a respective combination of entrants for said exotic wager type, selection of an individual selectable graphical identifier from said second set of selectable graphical identifiers initiating placement of a wager on the respective combination of entrants associated with said selected individual selectable graphical identifier, wherein said first and second sets are displayed together in said graphical user interface screen for selection by said user.