Systems and methods for interprocess communication of wagering opportunities and/or wager requests

Abstract

Various embodiments may include offering wagering opportunities, receiving wager requests, balancing risk, determining wager requests to accepted based on risk, forming wagers based on wager request, and/or performing other actions by one or more apparatus. Further methods and apparatus are described.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An apparatus comprising: a tangible machine readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions that when executed by a computing device cause the computing device to:
 offer, for a limited amount of time, a wagering opportunity defined by particular odds for each of at least two outcomes of an event, in which the particular odds are held constant throughout the amount of time;   receive a plurality of respective first wager requests for wagers based on a first outcome of the at least two outcomes during the amount of time;   receive a plurality of respective second wager requests for wagers based on a second outcome of the at least two outcomes during the amount of time, in which wagers related to the first outcome offset a risk associated with wagers related to the second outcome; and   determine a respective first portion of a first wager request and a respective second portion of a second wager request to accept based on a cumulative risk of accepting both the first portion and the second portion.