RU2251441C2 - Device for playing interactive game - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: interactive games; gambling.

SUBSTANCE: device has central control and processing set (CCPS) and at least one participant terminal (PT). CCPS has communication aid to organize interaction of aids of CCPS to each other and to PT, aid for forming data on objects of bets, aid for calculating value of bet, aid for calculating amount of prize fund, aid for counting amounts to be paid to players. Any PT has communication aid for organizing co-operation of aids of PT with each other and with CCPS, aid for making bets, data represent6ation aid. CCPS additionally has aid for processing data on bets connected with aid for counting score of bet through communication aid of CCPS and with PT through communication aid of CCPS and PT. The aids help to range made bets and/or formed combinations corresponding to their weight and to inform any participant as on current weight of bet and combinations of bets made and formed by any particular player and on average value of weight of individual bets and/or combinations of bets and on heaviest bet available for specific period of game. Aid for making bets of any PT is made for additional introduction of change in nominal values and/or points which have been already made by bankers. Aid for counting value of point of bet of PT is made for additional perform mentioned change in nominal values and points which have been already made by bankers.

EFFECT: higher independence of players during game.

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Description

The invention relates to the field of mass games and can be used in interactive games during which game participants make bets.

Interactive games are of great importance in the economy. According to the Interactive Games Council, global gaming revenue exceeds 700 billion USD. US citizen spending on interactive games exceeds their total spending on movies, music, amusement rides, books (US 5,888,136). In England alone, the amount of bets around the European Football Championship exceeded £ 100 million, etc.

One of the most common types of interactive games are games with bets based on the results of competitions [1-27]. In these games, players place bets on betting objects that represent the final or intermediate results of the competition or individual situations, events or actions that arise, occur or take during each of the competitions, or the results of these situations, actions or events; on the basis of the sum of the nominal values of the bets, the prize fund of the game is formed; and at the end of the game, its winners receive winnings determined by the conditions for betting [1-27].

Games with bets formed in the 19th century. Therefore, the existing versions of such games reflect the specifics of this century, which, first of all, is connected with the available information dissemination and betting technologies. Betting games are based on the premise that winning or losing is entirely a matter of chance. This implies, firstly, that players have equal access to information about the possible outcome of the competition, and secondly, that they do not receive benefits associated with the place or time of making bets.

In the 19th century, information about the chances of participants in the competition was obtained through personal contacts, and betting was carried out through contacts with bookmakers. Making or adjusting bets already made during the competition while fulfilling the principle of equality for the players was technically impossible. Therefore, the principle of equal conditions for all participants in the game was ensured by the fact that bets were made before the start of the competition. Since existing games reflect the technical conditions of the 19th century, a dialogue mode is virtually impossible in them, and the practice of existing games with bets provides for a number of negative aspects:

- Firstly, the active actions of the players are limited to the moments of making bets, after which the players turn into observers who passively await the results of the competition and the game [1-27].

- Secondly, luck in the game is mainly a matter of chance, and not the result of correctly selected strategies and tactics of the game [1-27].

- Thirdly, the first two points contribute to the vulnerability of the players from collusion between the participants of the competition and the founders of the game and / or part of the players and the manipulation of its results. Players are not able to adjust bets due to the incredible development of the competition and are hostages of once made decisions. Moreover, the opportunity to protest the results of the game is extremely limited, since any chance is theoretically possible, and evidence of collusion and fraud is unlikely.

The situation with betting games has fundamentally changed as a result of the emergence of radio, television and computer networks as a means of disseminating information, and computer or computer-television interactive or interactive networks as means of betting [1-27, Sportsbetting com rules (http: // www .sportsbetting.net), etc.]. Millions of people located in different parts of the world can simultaneously receive the same information about the course of the competition, and when electronic registration of bets can also place bets.

Under these conditions, it is possible to create such a device that would make it possible to conduct a game with bets subject to the above principles of equality of players, that is, throughout the game and within it, all players have equal prerequisites and technical capabilities for performing independent simultaneous actions provided for by the games [1-27]. Moreover, taking into account the inherent speed of modern information networks, the speed of distribution and the amount of information transmitted, as well as the speed of its processing, the range of these actions in such devices can be significantly expanded.

Organization of games with bets using computer or computer-television technologies allows solving several problems: players who are outside the competition area, even at home, can participate in games, and games can become international in nature; expanding the possibilities of holding games during the competition until its end with automatic adjustment of points depending on the course of the competition the role of the founders of the games (bookmakers) can be reduced to a simple mediation between players; it becomes possible to combine in one game bets declared on different conditions [1-27].

The famous game (US 5,873,782 dated February 23, 1999 “Specified Return Determinator”). The device for its implementation allows you to conduct two main systems of games with bets: a game having bets with a fixed value (“set price betting”, known in the English literature as well as “fixed handicaps and / or odds betting”, “wagering with set ( fixed) conditions, etc.), and a game that has bets with variable value (“variable price betting”, also known as “pari-mutuel betting”, “dividend system wagering”, etc.). In both betting systems, the prize pool spent on prizes to the winners is formed by the sum of the nominal values of the bets made by the participants in the game. However, in “fixed price betting” bets, the founders of the game (hereinafter referred to as “the house”) guarantee with their capital that each player will receive a prize payout in case of winning in the amount determined by the object of the bet, the value of its face value and the moment of production. In bets with a fixed value (“set price betting”), a bet at the time of production receives a point (the value of the ratio “win size / par value”), which together with the par value determines the amount of winnings if successful. The indicated points may vary, so that bets on the same betting object made at different times will receive different points. However, the point assigned to the rate at the time of its production is fixed. In this system, to ensure income at home, points are selected in such a way that the sum of the face values of the bets exceeds the sum of the winnings for any outcome of the competition (bet balance). By virtue of this, changes in these points are made in such a way as to ensure a balance of bets on opposite outcomes of the competition. Therefore, although these points are related to the likelihood of bet objects being realized, the main task of these variations is to encourage players to bet on the outcome of the competition, which will bridge the gap in the sum of the face values of bets made on opposite outcomes. Therefore, the selection of points in this system is based largely on a subjective factor.

In a system with dividends, the house does not have the risks associated with the need to guarantee the total winnings of the game winners, and the prize pool is equal to the sum of the nominal values of bets minus a fixed percentage withheld for payment of house services and tax payments. This fund is distributed among the winners in proportion to the denominations of their bets, i.e. winnings are determined by the ratio of the prize pool to the number of bets made, taking into account their face values. Until the end of the game, the amount of winnings remains unknown. The deductions in favor of the house for a part of the monetary amounts set by the participants in the game to secure their bets are explicitly defined in this system, and the founders do not seek to ensure a balance of bets. Therefore, the criteria for determining the winnings of the winners are more objective.

From US Pat. in one game, bets are made on different conditions, which allows players to choose a game system that suits them. This game system uses computer and television interactive technologies. The game system allows players to place bets on objects of bets, which are used as the results of at least one competition or individual situations, events or actions arising, occurring or undertaken during each competition or the results of these situations, actions or events. The prize pool of the game is formed on the basis of the sum of the face values of the bets made. At the time of making a bet, she is assigned a point, which from the moment of assignment becomes her fixed point. The distribution of the prize fund is based on the face value of the bet and its fixed score. The formation of combined bets is possible, which provides bets for 2 competitors (quinellas), 3 (trifectas), 4 (fourtrellas), etc. In games sold through the patent system US 5,873,782, saved all the main disadvantages of games with bets that existed in the pre-computer period. Firstly, the active actions of the players are limited to the moments of betting. Secondly, players are hostages of once made decisions. Third, winning is still largely a matter of chance. Fourth, the competition, according to the results of which the game is played, and the specified game develop in different planes and are practically not connected with each other. Fifthly, interactive forms of playing a game that are possible in computer or television interactive networks are not provided.

One of the closest analogues is a device for playing a game (US 5,573,244 dated November 12, 1996), which provides the possibility of an interactive form of organizing games with bets through the use of computer technology. This game system contains a central control and processing complex (TSUOK) and terminals of the game participants (TUI). The CTC includes: a tool for generating information about objects of bets, a tool for determining the value of a bet score, a tool for determining the size of the prize pool, a tool for determining the size of payments to players, and a communication tool for organizing the interaction of the CMA tools with each other and with the TUI. Each of the TUI contains: a betting facility with the ability to enter a bet face value, a means of displaying information, and a communication tool for organizing the interaction of the TUI facilities with each other and with the CMA. The winning amount of a particular bet is determined by the product of the face value of this bet by a fixed point.

