Patent ID: 8734227

Claim:
A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by at least one processor, direct the at least one processor to: receive information about a first wager offer from a first participant user during a game played by the first participant user and a second participant user; cause information about the first wager offer from the first participant user to be presented to a first subset of users comprising the second participant user; receive information about a first wager acceptance from the second participant user, the first wager acceptance being responsive to the first wager offer; determine a first wager between the first participant user and the second participant user based on the first wager offer from the first participant user and the first wager acceptance from the second participant user, wherein the first wager has an outcome based on at least one event in the game; receive information about a second wager offer from a spectator user during the game; cause information about the second wager offer from the spectator user to be presented to a second subset of users determined based on information stored in a profile of the spectator user, the second subset of users being different from the first subset of users; receive information about a second wager acceptance, the second wager acceptance being responsive to the second wager offer; determine a second wager based on the second wager offer from the spectator user and the second wager acceptance, the second wager having an outcome based on at least one event associated with the game; execute a gaming application that allows users to participate in the game and that generates event information associated with the game while the game is played by the first participant user and the second participant user; determine an outcome of the first wager and the second wager; and communicate outcome information associated with at least the first and second wager to at least one of the first participant user, the second participant user, and the spectator user.