U.S. patent application number 10/919787 was filed with the patent office on 2006-02-23 for method for wagering on multiple sporting events.
This patent application is currently assigned to Our Time For Games, Inc.. Invention is credited to Marina Cardillo, Aimee Dobbins, Nancy Lomedico.
Application Number | 20060038342 10/919787 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 35908916 |
Filed Date | 2006-02-23 |
United States Patent
Application |
20060038342 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Lomedico; Nancy ; et
al. |
February 23, 2006 |
Method for wagering on multiple sporting events
Abstract
A method for wagering and accepting wagers on multiple sporting
events, each such sporting event involving two teams and a
predetermined point spread associated therewith used in determining
whether a wager made on each sporting event is won. This wagering
method includes (A) presenting a plurality of sporting events upon
which wagers may be made; (B) predetermining a payout schedule
based upon selecting and wagering on a group of at least three
winning teams based upon total points scored plus the point spread;
(C) allowing a bettor to select and place a bet upon at least three
winning teams of the sporting events; (D) awarding to each bettor
that correctly selects all winning teams selected for the wager a
payout determined from the payout schedule.
Inventors: |
Lomedico; Nancy; (Staten
Island, NY) ; Cardillo; Marina; (Staten Island,
NY) ; Dobbins; Aimee; (Bradenton, FL) |
Correspondence
Address: |
Charles J. Prescott, P.A.
Suite 115
2033 Wood Street
Sarasota
FL
34237
US
|
Assignee: |
Our Time For Games, Inc.
Bradenton
FL
|
Family ID: |
35908916 |
Appl. No.: |
10/919787 |
Filed: |
August 17, 2004 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
273/138.1 ;
273/139 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A63F 3/0615 20130101;
G07F 17/32 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
273/138.1 ;
273/139 |
International
Class: |
A63F 1/18 20060101
A63F001/18; A63F 1/00 20060101 A63F001/00 |
Claims
1. A method for accepting wagers on multiple sporting events, each
such sporting event involving two teams and a predetermined point
spread associated therewith used in determining whether a wager
made on each sporting event is won, comprising the steps of: A.
presenting a plurality of sporting events upon which wagers may be
made, the outcomes of each sporting event determined by points
scored by each team and the predetermined point spread associated
therewith; B. predetermining a payout schedule based upon selecting
and wagering on a winning team of at least three of said plurality
of sporting events based upon total points scored and the
predetermined point spread; C. allowing a bettor to select and
place a bet upon winning teams from a group of three or more of
said plurality of sporting events; D. awarding to each bettor that
correctly selects the winning team of each of the group of sporting
events a payout determined from said payout schedule; E. retaining
all wagers placed which did not correctly include a selection of
all of the winning teams of the group:
2. The method of claim 1, wherein: step C also includes allowing
the bettor to also select and place a bet upon a maximum or a
minimum total number of points scored during one or more of said
sporting events in said group; step D also includes awarding to
each bettor that also selects the correct maximum or minimum total
number of points scored in each of the group of sporting events the
payout determined from said payout schedule.
3. The method of claim 1, following step E, further comprising the
step of: F. winning a consolation wager at another predetermined
payout based upon a larger number of sporting events greater than
three if all but one of the teams selected in each of the sporting
events wagered upon win by at least the corresponding point
spread.
4. A method of wagering on multiple sporting events, each said
sporting event involving two competing teams and a predetermined
point spread used in determining whether a wager made has won,
comprising the steps of: A. selecting a team from each of three or
more sporting events forming a group upon which to place a wager;
B. wagering that each of the teams selected to be in the group will
score at least as many points plus the number of points in the
point spread during the corresponding sporting event as will the
other team; C. winning the wager at a predetermined payout if all
of the teams in the group selected in each of the sporting events
wagered upon win by at least the corresponding point spread.
5. The method of claim 4, following step C, further comprising the
step of: D. winning a consolation wager at another predetermined
payout based upon a predetermined larger number of sporting events
greater than three if all but one of the teams selected in each of
the sporting events wagered upon win by at least the corresponding
point spread.
6. The method of claim 4, wherein: step B also includes wagering
that a certain maximum or a certain minimum total number of points
will be scored during one or more of said sporting events as being
a part of the group; step C also includes winning the wager at the
predetermined payout if all of the certain maximum or certain
minimum total number of points scored in each of the group of
sporting events, the payout pre-determined from said payout
schedule.