The game system provides players with the opportunity to perform simultaneous independent actions throughout the game, select betting objects and participate in several games simultaneously, developing around different competitions. The system is focused on the use of the totality of opportunities provided by modern computer and television interactive or dialogue networks. It allows people outside the competition area and even at home to participate in the game. However, the specific tools that distinguish the game system according to US Pat. No. 5,573,244 from other similar systems are oriented towards automatic determination of payout values at fixed-pay rates, taking into account the fact that these payments vary during the competition. At the same time, changes in the amounts of payments are made in such a way as to ensure a balance of rates and protect the financial interests of the house. Although bets when using this system can be made for the duration of all games until its completion, which coincides with the end of the competition, the system provides only sporadic activity of players at the time of making bets. The player who made the bet loses all control over it and passively expects the outcome of the competition.

The disadvantage is that the device does not contain funds that allow the player to control the course of the game using actions other than selecting the object of a possible bet and making the specified bet, i.e. the player is deprived of the opportunity to diversify the tactics and strategy of the game. At the same time, the technical support of the famous game is focused on ensuring the financial interests of the house, it divides the players and moves them away from the competition venue, which makes them especially defenseless against possible juggling of the competition results. In addition, since the determination of the amount of payments is carried out on the basis of the criteria chosen by the founders, the players are not protected from arbitrary overstatement of deductions by the house in their favor.

The aim of the present invention is to provide such a device for playing a game (game system), which, based on the capabilities of computer and computer-television interactive (or dialogue) technologies, would provide the player with active participation throughout the game, as well as his protection against contingencies of the competition and juggling the results, i.e. would ensure the holding of games optimally adapted to the capabilities of these technologies.

This goal is achieved by the fact that the device for the game, during which the players place bets on the objects of bets, contains a central control and processing complex (CCUK) and at least one terminal of the game participant (TUI). At the same time, the CTC contains a communication tool for organizing the interaction of the CTC funds with each other and with the TUI, a tool for generating information about the objects of bets, a tool for determining the value of the bet point, a tool for determining the value of the prize fund, a tool for determining the size of payments to players. Each of the TUI contains a communication tool for organizing the interaction of the TUI means with each other and with the CMA, a betting tool, a means of displaying information. Moreover, the central control unit contains a betting information processing means, connected through the central control unit with the means for determining the value of the bet point, and through the central control unit and the unit for communicating with the unit, and configured to generate information about the weights of the bets made and the combinations formed after fixed time intervals bets, to rank the made bets and / or the formed combination of bets according to their weight and to inform each participant of the game as the current value of the bets bets and combinations of bets made and formed by the specified participant in the game, as well as the average weight of individual bets and / or combinations of bets and the largest amount of weight available in the game at a given time. At the same time, the betting facility for each of the TUIs is made with the additional possibility of entering changes in the denominations and / or points of bets already made and registered by the founders of the game, and the means for determining the value of the central control bets score is made with the additional possibility of making the indicated change in the denominations and points of the games already made and registered by the founders of the game rates.

Figure 1 shows a schematic block diagram of a device for conducting a game based on combinations of bets, in a simplified version corresponding to the independent clause of that part of the claims that relates to the device.

Figure 2 shows a schematic functional diagram of the device depicted in figure 1.

Figure 3 shows a schematic block diagram of a device whose functionality provides the game in full. Green indicates the funds present in the simplified version of the game; black - additional funds that ensure the full implementation of the game.

A device for conducting a game, during which players place bets on betting objects, comprises a central control and processing complex (CCU) and at least one game participant terminal (TUI); The CTC contains a tool for generating information about the objects of bets, a tool for determining the value of the bet score, a tool for determining the size of the prize pool, a tool for determining the size of payments to players and a communication tool for organizing the interaction of the CMA tools with each other and with the TUI; each of the TUI contains a betting facility with input capabilities of the object and the face value of the bet, a means of displaying information and a communication means for organizing the interaction of the TUI facilities with each other and with the CMA, and the device is made with the additional ability to form combinations of bets in accordance with at least one functional dependence from the number of functional dependencies defined in the specified device hardware or software.

A schematic diagram of a device for playing a game, which is carried out using betting combinations formed in accordance with the proposed methods, is shown in figure 1. When building the device for the game, existing computer technologies were used. The basis can serve as analog or digital computing systems, personal computers or specialized microcontrollers. When creating the device, technologies of wired, radio or television (including dialogue) networks can also be used. Figure 2 shows a functional diagram of the operation of the device, a block diagram of which is shown in figure 1.

TSUOK is responsible for storing and processing information about the game as a whole, and TUI is responsible for interacting with players (figure 2). The tool for generating information about objects of bets is responsible for storing and processing information about objects on which game participants can bet. The tool for determining the value of the bet point determines the value of the bet points for specific objects of bets, as well as the magnitude of the weights of bets and combinations. Information about the objects of bets and the current values of the points of bets on various objects of bets is displayed by means of displaying information TUI. As a means of displaying information TUI can be, for example, a computer screen. Using this information, players make bets by means of a betting tool (for example, a computer keyboard), setting the object and face value of the bet made. At the time of making a bet, information about the bet indicating its object and face value is sent to the tool for determining the value of the bet point, where it is assigned a score corresponding to the current bet point for this bet object. This point from the moment of assignment becomes its fixed point. Based on the face value and the fixed point of the bet, its weight is determined. Information on the face value of the bet also comes into the means of determining the size of the prize fund, where, based on the face values of the bets made, the size of the prize pool of the game is calculated. During the game, a means of generating information about betting objects generates information characterizing the implementation of betting objects. Based on this information, the means for determining the amount of payments to players determines the winning bets and, based on the information about the weight of the bets and information on the size of the prize pool received from the corresponding funds, calculates the size of the wins due to the winning bets.

One of the fundamental differences between this device and existing devices used for conducting interactive games with bets is due to giving it a fundamentally new function that allows players to form combinations of bets by choosing one of the functional dependencies offered by the founders of the game and linking the weight of bets to the weight of the combination of bets, which they enter. Certain operations necessary to implement this function are performed by a number of means of this device. Players making bets have the opportunity to combine them in combination through the means of betting each of the TUI. At the same time, they indicate the functional dependence they have chosen, which makes it possible to determine the weight of the combination of rates in which the produced rate is included. Information about the object and the face value of the bet, as well as about the chosen functional dependence, is sent to the tool for determining bet points. Further, the situation can develop in two ways. Firstly, a player can simultaneously make two or more bets combined into a combination of bets. In this case, together with information about the 1st bet, the tool for determining the bet points receives information about the objects and face values of the remaining bets of the combination being formed, and based on the data on the objects and face values of the bets and the selected functional dependence, the weight of the specified combination is determined. Secondly, a new bet may join an existing bet or combination of bets. In this case, information about the parameters of an existing bet or combination is extracted from the memory of the means for determining the value of the bet point, and based on the extracted information and the parameters of the new bet, taking into account the selected functional dependence, the weight of the resulting combination is determined. If the bets were combined in combinations, then the weights of the combinations of bets play the same role in the distribution of the prize fund as the weights of the individual bets.

Let us consider in more detail the functions and structure of the individual means of the device.

- The tool for generating information about betting objects saves and processes all information related to betting objects, and also informs the device’s means of the beginning and end of the game. Through this tool, bid objects are assigned and excluded. Both creation and exclusion of an object of rates can be done manually or in automatic mode according to predefined rules. Each betting object is assigned a unique identifier that distinguishes it from other betting objects and has an object status field (active, implemented, cannot be implemented, etc.), a bet point value field and other necessary fields stored in the memory sectors included in composition of the product. When constructing this tool, a specialized microcontroller or server (workstation) based on a Digital Alpha processor, Intel Pentium, or any similar one using Microsoft SQL, ORACLE or the like for storing data can be used as a hardware platform. The tool also includes a communication interface with the communication facility of the central control center, used to organize interaction with other means of the device for playing the game. As such an interface, a 100 Mb Ethernet network adapter can be used. The main tasks of the means for determining the value of bet points: to determine the points assigned to bets, to calculate the weight of bets and combinations. The tool for determining the value of the rate points allows you to determine the likelihood of the implementation of the bets in accordance with predefined probability distributions. For this purpose, this tool provides the possibility of calculating points based on various probability distributions: degenerate, Bernoulli, binomial, generalized binomial, Pascal, Poia, Poisson, Borel-Tanner, uniform, Simpson, exponential, hyperexponential, normal, beta, Cauchy, Laplace , χ-distribution, χ ² -distribution, Student, Fischer-Snedecor, lognormal, logistic, Pareto, z-distribution, Weibull-Gnedenko, the remaining 11 types of Pearson distribution, etc. The founders of the game, assigning an object rates, also indicate the probability distribution, on the basis of which points are calculated for this object of rates, and enter the statistical material necessary for the calculations. When calculating a bet point for each object during the game, the means of determining the value of the bet point uses the probability distribution that was set by the founders of the game for this bet object, and instead of statistical data, information about bet objects from the means of generating information about bet objects. When determining bet points during a game based on the results of competitions with a fixed duration or distance, the time remaining until the end of the competition or the distance to its finish shall be taken into account. The device implements various ways of accounting for the indicated time or distance, and the founders of the game set specific methods for accounting for these parameters before it begins.

