Systems and methods for providing sportsbook wagering and fantasy gaming applications

Abstract

Systems, methods and apparatus for providing, operating, hosting and conducting a gaming application which uses selections by a participant in a fantasy gaming contest to identify the sportsbook proposition wagers most likely to be of interest to the participant and display the wagers to the participant through a user interface associated with the fantasy gaming contest user interface.

1 . A gaming system, comprising:
 at least one processor;   at least one input device;   and at least one memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the plurality of input devices to:   a) receive user interaction data associated with a fantasy gaming contest, the user interaction data included one or more selections for a fantasy team, wherein each of the one or more selections for a fantasy team includes a selection of a player performing as a member of a sports team in a sporting event;   c) responsive to the receipt of user interaction data, compare the interaction data with sportsbook wagering options, the sportsbook wagering options including proposition wagers, wherein the proposition wagers have outcomes depending on player and sports team performance in sporting events;   d) identify one or more proposition wagers involving a selected player or the sports team the player is a member of for display on the display device;   e) display on the display device the identified one or more proposition wagers; and   f) generate a single electronic betting slip for both the fantasy gaming contest and selected sportsbook wagering options responsive to the receipt of a selection of one of the one or more proposition wagers.   
     
     
         2 . A gaming system, comprising:
 at least one processor;   at least one input device;   and at least one memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the plurality of input devices to:   a) establish a user account with a credit balance;   b) receive user interaction data associated with a fantasy gaming contest, the user interaction data included one or more selections for a fantasy team, wherein each of the one or more selections for a fantasy team includes a selection of a player performing as a member of a sports team in a sporting event;   c) responsive to the receipt of user interaction data, compare the interaction data with sportsbook wagering options, the sportsbook wagering options including proposition wagers, wherein the proposition wagers have outcomes depending on player and sports team performance in sporting events;   d) identify one or more proposition wagers involving a selected player or the sports team the player is a member of for display on the display device;   e) display on the display device the identified one or more proposition wagers;   f) deduct an amount of credit from a user account responsive to the receipt of a selection of one of the one or more proposition wagers; and   g) award an amount of credit to the user account responsive to a winning outcome from the one or more proposition wagers.