7. A method of playing a game of selecting winning teams from
multiple sporting events, each such sporting event involving two
teams and a predetermined point spread associated therewith used in
determining whether each one of a plurality of players making
selections on each sporting event has won gamepoints, comprising
the steps of: A. presenting a play card which displays a plurality
of sporting events from which winning selections may be made, the
outcomes of each sporting event determined by points scored by each
team and the predetermined point spread associated therewith; B.
predetermining a gamepoint award schedule based upon selecting a
winning team of at least three of said plurality of sporting events
based upon total points scored and the predetermined point spread;
C. allowing each player to select and mark selections on each play
card of winning teams from a group of three or more of said
plurality of sporting events; D. awarding to each player that
correctly selects the winning team of each of the group of sporting
events a gamepoint award determined from said award schedule.
Description
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] Not applicable
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
[0002] Not applicable
INCORPORATION-BY-REFERENCE OF MATERIAL SUBMITTED ON A COMPACT
DISC
[0003] Not applicable
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0004] 1. Field of the Invention
[0005] This invention relates generally to methods of playing
games, and more particularly to a gaming method for presenting a
plurality of sports events to be played and allowing wagers to be
placed on at least a portion (a group) of the plurality of those
sporting events, a winning bet whether all of the chosen teams of
each sporting event win by an amount at least equal to the point
spread pre-established before each sporting game is played and the
wager is placed.
[0006] 2. Description of Related Art
[0007] Many devices and methods have been devised which facilitate
the placing of wagers against the outcome of two-team sporting
events. One such method of playing a game is disclosed by Feinberg
in U.S. Pat. No. 5,851,010. Feinberg teaches therein a method of
playing a game utilizing a gaming device which generates outcomes
for gaming decisions. Chances are sold to players after which the
gaming device is used to generate a series of decisions from the
first and second outcomes. The correct number of decisions is
tracked and a payout is made of a predetermined amount and based
upon a predetermined number of correct decisions made.
[0008] In U.S. Pat. No. 6,527,270, Maksymec teaches another method
of effecting multiple wagers on a sports event wherein the
establishment sets a center point on a continuum of point spreads.
A player then places a bet that the actual outcome of the sports
event will lie along the first or second set of results to win a
predetermined payout.
[0009] Friedman, in U.S. Pat. No. 6,126,543 teaches another method
of wagering on the combined point spread from multiple contests,
this method specifically facilitated by having Internet access to a
mainframe system. In the method of either accepting wagers or
wagering on the outcome of multiples of a sporting event involving
two teams, the wagering winner being dependent upon a point spread
pre-established before the event is held, involves selecting a
winning team upon which to wager, summing the point spreads
associated with the selected teams to define a combined point
spread wager, wagering on that point spread and winning if the
combination of point differentials associated with all of the
selected teams covers the combined point spread.
[0010] The present invention provides a method of wagering on
selected multiple sports events, each involving two teams, from a
plurality of sports events to be held during a specific time period
on particular days or weekends. The bettor makes selections from a
minimum group size of the plurality (preferably three) of sporting
events upon which wagers may be placed, wagering on the selected
winning teams having been advised before placing bets as to the
point spread associated with each sports event. A winning bet must
include a correct selection of all of the teams selected in order
to win a predetermined payout. The payout is based upon the total
number of teams selected. A consolation payout is also provided
where a larger number of wagers placed on teams (preferably at
least nine) selected correctly is only in error by no more than one
score. Another embodiment of the invention is in the form of a game
where multiple players compete in the same fashion as above in
making selections, the winning player determined based upon the
highest number of points scored for winning team selections. In
this embodiment, multiple sheets may be used wherein different
numbers of teams of sporting events are selected, again the object
of the game to end up with the highest number of total points
scored by winning teams selected.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0011] This invention is directed to a method for wagering and
accepting wagers on multiple sporting events, each such sporting
event involving two teams and a predetermined point spread
associated therewith used in determining whether selections for the
wager made on each sporting event is correct. This wagering method
includes presenting a plurality of sporting events upon which
wagers may be made, predetermining a payout schedule based upon
selecting and wagering on a group of at least three winning teams
based upon (a) total points scored by each team plus the point
spread, (b) total points scored by both teams allowing a bettor to
select and place a bet upon at least three winning teams of the
sporting events or over and under lines or combinations thereof,
and awarding to each bettor that correctly selects all winning
teams selected for the wager a payout determined from the payout
schedule.
[0012] It is therefore an object of this invention to provide a
method of accepting wagers and placing bets on multiple sporting
events involving two teams and a predetermined point spread
associated therewith.
[0013] Yet another object of this invention is to provide a method
of accepting wagers and placing bets of money or points on multiple
sporting events each including two teams, the wager made and won
based upon the selection of at least three winning teams in an
array of sports events presented on any given day or weekend during
a playing season.