In the tool for determining the value of the score, functional dependencies are implemented that link the weights of the combinations with the weights of their bets. The combination weights are determined on the basis of those functional dependencies that are selected by the players and sent to the means for determining the value of the bet point by means of the betting facility.

The determination of the points of bets and the weights of bets and combinations is advisable (but not necessary) to implement hardware (by equipping the tool in question with adders, integrators and / or other components necessary for calculations) or software. When building the tool, specialized microcontrollers or a server (workstation) based on the Digital Alpha processor, Intel Pentium or any similar ones can be used as a hardware platform using Microsoft SQL, ORACLE or the like for storing data. The tool also includes a communication interface with the communication facility of the central control center, used to organize interaction with other means of the device for playing the game. As such an interface, a 100 Mb Ethernet network adapter can be used.

- The main task of the means of determining the prize fund is to determine the value of this fund. The prize fund is formed from the funds debited from the accounts of the game participants at the time of making bets in the amount of the face value of the bet minus tax deductions and fixed deductions in favor of the founders of the game. The prize fund may also receive funds transferred by the founders of the game, or by third parties, for example, advertising companies. The account of the participant of the game is opened after registration of this participant and is stored in a separate sector of the memory of the means for determining the size of the prize fund throughout the course of the game. Information on the face values of the bets made comes from the means of betting TUI. Payments in favor of the founders for tax needs and other possible purposes are carried out according to the scheme specified when configuring the funds. Information on player accounts, prize pool size and other information necessary for the operation of the tool is stored in the memory sectors that make up the tool. When building this tool, a specialized microcontroller or server (workstation) based on the Digital Alpha processor, Intel Pentium or any similar ones can be used as a hardware platform using Microsoft SQL, ORACLE or the like for storing data. The workstation carries out all the operations necessary for the functioning of the tool, manages the DBMS, where information about the current value of the prize fund, deductions made in favor of the founders of the game, tax deductions, deductions for other possible purposes and intermediate data necessary for the operation of this tool is stored. The tool also includes a communication interface with the communication facility of the central control center, used to organize interaction with other means of the device for playing the game. As such an interface, a 100 Mb Ethernet network adapter can be used.

- A means of determining the amount of payments to players. This tool calculates the amount of cash payments due to winners at the end of the game (information about the completion of the game is generated by the means of generating information about the objects of bets). Further, based on the information about the bet weights and combinations of bets made and formed by the players, and the information on the prize pool received from the corresponding funds, the payout amounts are calculated. Information on the amount of cash payments and other information necessary for the operation of the tool are stored in the memory sectors that make up the tool. When building this tool, a specialized microcontroller or server (workstation) based on the Digital Alpha processor, Intel Pentium or any similar ones can be used as a hardware platform using Microsoft SQL, ORACLE or the like for storing data. A specialized microcontroller or workstation performs all operations necessary for the operation of the tool, controls the memory sectors, where all information about the amount of payments due to the winners of the game, and intermediate data necessary for the operation of the tool are stored. The tool also includes a communication interface with the communication facility of the central control center, used to organize interaction with other means of the device for playing the game. As such an interface, a 100 Mb Ethernet network adapter can be used.

- Communication devices for the game include communication facilities TsUOK and communication facilities TUI. The main task of communications is to ensure the interaction of the means that make up the device for the game. This task has three sub-tasks: communication of the funds included in the CMI, ensuring communication of the funds included in the CMA, and communication of the CEC and TUI. The proposed solution is largely due to the specifics of these three subtasks.

- The specifics of the construction of a central control center is the location of all its components within one premises or building. Therefore, for their communication within the CEC, existing technologies for building local computer networks can be used. Physically, this part of the communication medium can be network adapters with the organization of data transmission via wired, fiber optic or radio channels. At the same time, such protocols as ATM, TCP / IP, DECnet, IPX / SPX, etc. can be used.

- The specifics of constructing each individual TUI is the location of all its components within a single device, which can be a computer or a specialized controller. Therefore, to communicate with each other within the framework of one TUI, existing methods for building computers or microcontrollers can be used. The main functions of the TUI are to provide players with information about one or more competitions and games held on the basis of these competitions, and to provide players with the opportunity to make separate bets and form combinations of bets. Therefore, each terminal of a game participant consists of a personal computer or a specialized controller-console, configured to connect additional specialized modules. Terminals can also be organized on the basis of Notebook class portable computers, personal digital assistants (Psion, Palm, Visor and others), interactive television set-top boxes and other similar devices.

The following groups can be distinguished according to the methods of interaction between the TsUOK and TUI:

- TUIs can be local devices. In this case, a local area network is used for communication between the TUI and the TsUOK. At the same time, TUIs are located in the immediate vicinity of the TsUOK, and players can access the TUI either directly (specially equipped places for game participants) or remotely (telephone service centers; while the game participant interacts with a telephone operator or an interactive telephone system) .

- TUI can be implemented as a computer unit or television set-top box. In this case, complexes of different channels can be used for communication between TUI and TsUOK: satellite or cable television, lines for connecting to city or corporate telephone exchanges, Internet lines, etc.

- TUI can be implemented as a standalone device and therefore does not have a permanent connection with the central educational center. In this case, all the player’s actions are recorded by the player’s actions registration means, and the connection between the CEC and TUI is provided using microprocessor or magnetic card recorders / readers, magnetic or optical disks, flash memory devices, etc. Information about the objects of bets is placed on these media and distributed between the participants before the start of the game. During the game or at the end of the game, participants provide such media with modified information to the founders who read and process the data. Upon completion of the processing, the winners are announced. In such cases, to organize the exchange of information, the services of the postal service, courier delivery services, etc. can be used.

- The exchange of information between the CCU and TUI can be carried out using interactive television. In this case, the hardware of interactive television is included in the communication facilities of the TsUOK and TUI.

The main functional parts of the TUI are: a betting facility, a means of displaying information and a communication tool (FIG. 1):

- Using the betting facility, players register before the start of the game, place bets and form combinations of the indicated bets, and in games in which there are various ways of assigning weights to lost bets, the methods of assigning these weights chosen by them also indicate. When a player is registered in the hotel sector of the memory of the means for determining the value of the prize pool of the TsUOK upon receipt of information from the betting facility of the corresponding TUI, the account of the game participant is opened, on the basis of which all further financial operations of this player are carried out. Financial operations include depositing funds by the participant of the game into his account (making cash payments, winnings, etc.) and debiting funds from the account (making bets, receiving money at the cash desk, etc.) TUI may have monetary, token or card payments devices for entering information about payments made. Bets are made by players either directly (as in the case of using personal computers, interactive television set-top boxes, etc.) or, for example, using the operator of a call center. In this case, TUI is located in the scope of the telephone network.

The betting tool can use various input mechanisms based on keyboard systems, scanning devices, various manipulators (such as a mouse, joystick, touch screens, etc.), voice recognition devices, etc. When forming bet combinations, the betting facility provides players with the opportunity to specify the functional dependencies they have chosen from among the functional dependencies offered by the founders of the game when combining bets in a combination in order to form the weight of the bet combination. Information about possible functional dependencies enters the facility for the production of rates TUI from the means of generating information about the objects of rates TSUOK. The player making the bet selects the object and the face value of the bet and its relation to other bets, i.e. whether this bet is separate or a combination. In the latter case, he also indicates the type of functional dependence by which the weight of this bet is involved in the formation of the weight of the combination.

Throughout the game, the betting tool for each TUI continuously receives information on the current value of betting points through the tool for generating information about the objects of bets of the TsUOK. A bet is ready for production after entering information on the object of the bet, its face value and its relation to other bets, as well as the type of functional dependence linking the weight of the bet with the weight of the combination, if this bet is included in the combination of bets. A bet is made by submitting a special command (for example, by pressing the “enter” key, pronouncing a key phrase, etc.). As a result of the “input” command, the bet information is sent to the tool for determining the value of the bet point, where it is assigned a score, and the weight of the bet and / or combination in which it is included is determined, however, a fixed score is assigned to the bet based on the current score of the given bet object the moment the “enter” command is issued.

