Patent ID: 7831452

Claim:
A method for providing player's ticket options and determining match admissions for player's ticket options using a player's ticketing server, wherein the server consists of a processor and memory, on which a player's ticket application is at least partially implemented, the method comprising: providing, via the player's ticketing server, player's ticket options that: (a) reference at least one player, (b) allow player's ticket option holders to exercise the player's ticket options, and (c) allow the player's ticket option holders admission to a match in which the at least one player is playing after exercising the player's ticket option; acquiring, using the player's ticketing server, information about a tournament, including information selected from the group consisting of players, a tournament draw, and historical data; determining, using the player's ticketing server, for at least one match of the tournament probabilities of players winning based on the tournament information; determining, using the player's ticketing server, at least one possible allocation of match admissions for player's ticket options for the at least one match based on the player's ticket options provided and the tournament draw; and allocating, using the player's ticketing server, match admissions for player's ticket options for the at least one match based on the at least one possible allocation of match admissions, on the probabilities of players winning the at least one match, and on the probability of player's ticket option holders exercising the player's ticket options.