Real-time interactive wagering on event outcomes
CA 2407679 C · Owner: Cfph, L.L.C. · Inventors: Findlay, Lewis; Lutnick, Howard W.; Gilbert, Andrew C.
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Systems and methods for real-time interactive wagering on event outcomes are presented. Clients are first qualified and given wagering limits before being allowed to interactively wager on event outcomes. Event outcomes may be based on for , example, financial markets and indices sporting and entertainment events, casino performances and natural phenomena such as , weather and earthquakes. Events on which wagers can be placed include both those with known and unknown outcome probabilities and wagers can be a fixed-odds type or a spread-bet type. Wager transactions including acceptances and confirmations are , executed in real time. Clients can customize displays of events on which they …
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- Filed April 30, 2001 and granted August 16, 2016. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 30, 2021.
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