The betting tool also allows you to combine previously entered individual bets or formed bet combinations into a single bet combination or to attach a previously entered bet to an existing combination. In these cases, the rates and combinations in relation to which the combining operation is performed, and the type of functional dependence used to form the weight of the formed combination of rates are indicated. This operation also ends with a special “enter” command.

The betting facility TUI carries out all the calculations necessary for its operation, controls the memory sectors, where the data on the current size of the game participant’s funds, on the bets made by the game participant are stored and provides an interface with the TUI communication tool used to organize interaction with other means of the device for playing the game .

- As a means of displaying information, a computer monitor, a TV screen, specialized information boards or devices for printing information can be used. In this case, the information display means displays both the general course of the game, and information about each event that the player can bet on, and information regarding the conditions of bets, and the player’s account parameters, etc. Information about the course of the event that is the subject of the game can also be additionally displayed through existing information channels, including television and broadcasting channels, Teletext systems, World Wide Web portals, private computer networks, etc.

The basic block diagram of the device for conducting the game, the functionality of which provides the game in full, is shown in Fig.3. In this device, some of the tools necessary for the fundamental implementation of the proposed method of the game in its simplified version and depicted in figure 1, provide additional functions.

The betting means of each of the TUIs is made with the additional opportunity to enter combination of rates, and the means of determining the TSUK rate score with the ability to form combinations of rates in accordance with at least one functional dependence from among the specified functional dependencies.

The betting tool for each of the TUIs is made with the additional opportunity to apply for the formation of new betting facilities. The betting facility for each of the TUIs is made with the additional possibility of increasing the denominations of already made bets, bringing the bet points to the values of the fixed points that these bets would have had if they were made at the time of the specified change, and changing the functional dependencies linking the weight of the bets included in these combinations, with combination weights.

The tool for determining the score of the bet is made with the additional ability to carry out the indicated increases in the face value, bringing the score and changing the functional dependence. These conversion operations are carried out by introducing special service rates, the face value of which is used to pay for these conversion operations. In these cases, by means of the betting facility, the rates and / or combinations are indicated, in relation to which operations of changing the face value, score and / or functional dependence are carried out, the nature of the operation being performed, the new value of the converted rate and / or the new functional dependence, as well as the nominal of the service rate . After the information about the transformations is completely generated, the input command is sent to the betting facility. Information about the nominal value of the official rate is fixed by means of determining the size of the prize fund, where the corresponding part of the indicated face value is included in the prize fund. The transforming operations themselves are carried out by means of determining the rate point for the receipt of information from the means of betting as a result of the input command. In this case, when you change the rate of a bet, it is assigned a point corresponding to the score of the object of the bet at the time of the input command.

The means for determining the value of the prize pool of the CCMC is made with additional capabilities for registering players, creating a personal account for each player and entering into this account the monetary amounts contributed by the specified player.

The tool for generating information about the objects of bets TsUOK made with the additional opportunity to accept applications sent by the participants of the game through the appropriate means of betting TUI, to form objects of bets, and enter into the game the specified objects of bets proposed by the participants of the game.

In addition, as can be seen from figure 3, the device includes a number of additional tools distributed between the CCO and TUI. TSUOK additionally includes: means for registering the course of the game, means for fixing the moment of winning or losing a bet, means for working with bets, means for obtaining information about the course of the game, means for identifying a player, means for controlling, and a time sensor. TUI additionally includes: a time sensor, player identification means, player actions registration means, information analysis means.

The TsUOK and TUI time sensors are connected with the TsUOK and TUI communication tools and allow you to link all events that occur, occur and / or are taken during the competition, as well as the actions of players during the game, to a single timeline. The device for conducting the game does not impose any stringent requirements on the communication channels of the central control center and the technical control system among themselves. The value of bets and combinations formed is largely determined by the time of their production, the course of the game should be transparent for the players and for the founders of the game, therefore, a strict time reference for all events occurring in the competition or game, and / or actions carried out through the CMA and each of the TUIs is necessary. . The time sensors TsUOK and TUI solve this problem.

- To implement this functionality, you can use both the clocks built into the computers on the basis of which the device for playing the game is built, as well as independent clocks with autonomous power supply (located on smart cards or made as separate blocks). For communication between time sensors TsUOK and TUI, the means of communication TsUOK and TUI are used. If the TsUOK and TUI do not have a direct connection with each other during the game, the player’s actions are recorded according to the readings of the TUI time sensor. At the time of transferring information about the rates from each TUI to the TsUOK, the operation of the time sensors of the TsUOK and this TUI is synchronized, which allows for the necessary adjustment.

TSUOK additionally contains means for fixing the moment of winning or losing a bet associated with the means of communication TSUOK; which at the time of winning the bet (when implementing situations, events or actions that are the subject of the bet) or at the time of losing it (when there are insurmountable obstacles to the implementation of these situations, events or actions) generates information about closing the bet. This information is used when recalculating the weights of already made bets and formed combinations and when introducing restrictions on the use of bet objects in newly made bets and on the conversion of denominations, points and functional dependencies of existing bets and combinations. This tool is associated with the means of generating information about the objects of rates and determine the value of the rate points.

- When building this tool, a server or workstation based on a Digital Alpha processor, Intel Pentium, or any similar, can be used as a hardware platform. The tool also includes a communication interface with the communication facility of the central control center, used to organize interaction with other means of the device for playing the game. As such an interface, an Ethernet 100Mb network adapter can be used.

The tool for determining the value of bet points is made with the additional possibility of recalculating the weights of the closed bets, as well as the weights of the formed combinations upon receipt of information from the means of fixing the moment of winning or losing the UACC bid on closing at least one bet out of the number of bets included in the indicated combinations. For these purposes, the tool has software or hardware for calculating the values assigned to the weights of losing bets, based on different methods for determining them, and the founders of the game indicate before it starts the method of calculating these values and enter the information necessary for such calculations.

The CTC also contains a betting information processing tool associated with the CTC tool and configured to rank the bets and / or formed bet combinations in accordance with their weight based on the information received from the bid score tool and determine the average value the weights of bets made and / or the formed combination of bets available in the game at a given time.

This tool also serves to store and process information about bets made by players.

- When building this tool, a server or workstation based on a Digital Alpha processor, Intel Pentium, or any similar, can be used as a hardware platform. For storing bid data, Microsoft SQL, ORACLE or the like can be used. The workstation performs all the operations necessary for the functioning of the tool, manages the DBMS, where the current rate information and intermediate data necessary for the operation of this tool are stored. The tool also includes a communication interface with the communication facility of the central control center, used to organize interaction with other means of the device for playing the game. As such an interface, an Ethernet 100Mb network adapter can be used.

The betting information processing means generates information about the weights of the bets made and the formed bet combinations after the predetermined fixed time intervals have elapsed. This functionality puts the participants in the game on an equal footing regardless of the type of communication they use between the CEC and TUI. Information about the bets made is collected and processed during a certain predetermined time interval. Upon its completion, the result simultaneously becomes available immediately to all participants in the game.

The betting information processing means is provided with an additional opportunity to inform each game participant about the current value of the weight of the bets and the combination of bets made and generated by the specified game participant.

The betting information processing tool is provided with an additional opportunity to inform game participants about the average weight of individual bets and / or combination of bets and the largest weight, be it the weight of a single bet and / or combination of bets or the weight belonging to several bets and / or several combinations of bets available in the game at a given time. The betting information processing means is made with an additional opportunity to determine the number of game participants based on information on registered players received from the prize pool determination means. The calculation and provision of the information listed in this paragraph is motivating. The participant of the game can compare the weight of his bets / combinations of bets with the weight of bets / combinations of bets of the leader of the game. At the same time, information about the largest weight of bets and / or bet combinations is anonymous: the game participants do not know who the leader is, nor when and how the leading bet was made or the leading combination of bets was formed. Only the highest and average weights are available.

The betting information processing tool has been implemented with the additional possibility of introducing restrictions on the use of bet objects in the event of the implementation of situations, events or actions that are the subject of bets, as well as the occurrence of insurmountable obstacles to the implementation of these situations, events or actions. The betting information processing tool has been implemented with the additional ability to introduce restrictions on changes in denominations and points of bets made, included in bet combinations, as well as to set restrictions on changing functional dependencies between bet weights and the weight of the combination that they enter, if information is received from the facility fixing the moment of winning or losing the TSUK bet on closing at least one bet included in the specified combination.

The tool for determining the size of the prize pool is made with an additional opportunity to inform each participant of the game about the balance of funds in his personal account created at the time of registration of the player. The tool for determining the size of the prize pool is made with the additional opportunity to inform each participant of the game about the current value of the prize pool.

