System for providing an interactive sports betting game to a plurality of participants to compete for virtual goods or virtual currency units or both and share social information with other users

Abstract

A fantasy sports betting system and method allowing Users to compete in various games incorporating real sporting events data and traditional games of chance.

1 . A system for enabling fantasy sports betting comprising:
 A) A server device for transmitting odds displays and result data,   B) A memory device that receives and stores User input and sporting event outcome data in a non-transitory computer readable medium, and   C) A processor that processes User input and sporting event outcome data according to at least one game of the system.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the games of the system is selected from a group consisting of:
 The Weekly Leaderboard, Bet Bowls, Head-to-Head leagues, and Bet Duels. 
 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the types of User input is selected from a group consisting of:
 User account information data, User wager/bet data, User game selection, parlay data, and Juice data. 
 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the odds displays are in humanized odds format. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the sporting events is selected from a group consisting of:
 Professional, College, and Amateur: Football, Baseball, Basketball, Hockey, Soccer, Tennis, Golf, Olympic Events, Boxing, Bowling, Darts, Rugby, Cricket, and Mixed Martial Arts. 
 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the odds displays generated by a method comprising:
 A) Receiving sporting event odds data from at least two third parties, and 
 B) Processing the sporting event odds data to form a consensus. 
 
     
     
         7 . A method for enabling fantasy sports betting comprising:
 A) Sending/providing odds display data to a User,   B) Receiving User input and sporting event outcome data,   C) Processing said User input and said sporting event outcome data according to at least one game of the system, and   D) Sending/providing result data to Users according to the at least one game of the system.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7  wherein the games of the system are selected from a group consisting of:
 The Weekly Leaderboard, Bet Bowls, Head-to-Head leagues, and Bet Duels. 
 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 7  wherein the types of User input is selected from a group consisting of:
 User account information data, User wager/bet data, User game selection, parlay data, and Juice data. 
 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 7  wherein the odds displays are in humanized odds format. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 7  wherein the sporting events is selected from a group consisting of:
 Professional, College, and Amateur: Football, Baseball, Basketball, Hockey, Soccer, Tennis, Golf, Olympic Events, Boxing, Bowling, Darts, Rugby, Cricket, and Mixed Martial Arts. 
 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 7  wherein the odds displays are generated by a method comprising:
 A) Receiving sporting event odds data from at least two third parties, and 
 B) Processing the sporting event odds data to form a consensus. 
 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 7  further comprising: sending/providing at least one of Virtual Goods or virtual currency to Users according to the at least one game of the system. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 7  further comprising: sending/providing historical performance data. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14  wherein historical performance data is selected from a group consisting of:
 My bets, my profile, trophy leader board, the store, or trophy case. 
 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 7  wherein results data consists of objective results, relative results and sporting event outcomes. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 1  wherein results data consists of objective results, relative results and sporting event outcomes. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 7  further comprising: sending/providing social information received by Users to other Users of the system.