Patent ID: 7083517

Claim:
A method for remotely placing a wager, comprising: remotely receiving a first communication from a wagerer over a first telephone line, the first communication including customer identification information; determining a wagerer phone type by an automated interface, the wagerer phone type being the type of phone from which the first communication was initiated; automatically determining whether the wagerer phone type is a cellular phone; if the wagerer phone type is a cellular phone, automatically terminating the first communication; generating a random number by an automated interface; automatically transmitting the random number to a pager of the wagerer; remotely receiving a second communication from the wagerer, the second communication including a number; comparing the number with the random number; and if the number is the same as the random number, patching the first telephone line with a second telephone line and accepting the wager from the wagerer over the patched telephone lines, wherein accepting the wager occurs after comparing the number with the random number.