The means for determining the amount of payments to players is made with the additional opportunity to inform each of its participants at the end of the game about the prize payments due to it and the impersonal distribution of the prize payments received by all participants in the game, as well as at the request of any player to provide a sequence of development of the combinations that ensured the payments that interested him, with binding information on the development of combinations to the absolute timeline. These features put the game under the control of players. Players are given the opportunity to verify that the data on the financial aspects of their participation in the game, recorded in the CMS, with their own data. As a result of information about changes in the prize pool, the financial aspect of the game as a whole is transferred to the control of the players, since each player can compare the changes in the prize pool for a certain period of time and the total face value of bets made by him for the same period. Information about the distribution of prize payments and the development of the combinations that led to these payments limits the possibility of fraud during the game.

Each TUI additionally contains a player identification means associated with the TUI means of communication, providing restrictions on access to participation of third parties in the game through this TUI. The TUI player identification tool allows you to provide access to game information through the TUI only to authorized persons.

- The means of identification, for example, may be a reader of microprocessor smart cards; the participant of the game, before using the TUI, inserts a personal smart card into the reader and gets access to participate in the game.

The CTC also contains a player identification tool associated with the CTC communication tool, which provides access to information circulating in the gaming network and to participation in the game exclusively to persons registered to participate in this game. The TsUOK player identification tool allows access to information about the game, which is in various TsUOK means, only to authorized persons who have registered. Identification is also necessary when providing access to the memory sectors containing information on their personal bets and formed combinations. This information is the confidential information of each player, and access to it is possible only for this player.

- When building this tool, a server or workstation based on a Digital Alpha processor, Intel Pentium, or any similar, can be used as a hardware platform. For storing authorization data of game participants, Microsoft SQL, ORACLE or the like can be used. The workstation performs all operations necessary for the functioning of the tool, manages the DBMS, where the current information about the registered participants of the game and the intermediate data necessary for the operation of this tool are stored. The tool also includes a communication interface with the communication facility of the central control center, used to organize interaction with other means of the device for playing the game. The network adapter Ethernet 100 Mb can be used as an interface.

The central control center additionally contains a means of obtaining information about the course of the competition associated with the communication center of the central control center.

- The means of obtaining information about the course of the competition also includes sensors for receiving information about the course of the event, as a result of which the game is played in automatic mode, and / or terminals for entering the specified information about the course of the event in manual mode. The means for obtaining information about the course of the game may further include means and / or be connected to means that simulate an event or action that is the subject of the game. At the same time, such an event can be a real event (sporting event, election results, etc.) or artificial (lottery, etc.). This tool allows you to receive information about such an event and presents it in a form suitable for use by other means of the device for the game. When building this tool, a server or a workstation based on the Digital Alpha processor, Intel Pentium, or any similar ones can be used as a hardware platform. The workstation performs all operations necessary for the functioning of the tool. The tool also includes a communication interface with the communication facility of the central control center, used to organize interaction with other means of the device for playing the game. As such an interface, an Ethernet 100Mb network adapter can be used. As a means of imitating an event or action that is the subject of a game, for example, a personal computer or a workstation that functions as a lottery drum can be used.

The central control center additionally contains a means of registering the course of the game associated with the communication center of the central control center and made in such a way that access to the information about the course of the game contained in the indicated means excludes the possibility of making changes to this information. The TsUOK game progress registration tool allows you to register changes in information (objects of bets, the implementation of certain events, the number and combination of bets, etc.) about the event that is the subject of the game and the actions of the players.

- This tool saves information using media that exclude changes to the recorded information, such as laser recording devices for computer CD-R discs, semiconductor memory modules with write once, etc. When building this tool, a server or a workstation based on the Digital Alpha processor, Intel Pentium, or any similar ones can be used as a hardware platform. The workstation performs all operations necessary for the functioning of the tool. The tool also includes a communication interface with the communication facility of the central control center, used to organize interaction with other means of the device for playing the game. As such an interface, an Ethernet 100Mb network adapter can be used.

The game progress registration means additionally contains memory sectors for storing information about the bets made and the formed bet combinations of each of the players. The game progress registration tool further comprises a separate memory sector for storing received information about the course of the competition. The game progress registration means further comprises a memory sector for storing information about the change in the prize pool of the game. The means of registering the progress of the game is made with the additional ability to register information about payments to the participants of the game. The means of registering the progress of the game is made with an additional opportunity to register information about deductions in favor of the founders of the game and for tax payments.

TUI additionally contains a means of recording player’s actions associated with the TUI means of communication and made in such a way that access to the information contained in the specified means excludes the possibility of making changes to this information. The TUI game progress registration tool allows you to record the actions of a specific player. The information stored in the player’s actions registration means of his TUI is the private information of this player and is protected from access by other participants in the game.

- This tool saves information using media that exclude changes to the recorded information, such as semiconductor memory modules with write once. This tool can be made in the form of a standard PCMCIA or PC Flash card and connected to the TUI expansion slot. The player’s action registration means further comprises a sector for storing information about the event or action that is the subject of the game.

TUI additionally contains an information analysis tool associated with the TUI communication tool and allowing the game participant to analyze the development prospects of their bets and combinations.

- This tool can be implemented as a separate unit or expansion module, including the necessary computing resources and memory resources (PCMCIA cards, etc.).

An information analysis tool allows a game participant to simulate a game’s progress. In this case, various analysis options are possible. Using information on the probability distributions specified by the founders of the game for specific betting objects, the player can receive estimates of the probability of the implementation of specific betting objects; he can also set the weight of the combination that he would like to receive, and analyze the various options for the development of his combination, leading to the desired weight, etc. The settlement information received by the player using the information analysis tool of his TUI is private information of this player and is protected from access to it by the CMS or other participants in the game.

A central control unit additionally contains control means associated with a central control unit of communication, made with the additional possibility to analyze the correspondence of the information stored in the corresponding sector of the means of recording the progress of the game of the central control unit, and the information stored in the player’s actions registration means of his TUI. Since the information stored by the registration means of the CEC and TUI can be recorded on various media and in a different format, it is necessary to solve the problem of reading and processing such information. The control means reads the information recorded by the registration means of the TUI and the registration means of the CCM, converts the presentation of the data to a single form and compares it.

- When building this tool, a server or workstation based on a Digital Alpha processor, Intel Pentium, or any similar, can be used as a hardware platform. To store the read information, Microsoft SQL, ORACLE or the like can be used. The workstation performs all operations necessary for the functioning of the tool, manages the DBMS, where all the information and intermediate data necessary for the operation of this tool are stored. This workstation also contains in its composition a communication interface with a communication facility of a central control center used to organize interaction with other means of a device for playing a game. As such an interface, an Ethernet 100Mb network adapter can be used.

The betting facility of each TUI is made with the additional ability to accept bets on a fixed-rate betting system. The tool for determining the size of the prize pool is made with the additional capabilities of separate accounting of prize pools for bets and combinations carried out by the proposed methods, and based on the system of bets with fixed wins, and accumulate financial resources contributed by the organizers of the game to ensure wins for bets with fixed wins. The means for determining the amount of payments to players is made with the additional ability to determine the size of payments at bets with fixed wins. These features allow you to combine a game based on combination of bets with playing on bets with fixed payments.

Thus, the above implementation of the device for the game provides the possibility of a game in which players place bets on objects of bets, which are used as the results of at least one competition, and / or individual situations, events and / or actions arising, occurring and / or undertaken during each of the competitions, and / or the results of these situations, actions and / or events, and form the prize pool of the game based on the sum of the face values of the bets made; at the same time, at the time the bet is made, a point is assigned to it in the form of a number assigned by the founders of the game, which from the moment of this assignment becomes its fixed point, and based on the face value of the bet and its fixed point, the weight of the bet is determined; moreover, during the game, at least one player forms at least one combination of bets from at least two bets; and the founders of the game offer each player at least two functional dependencies, each of which determines the relationship between the weight of the combination of bets and the weight of each of the bets combined in this combination, with the help of each of which the weights of at least two bets combined into one combination transform the weight of the resulting combination of bets, and when forming a combination of bets, the player chooses one of the functional dependencies offered to him to combine at least two bets into a combination, and the distribution The prize pool between the players is carried out in accordance with the weights of the combinations that turned out to win according to the results of the game, and / or individual winning bets that are not included in any combination.

In this case, a combination of bets is formed either by simultaneous bidding of at least two bets declared at the time of the bid combined into a combination, or on the basis of a bet not previously included in any combination, by joining at least one bet to it, or by combining at an extremely at least two previously formed separate combinations.

