Patent ID: 7708636

Claim:
A method comprising the steps of: receiving from a user a bet on a craps game; receiving at least one event result of a sporting event that comprises a total number of participants; a computing apparatus selecting from a memory device a set of rules from a plurality of sets of rules based at least in part on the total number of participants in the sporting event, wherein the plurality of sets of rules are used for mapping event results of sporting events to values that represent simulated rolls of a first die and a second die; wherein at least a first set of rules of the plurality of sets of rules are used for mapping event results of sporting events that have a first total number of participants, wherein at least a second set of rules of the plurality of sets of rules are used for mapping event results of sporting events that have a second total number of participants, and wherein the first total number of participants is different from the second total number of participants; the computing apparatus using the selected set of rules to map the at least one event result of the sporting event to at least one value; and determining a result of the bet on the craps game based at least in part on the at least one value.