[0014] Still another object of this invention is to provide a
method of playing a game where players compete to make the highest
number of total points based upon selecting winning teams chosen
from game playing cards prepared in accordance with this
invention.
[0015] In accordance with these and other objects which will become
apparent hereinafter, the instant invention will now be described
with reference to the accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S)
[0016] FIG. 1 is a display of a typical betting presentation from
which a bettor or player may select and make wagers.
[0017] FIG. 2 is a preestablished payout schedule for winning bets
or game selections made on sports events teams as shown, for
example, in FIG. 1.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0018] Referring now to the drawings, the presentation of a
plurality of sporting events upon which to wager is shown in FIG. 1
generally at numeral 10. This wager presentation 10 may be in the
form of a printed card or accessible by a local PC on the Internet
at a central computer site of the person or entity orchestrating
the wager presentation 10. Note that this invention may be applied
and used with respect to all forms of two-team sports contests and
on any given day.
[0019] The wager presentation 10 includes a designation in the
preferred embodiment of college football contests at 12 and
professional football contests at 14, each of which are occurring
on a specific date 16 and 18, respectively, during a given weekend
time period. Obviously, the presentation of sporting events of two
sports teams in columns 20 and 22 and the wagering thereon has to
be made prior to the playing of each of the contests.
[0020] In each of the sports events presentations at 12 and 14, a
winning team favorite in column 20 and an underdog in columns 22
are presented at 26 and 28, respectively. A predetermined point
spread in column 24 is also provided for each of the sporting
events. This point spread for each sporting event is preestablished
by independent means.
[0021] A bettor in utilizing the presentation 10 simply selects a
plurality of preferably at least three teams such as at A, B, and C
which the bettor believes will win and will win by sufficient
points to cover the point spread in column 24. For convenience, a
betting box 34 is also provided as part of the corresponding
presentation 10 so that the winning teams may be easily selected or
marked such as at letters D, E, and F.
[0022] As part of the selections provided in the presentation 10
with respect to the professional football sports events 14, a
bettor may also bet on the total points scored by both teams such
as at 30 or 32. In this example, a bet on number seventeen could be
won if the contest between the 49er's and the Chiefs did not
produce total points scored by both teams of up to 36 points or
under 37 points. A separate bet of a separate wager may also be
placed as at 32 in number 18 that at least 39 combined points will
be scored during that sports event. In the example shown in FIG. 1,
a total of 10 separate winning/total points scored selections
comprising a group of selections have been wagered upon. These
selections are circled or marked in the betting array 34.
[0023] Continuing this example, a total of nine (9) of the ten (10)
selections of the group of selections turned out to be correct or
winners. That is to say that the selection at numbers 3, 12, 13,
15, 24, 31, 35, 46, and 56 were all correctly selected. However,
the selection of number 60 betting on the Chargers to win over the
Broncos by at least ten points was incorrect and either the Broncos
won or the point spread was not met, i.e. the Chargers may have won
but by less than ten points over the Broncos.
[0024] Continuing the example in FIG. 2, a predetermined payout
schedule at 42 is there shown displaying the payout in column 48
corresponding to the number of winning selections in column 46. As
noted, at least three selections of a bet group would have to have
won to qualify for any winning payout as shown in column 48. For
example, had the group of winning selections totaled nine (9) at G
were winners, a payout of 150:1 would have been made to this
winning bettor.
[0025] However, in the example shown in FIG. 1, only nine (9) of
the ten (10) selections of the group of ten selections were
winners. The predetermined payout schedule 40 alternately includes
a consolation prize at 44 in which at least ten selections were
wagered upon forming the group of this example bet, nine (9) of
which selections were correct or winners. Thus, in the preferred
embodiment, the consolation prizes and the number of selections
which qualify at 50 have a reduced payout at column 52. In the
example H from FIG. 1 as reflected from FIG. 1, nine (9) out of ten
(10) selections were correct providing a consolation payout of
15:1.
[0026] An alternate embodiment of the invention involves multiple
game players each of which is provided with one or more printed
play cards as shown typically in FIG. 1. Correct selections of
teams and total points scored by teams in predetermined numbers of
sporting events determines the game winner. The game winner will be
the player who is awarded the greatest number of game points based
upon correct winning team and/or maximum points scored by a team
correctly selected.
[0027] While the instant invention has been shown and described
herein in what are conceived to be the most practical and preferred
embodiments, it is recognized that departures may be made therefrom
within the scope of the invention, which is therefore not to be
limited to the details disclosed herein, but is to be afforded the
full scope of the claims so as to embrace any and all equivalent
apparatus and articles.
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