When combining more than two bets into a combination, or when at least one new bet is added to the aggregate of already combined bets, or when combining at least two previously formed combinations into a single combination, combining any two separate bets indicated by the player first is the first stage in the formation of a combination of bets, and the addition of each new bet to the aggregate of already combined bets or each combination into a single combination in the sequence indicated by the player the ear from the previously formed combinations represents the next stage in the formation of the combination of bets, and the founders of the game offer at each stage, starting with the second, at least one new functional dependence, or at least one functional dependence from the number offered at least at least one of the preceding steps, or at least one functional dependency among those proposed in at least one of the preceding steps, and at least one new functional dependency so that, using the proposed functional dependencies, on the basis of the weights of the set of already combined bets and the newly added bet or based on the weights of the combined bet combinations, we obtain the weight of the bet combination including all joined bets and combined bet combinations, and the player selects combinations for each stage one of the functional dependencies proposed for this stage.

An alternative way of playing a game is also possible, based on the use of computer and / or television dialogue technologies, in which, during the game, players place bets on objects of bets, which use either the results of at least one competition and / or individual situations, events and / or actions arising, occurring and / or undertaken during each of the competitions, and / or the results of these situations, actions and / or events; and form a prize fund of the game based on the sum of the face values of the bets made; at the same time, at the time of making a bet, she is assigned a point in the form of a number appointed by the founders of the game, which from the moment of this assignment becomes her fixed point; and based on the face value of the bet and its fixed point, the weight of the bet is determined; moreover, during the game, at least one player forms at least one combination of bets from at least two bets; in this case, when combining more than two bets in a combination or joining at least one new bet to the combination of already combined bets, or when combining at least two previously formed combinations, combining any two separate bets indicated by the player first is the first stage in the formation of a combination of bets, and the addition of each new bet to the aggregate of already combined bets or each combination into a single combination in the sequence indicated by the player m, of two of the previously formed combinations represents the next stage in the formation of the combination of bets, and the founders of the game offer at each of these stages either at least one new functional dependence, or at least one of the functional dependencies offered at least on one of previous steps, and at least one of these steps, starting from the second, or at least two new functional dependencies, or at least two functional dependencies from the dependencies offered at least one of the preceding stages, or at least one of the functional dependencies offered at least one of the preceding stages, and at least one new functional dependence, so that, based on the weights to be joined and joined rates and / or combined combinations of bets to get the weight of the formed combination of bets through the proposed functional dependencies, each of which determines the relationship of the weight of the combination of bets with the weights of bets, combined proxy in the combination together or attached to already combined rates, and / or weights of said betting combinations; and the player selects one of the functional dependencies proposed for this stage to form the weight of the combination for each stage, and the distribution of the prize pool between the players is carried out in accordance with the weights of the combinations that turned out to win according to the game results and / or individual winning bets that are not included in any one combination.

The main features of such a game are that, firstly, players are given the opportunity to play the game by forming a combination of bets, and secondly, the value characteristic of an individual bet or combination of bets is their weight, i.e. if the indicated bets or combination of bets turned out to win according to the results of the game, then the share of the prize pool attributable to the indicated bets and combinations is proportional to their weights, thirdly, that players are provided with different ways of forming the weight of the combination of bets based on the weights included in the bets, so combinations made up of the same bets in which identical bets have the same weight can result in different weights, i.e. if these combinations turned out to win according to the results of the game, then they account for different shares of the prize pool.

The combination of bets offered by the present invention, in principle, differs from the combined bets of US Pat. ) Each quinellas, trifectas, fourtrellas, parleys or teasers bet is placed on several bet objects. However, this rate has one denomination and a point and is made at one moment in time. Whereas each bet included in the combination of bets has all the attributes of a separate bet: its face value, score, weight and, therefore, can be used both as a separate bet and as part of a combination of bets. In addition, bets included in the combination of bets are made, and combinations of bets are formed throughout the game until its end.

The betting combinations of the present invention are externally similar to Futures and Propositions “Sportsbetting com Rules” (http // www. Sportsbetting.net). However, Futures and Propositions are intended solely for sporting events, which are repeated from year to year and consist of many rounds (for example, football championships), each of which is separated from the previous round by a certain period of time. They are not used in games with bets organized by the results of a single competition, for example, one football match. At the same time, the Futures and Propositions system does not stipulate that betting sets formed from identical bets can bring different wins to players.

In existing games, including those organized according to the rules of Sportsbetting com, bets can differ by the object or objects on which or on which they are placed, by the face value of bets, and in games in which the conditions for the formation of bets change over time, they also differ in time production rate. Bets can also differ in terms of whether they are included or not included in the combination of bets, and combinations of bets - by the sets of bets included in them. However, two bets on the same object, bets that have the same face value and made at the same time, from the point of view of existing methods of games, are considered identical, i.e. if these bets are won, they bring the players the same winnings. The combinations formed on the basis of identical bets by the same or different players are also identical, i.e., such combinations also bring the same wins.

The principle of equality of identical bets, as it is understood in all existing games with bets, essentially means the equality of bets in everything that does not concern the object of the bet, the face value of the bet, the moment the bet was made, the inclusion or non-inclusion of bets in a combination, as well as the equality of combinations bets formed on the basis of identical bets, and this principle is fundamental in all existing methods of games with bets.

The most important distinguishing feature of the game, the implementation of which was possible when using the claimed device, is that players are offered various functional dependencies that link the weight of the combinations with the weights of their bets, and the players themselves when choosing the combination of bets choose that functional dependence or those functional dependencies that seem optimal to them. This means that bets made on the same object at the same time and having the same denomination, score and weight can be combined with other identical bets, according to different laws, and as a result of this, formed combinations they will bring different benefits to their owners if they are lucky, which essentially means a violation of the principle of equality of identical rates in its generally accepted interpretation. The provision according to which two combinations made up of identical bets can bring different wins is not just not used in the current methods of betting games - it contradicts these methods.

At the same time, this provision provides the player with a plurality of ways to form combinations of bets, opening up opportunities for the implementation of various tactical and strategic options for playing the game, and makes the participation of players in the game creative. Even in those cases when, at the formation of the weight of the combination, the players at each stage choose one of two functional dependencies, the number of possible combinations increases rapidly with the number of combined bets and reaches many millions with the number of bets in the combination of about 10.

The founders of the game before each game select bet objects, assign points to bets characterizing the value of bets on different bet objects on the basis of a single scale of values, which allows you to make and compare bets on a variety of bet objects in the game; inform the game participants about the objects of bets and the points assigned to them. However, during the game, each player can choose his own bet object, send an application for the specified bet. If it is technically possible to determine the score for this bet, his application is accepted, he is notified of the score for such a bet, and if he agrees with the specified score, the player confirms the production of the specified bet based on the proposed score.

The prize fund is formed by deducting from the sum of face values of bets made by players, a fixed percentage in favor of the founders of the game and for the payment of tax deductions. The game carried out by means of the claimed device is close to the system of bets with variable value (“variable price betting”, “pari-mutuel betting”, “dividend system wagering”): at the time of betting, the ratio “win size / par value” remains unknown, the founders of the game do not bear financial risks, and the prize fund is formed as the sum of the face values of bets minus deductions in favor of the founders of the game and tax deductions.

There are two ways to determine the score assigned to bets. The fixed score of each bet is calculated as a value proportional to the inverse of the probability of the implementation of the corresponding bet object. The fixed score of each bet is calculated as a value proportional to the probability of the implementation of the corresponding bet object.

The determination of probabilities is carried out in accordance with the rules of probability theory and mathematical statistics (Korolyuk B.C. et al. Handbook of Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics, M., Nauka, 1985, 640 pp.). The probability distributions of some bet objects (for example, places in a race) are discrete, and some (for example, speed or lap time) are continuous. Therefore, depending on the nature of the object of rates, different approaches should be used to calculate probabilities.

For example, in Formula 1 Grand Prix races, the probability of n teams leaving the race of both riders can be described by a hypergeometric distribution and calculated in accordance with the expression:

where P _{N, M} (n, k) is the probability of the bet object; N is the total number of Formula 1 racers; M - the average number of riders who leave the race; k = 2 (number of riders in the team);

- биномиальный коэффициент

- binomial coefficient

The likelihood of such a rider on the mth circle is described by a geometric distribution and calculated in accordance with the expression:

where p is the probability of vanishing when passing one circle.

The probability that the rider’s speed on the next lap will lie in the speed range (v _a and v _b ) is described by a modified Pearson type I distribution and is determined by the integral:

Where

v is the distribution parameter and v _max is the maximum speed developed by this rider.

