Patent ID: 8543487

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving, by a computing system, from a first user a wager at a first price, wherein the wager comprises a wager on at least one potential outcome of combined results from spins of at least one roulette wheel, wherein the spins of the at least one roulette wheel on which the wager is based comprise a defined set of spins, and wherein the computing system receives the wager from the first user via a computing device in use by the first user, the computing system and the computing device being communicatively coupled via a communications network; prior to a completion of the defined set of spins of the at least one roulette wheel: receiving, by the computing system, a plurality of results from a plurality of spins of the at least one roulette wheel; updating, by the computing system, a point count based on the plurality of received results, wherein respective possible results of a roulette wheel spin are assigned respective point values, and wherein updating the point count comprises updating the point count based on the point values assigned to the respective received results; communicating, by the computing system, the point count to at least the first user; receiving, by the computing system, a request to transfer the wager; and based at least in part on receiving the request, transferring, by the computing system, the wager from the first user to a house at a second price, wherein transferring the wager results in the first user no longer having an ownership of or an interest in the wager.