Patent ID: 7912766

Claim:
A computer implemented method of rendering returns with limited risk to a plurality of users on an online platform, comprising the steps of: wagering stakes by said users for an event on said online platform, wherein said wagered stakes of said event are pooled into a combined pot; creating stake groups of the users based on mutually exclusive predetermined outcomes of the event; determining a winning stake group from said created stake groups on knowing a final outcome out of said predetermined outcomes at completion of a predetermined period of time, wherein remaining stake groups form a losing stake group; identifying a plurality of time frame groups from said winning stake group, wherein said time frame groups are identified based on time of entry of each of the users in the winning stake group into the event, wherein said time of entry of the users into the event is recorded during said wagering of said stakes for the event on the online platform; calculating said time value appreciated returns by assigning time value appreciation betas to said stakes wagered by said time frame groups of said winning stake group, wherein said time value appreciation betas represent predetermined weights based on the time of entry of the time frame groups, wherein facilitation charges and processing charges are retrieved from the combined pot; determining possibility of allotment of time value appreciated returns to the time frame groups of the winning stake group based on said combined pot and a roll over if existing from a previous event; rendering said returns to the users in the time frame groups of the winning stake group, wherein said rendered returns comprise stakes wagered by the time frame groups and the time value appreciated returns if said allotment of the time value appreciated returns is possible, further wherein the rendered returns comprise said stakes wagered by the time frame groups if the allotment of the time value appreciated returns is not possible; whereby the online platform enables the users in the time frame groups to receive the returns without fixed odd risk and renders the returns with limited risk to the users on the online platform.