When calculating the probabilities of the implementation of bet objects, calculation methods based on other probability distributions can also be used. Some of these distributions are discrete: degenerate, Bernoulli, binomial, generalized binomial, Pascal, Poia, Poisson, Borel-Tanner, etc. Continuous distributions can also be used: uniform, Simpson, exponential, hyperexponential, normal, beta, Cauchy, Laplace, χ ² distribution, χ ² distribution, student, Fischer-Snedecor, lognormal, logistic, Pareto, z-distribution, Weibull Gnedenko, the remaining 10 types of Pearson distribution, etc.

The probabilities of the implementation of bet objects can also be determined on the basis of expert estimates. In this case, the rules for determining the probabilities and associated points must be fixed before the game starts and are available to all participants in the game.

All this allows you to create an objective scale of value of bets on various objects of bets and combine in one combination bets on a variety of objects of bets. For example, when playing around one of the Formula 1 Grand Prix, have an objective scale of values for bets: a) for any rider to occupy any place, b) for the amount of places occupied by such and such a team, c) that such and such the rider will show the best time on such a circle, d) that the stop of such a rider at the “pit stop” will be the shortest, e) that stops of riders at the “pit stop” will occur at such and such circles, e) that so many riders will get out of the race for technical reasons, and so much as a result of their own mistakes or a collision th, g) that the leader will bypass the rider who has taken such a place, by 1, 2 or 3 laps, and) that such a rider after stopping at the pit stop will be in the race at such a place , j) that the number of spectators of the competition will exceed such and such a number, etc., etc. Such an objective scale of value for bets allows combining bets on results, situations, events or actions arising, occurring or undertaken during various competitions. It significantly expands the game base for the formation of betting combinations.

There are also 4 ways to determine the weight of a bet. If the points are proportional to the inverse probability of the realization of the corresponding bet object, then the weight of the bet is determined either as the product of the bet face value by its fixed point or as the sum of the stake face value and its fixed point. If the points are proportional to the probability of realization of the corresponding bet object, then the weight of the bet is determined either as the quotient of dividing the face value of the bet by its fixed point or by subtracting the fixed bet point from its face value. Moreover, in all operations with bet weights, these weights are conditionally considered as dimensionless quantities.

Bet weights can also be determined on the basis of denominations and scores of specified bids by means of other functional dependencies, for example, tables or dependencies, including exponential, logarithmic, trigonometric, inverse trigonometric, elliptic, special and other functions, they can be expressed using nomograms, progressions, proportions , series, integrals, differentials, combinatorics operations, etc.

The points assigned to bets can be equal to one when determining the weights of bets through the operations of multiplication or division, and for operations of addition or subtraction, to zero. This essentially means that the weight of the bet is equal to its face value.

The probability of realization of the object of the bet before the start of the competition is calculated based on the results of previous competitions and / or situations, events and / or actions that arose, occurred and / or undertaken during previous competitions, and / or the results of these situations, actions and / or events.

Bets on the final results of the competition are accepted during the competition until the end of the competition, which coincides with the moment the game ends, and bets on situations, events and / or actions that occur and / or are taken during the competition, and / or on the results of these situations, events and / or actions and / or on the intermediate results of the competition are accepted either until the moment of their implementation, and / or fixing their results or intermediate results of the competition, or the moment after which the implementation of these situations, with events and / or actions becomes impossible, and such bets until the moment of implementation and / or fixing of their results and / or intermediate results of the competition, or the moment of occurrence of insurmountable obstacles to the implementation of these situations, events and / or actions are open, and at the moment the implementation and / or fixing of their results and / or intermediate results of the competition, or at the time of the occurrence of insurmountable obstacles to the implementation of these situations, events and / or actions, these bets are closed, and from that moment they reveal closed. When calculating the score of a bet made during the game, changes in the probability of realization of the bet object, reflecting situations, events and / or actions arising, occurring and / or undertaken during the competition on which this game is based, and / or the results of these situations are taken into account , actions and / or events, and / or intermediate results of the competition, as well as the time remaining until the end of the competition, in competitions with a fixed duration and / or the distance remaining to the finish, in competitions with a fixed distance.

The probability of the realization of the objects of bets changes during the course of the competition, firstly, because some situations, events or actions of the players contribute to or hinder this implementation, and secondly, since, as the time remaining until the end of the competition, in competitions in which the time of the competition is limited, or the distance to the finish line in competitions in which there is a fixed distance, the probability increases that the situation that has developed in the competition at this moment will remain unchanged oh. Therefore, in competitions in which the duration of the competition is limited (for example, in football), or distance (for example, in Formula 1 races), the time remaining until the end of the competition, or the distance left to the finish, is also taken into account when calculating points.

The time or distance to the end of the competition can be taken into account by factors determined, for example, by the formulas:

where t is the time elapsed since the start of the competition, and T is the total duration of the competition, and

where l is the distance traveled by the participants and L is the total length of the distance.

An alternative way to determine the coefficients K _BP or K _distances is associated with the use of exponential dependencies:

Other ways of determining the coefficients of K _BP or K _distances based on power, logarithmic and other dependencies can also be used.

Moreover, if we are talking about maintaining the place that this rider occupies in the competition, then his points are multiplied by K _BP or K _distances , and if the change of place, they are divided by K _BP or K _distances .

Given the coefficients K _BP or K _distances scoring rates K _cm are expressed by the formulas:

in bets on saving the result, or

in rates for its change.

In the present method, the probabilities of realizing the objects of bets and the variations of these probabilities due to the course of the competition are taken into account by points and their variations. However, changes in these probabilities can also be taken into account by varying functional dependencies that relate the weights of the combinations to the weights of their bets. In this game, the functional dependencies connecting the combination weights with the weights of the bets included in them can vary from one betting object to another, and from stage to stage, and in time, which makes it possible to take into account the probabilities of the implementation of betting objects and their variations by varying functional dependencies. Moreover, the determination of combination weights by means of functional dependencies depending on the probability of realization of bet objects can be carried out both on the basis of weights and on the basis of par values included in the indicated combinations.

At least one of the functional dependencies for determining the weight of a bet combination is an arithmetic operation or a sequence of arithmetic operations on the weights of individual bets combined in a given bet combination. At least one of the functional dependencies for determining the weight of a bet combination is a table or a collection of tables. At least one of the functional dependencies for determining the weight of a bet combination includes multiplying the denominations and scores of individual bets by the previously entered coefficients and the subsequent use of either an arithmetic operation, or a sequence of arithmetic operations, or a table, or a set of tables. At least one functional dependence used in determining the weight of a combination of bets is an arithmetic operation or a sequence of arithmetic operations, and the other is a table or a set of tables. At least one arithmetic operation or sequence of arithmetic operations is or includes operations of summation and / or multiplication.

For the relationship between the weights of bets and combinations, other dependencies may also be offered, which may include exponential, logarithmic, trigonometric, inverse trigonometric, elliptic, special and other functions, as well as expressed using nomograms, progressions, proportions, series, integrals, differentials, operations combinatorics, etc. The indicated functional dependencies can also be applied in cases where the weight of the bets is equal to their denominations.

The use of functional dependencies expressed by summation and multiplication seems optimal. They are most convenient, first of all, for players due to the simplicity of the analysis of the consequences of using a particular operation. For example, if the weight of bet A is 2.537, and the weight of bet B is 2.412, then even without calculations it is clear that the functional dependence realized through the multiplication operation leads to more weight of the combination than the dependence realized through summation. On the contrary, if the weight of bet A is 1.537, and the weight of bet B is 1.412, then it is obvious that summation leads to more weight of the combination than multiplication. The predictability of the results of using one or another functional dependence is especially important in cases where a player, having formed a combination, must choose further strategy and tactics of the game in the conditions of rapid changes in the situation during the competition.

The invention also provides for the possibility that the loss of one of the bets included in the combination of bets does not automatically lead to the loss of the entire combination of bets. The implementation of this feature is defined by the following provisions. After the sale of the object of the bet or the occurrence of a situation that excludes the specified sale, the bet closes; the weight of the winning closed bet is kept equal to the weight obtained on the basis of the face value and the fixed score, and the weight of the losing closed bet is taken equal to the number assigned by the founders of the game, and the new combination weight is determined taking into account the change in the weights of the closed bets included in it; in this case, the weight of the combination after closing all bets included in it is considered as the total used in the division of the prize pool. The absolute value of the numbers assigned to the weights of closed losing bets is either zero or the quotient of dividing the weight of the bet by a number equal to or greater than one. The numbers assigned to the weights of the lost bets may also depend on the objects of bets and / or vary from stage to stage and / or over time of the competition and / or game.

