Skill game side wagering with player incentives
US11145168B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 20, 2017 |
| Grant date | Oct 12, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 1, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F17/3274
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A gaming system offers players the opportunity to play a skill-based challenge and bettors to place wagers based on events or outcomes in the skill-based challenge. A gaming system includes a processor, a display device, an input device and a memory device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to operate with the display device and the input device, for a play of a wagering game, to perform operations. Operations include receiving, from a bettor, a wager that corresponds to a selected player of a plurality of players in a skill-based challenge, determining that the selected player has achieved a threshold outcome in the skill-based challenge, awarding a bettor monetary prize to the bettor in response to the selected player achieving the threshold outcome in the skill-based game, and awarding a player monetary prize to the selected player.
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