EP 3188143 A1 20170705 - SPECIALIZED SLOT MACHINE FOR CONDUCTING A WAGERING GAME USING REAL TIME OR LIVE ACTION EVENT CONTENT
Title (en)
SPECIALIZED SLOT MACHINE FOR CONDUCTING A WAGERING GAME USING REAL TIME OR LIVE ACTION EVENT CONTENT
Title (de)
SPEZIALISIERTER SPIELAUTOMAT ZUR DURCHFÜHRUNG EINES WETTSPIELS UNTER VERWENDUNG VON ECHTZEIT- ODER LIVE-EREIGNISINHALT
Title (fr)
MACHINE À FENTE SPÉCIFIQUEMENT DESTINÉE AU JEU DE PARI AU MOYEN DE CONTENU D'ÉVÉNEMENT D'ACTION EN DIRECT OU EN TEMPS RÉEL
Publication
Application
Priority
US 201514981408 A 20151228
Abstract (en)
A specialized slot machine for conducting a wagering game using real time or live action event content are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: prompting a plurality of users at a plurality of geographically distributed user platforms to each submit a wager for entry as players into a real time live action wagering game; dividing a plurality of players of the real time live action wagering game into player groups, the player groups each having a pre-determined quantity of players, the players in each player group competing with other players of a same player group to advance through a pre-determined number of rounds to a main tournament, the players in each player group only playing against other members of the same player group during a given round; obtaining a set of real time or live event content via the data network while the plurality of players are playing the real time live action wagering game; partitioning the set of real time or live event content into a plurality of content categories; generating a raw score for each of the content categories based on real time information obtained via the data network; receiving from the players in each player group a bid corresponding to at least one of the content categories; scoring each of the players in each player group based on their bids and the raw score of the content category corresponding to their bids; ranking each of the players in each player group based on their score; and enabling a pre-determined quantity of highest ranked players from each player group to advance to a next round.
IPC 8 full level
G07F 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
G07F 17/3276 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
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Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 3188143 A1 20170705; AU 2016273910 A1 20170713; WO 2017117065 A1 20170706
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 16204893 A 20161216; AU 2016273910 A 20161214; US 2016068570 W 20161223