Patent ID: 8491378

Claim:
A wagering server system for providing pari-mutuel wagering on a large number of entrants, said wagering server system comprising: a. a wagering application configured for administration of pari-mutuel wagering: said wagering application comprising a first tournament object configured to initialize into at least one first tournament component; said first tournament component configured to represent a first real-world contested event having a large number of entrants (LNE); said LNE comprising not less than about 16 entrants; b. said wagering application further comprising a first player object, said first player object configured to initialize into a first plurality of player entrant components not less than said LNE in said first real-world contested event; each of said first plurality of player entrant components comprising player entrant attributes; each of said first plurality of player entrant components affiliated with said first tournament component; c. said first set of player entrant components further comprising a first set of individual entrant components and a first set of group entrant components; d. said player entrant attributes comprising: an age attribute, a location attribute, a ranking attribute, a pre-cuts odds attribute, a post-cuts odds attribute, an entrant I.D. attribute; a player ID game-play attribute; e. a sensory application interoperating with a plurality of sensors located at said first real world contested event; said plurality of sensors configured to generate a plurality of readable data component digital signals when interoperating with a plurality of readable data components; f. said wagering application further comprising a game-play component configured to receive said plurality of readable data component digital signals providing a means for real time wagering of said first real world contested event.