Patent Document ID: 20100299240
Application ID: 12821319
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method comprising: receiving a prediction regarding an outcome of a future event; providing a payout amount that is payable if the prediction regarding an outcome of a future event actually occurs; publishing the prediction regarding an outcome of a future event and the payout amount that is payable if the prediction regarding an outcome of a future event actually occurs; receiving a first market based price for a right to the payout amount that is payable if the prediction regarding an outcome of a future event actually occurs; facilitating for at least one additional market based price transfer of the right to the payout amount that is payable if the prediction regarding an outcome of a future event actually occurs; publishing a trend over time between the first market based price and the at least one additional market based price; determining whether the prediction regarding an outcome of a future event actually occurs; and facilitating the payout amount if the prediction regarding an outcome of a future event actually occurs, wherein the method is performed by computer executable instructions embodied in computer readable storage media.