For the game, two methods are proposed for determining the values of numbers assigned to the weights of losers of closed bets. In the method, which will be called first for brevity, to determine the numbers assigned to losing bets in a game in which, at one of the stages of forming a combination, players are provided with two functional dependencies, one of these dependencies, which leads to more weight of the combination made up of bets, the weight of each of which exceeds 2 is considered major, and the other minor; the weight of the closed loser is assigned a value equal to zero if the bet is separate or the weight of the bet is connected by a mathematical operation leading to a major functional dependence, which is performed first due to its priority or associativity, with the weight of at least or one other combination bet including the indicated bet, or one set of bets included in the specified combination; or make the weight negative, while maintaining its absolute value unchanged if the weight of the specified rate is associated with a mathematical operation that leads to a minor functional dependence, which is performed first due to its priority or associativity, with the weight of any other combination rate that includes this rate, or with the weight of any combination bids included in the specified combination.

In an alternative way of selecting the numbers assigned to the weights of closed losing bets included in the combination of bets, which is hereinafter referred to as the second, two service combinations are formed that include the same number of bets, and all bets of both combinations have the same weight, and to obtain the weights of each of these combinations use only one of the compared functional dependencies; and the indicated numbers are selected in such a way that if the percentage of losing bets is less than 50% of the total number of bets in the combination, the combination would have more weight, when forming one of the correlated dependencies would be used, and if the percentage of losing bets greater than the specified 50% would be greater would be the weight of the combination obtained through another relationship.

The provision according to which the loss of one bet or even part of the combination bets does not automatically lose the entire combination is brought to an end in the second method, according to which the weight of the combination of bets can be non-zero even if all the bets included in it are lost. This, in principle, does not violate the law of games with bets, which is also the basis of the present invention, that prizes to winners are formed due to losses of losers. The weight of the combination made up of losing bets is an insignificant fraction of the weight of the combinations, a significant part of the bets of which turned out to be the winner. The compensation that a player will potentially receive based on the weight of the losing combination will be small in comparison with his cost of making bets.

In practice, the coordination of numbers assigned to losing bets in the 2nd method can be carried out as follows. Estimate the average weight of the bets used in games by this method, and the average number of bets per one combination in these games. Two service combinations of bets are formed for which the weight of individual bets is equal to the average weight of bets, and the number of bets is equal to the average number of these bets in combinations formed in accordance with this method. It is also accepted that the weight of both service combinations is equal if the proportion of losing bets in each of these combinations is 50%. This method allows you to agree on the relative values of these numbers.

We illustrate the described procedure by means of combinations whose weights were obtained through the operations of multiplication and summation. In this case, the number assigned to the weight of the losing bet in combination to determine the weight in which the multiplication operation (major) was used can be estimated by the formula:

where n is the total number of bets in the combination;

y is the number assigned to the weight of the losing bets in a combination in which the summation operation was used to obtain its weight;

- итоговый вес комбинации ставок с функциональной зависимостью, осуществляемой посредством суммирования;

- the total weight of the combination of rates with the functional dependence, carried out by means of summation;

- вес половины комбинации ставок с функциональной зависимостью, осуществляемой посредством умножения.

- the weight of half the combination of bets with functional dependence, carried out through multiplication.

In a game in which the numbers assigned to the losing bets are assigned on the basis of both the 1st and 2nd methods, the following procedure can be used to determine the weight of the losing bets. Typical average weights of bet combinations in combinations are determined in which the weight of the losing bet is determined based on the 1st method. The typical average number of winning bets and the average weight of the winning bet in combinations using the 2nd method are found, and for the average weight of the bet and the average number of winning bets, it is determined at what numbers assigned to the losing bets the combination weight in which the total weight of the combination obtained in accordance with the 2nd method, is equal to the weight of the combination for which this weight is determined by the 1st method.

We illustrate the described procedure through combinations using the operations of multiplication and summation. If the combination weight is determined by the 2nd method and only the multiplication operation was used, then the number assigned to the weight of the losing bet can be estimated using the formula:

and the number assigned to the weight of the losing combination when using the summation operation, according to the formula:

where U is the weight of the combination obtained by the 1st method;

A is the average weight of the bet;

n is the average number of bets in a combination;

m - the average number of losing bets, where the weight is determined by the 2nd method.

The proposed method for determining the numbers assigned to lost bets can be easily generalized to the case when bets are involved in the game, the final weights of which are formed in accordance with both methods, and the operation is also used to form the weights of combinations determined in accordance with the 2nd method summation and multiplication operation. In this case, the number matching scheme is as follows. At the first stage, using the formula 12, the ratio between the numbers assigned to the major and minor losing bets is determined, for which the final weight is formed in accordance with the 2nd method. Next is the average total weight of the combinations in which the indicated weight is formed by the 1st method, and using the formulas 13, 14, the numbers assigned to the losing bets in the combination in which the 2nd method is used are selected so that the final weight of the last combination with a typical distribution between major and minor bets and a typical share of winning bets, it was equal to the average total weight of the combination corresponding to the 1st method.

The game also provides the ability to manage the denominations and points of already made and fixed bets, as well as the weights of the formed combinations. This possibility is determined by the following statement. The method, characterized in that the player has the ability to change the weight of at least one bet by increasing its face value by adding a monetary amount to the face value of the bet and / or by bringing the value of its fixed point to the value of that fixed point that the indicated rate would have if it was made at the time of the specified change, and / or to change the weight of at least one combination of bets by changing the functional dependence that relates the weight of the bets of this combination with the weight of the specified combination. The method of changing the denominations and points of bets and combination weights is also determined. The face value and / or score of a single bet and / or the weight of a combination of bets are changed by introducing at least one bet that does not have its own weight, the face value of which only participates in increasing the prize pool of the game and is not added to the face value of the bet whose score is being changed, or to the face value of any rate from those rates in relation to which a functional dependence is changed that relates the weight of the indicated rates to the weight of the combination including the indicated rates, and is also not included in the value added to the nominal at the rate whose value is increased.

Another game method is possible, alternative to the above methods. In this method of conducting a game based on the use of computer and / or television interactive technologies, during the course of the game, players place bets on objects of bets, which are used either as the results of at least one competition and / or individual situations, events and / or actions arising, occurring and / or undertaken during each of the competitions, and / or the results of these situations, actions or events, the prize pool of the game is formed on the basis of the sum of the face values of the bets made; at the time the bet is made, a point is assigned to it, depending on the object of this bet and / or the time at which this bet is made and which from the moment of this assignment becomes its fixed score; and based on the face value of the bet and its fixed point, the weight of the bet is determined; moreover, during the game, at least one player forms at least one combination of bets from at least two bets; the founders of the game offer each player one functional dependence, by which, based on the weights of at least two bets combined into a combination of bets, the weight of the specified combination of bets is obtained, and if the specified bet is successful, then its weight is kept unchanged, and if the bet is lost , then its weight is taken equal to the number established by the founders of the game, and get the new weight of the bet combination taking into account the weight of the losing bet equal to the assigned number, and the distribution of the prize fund between Okami carried out in accordance with the final weights of combinations containing the winning and losing bets, and / or individual winning bets not included in any combination.

In this method of the game, players cannot select functional dependencies between the weights of the combinations and their bets when combining bets into a combination or when new bets are added to a combination, and there is no division into main and additional bets. Functional dependencies in games by this method can be based on arithmetic operations and sequences of arithmetic operations, expressed using tables and sets of tables, nomograms, progressions, proportions, series, integrals, differentials, combinatorics operations, etc., and also include exponential, logarithmic , trigonometric, inverse trigonometric, elliptic, special and other functions. In all operations related to determining the weights of combinations of bets, the weights of bets that make up these combinations are considered dimensionless. The weights of the bet combinations get the same dimension as the denominations of the constituent bets. In games by this method, the weight of a single losing bet is assigned a value equal to zero. The numbers assigned to the weights of lost bets may also depend on the objects of bets and / or vary from bet to bet and / or over the course of a competition or game.

There is a possible way of a game in which players do not have the ability to select functional dependencies when combining bets into a combination or joining a new bet to an existing combination. In this method, each action associated with the formation of a combination or joining a combination of a new bet is considered as a stage in the formation of the final combination of bets. At the same time, at each stage, the player is required to use a certain dependence, through which the weight of the combination is formed at this stage.

However, this method can be considered as a variant of the method described in the previous two paragraphs.

The position is determined in accordance with which the weight of the combination is formed, including at least one closed losing bet. The weight of such a combination is obtained through at least one of the functional dependencies used in the formation of the specified combination of bets, and / or at least one of the functional dependencies that arose as a result of a change in the weight of the specified combination of bets, and / or at least one other functional dependence proposed by the founders of the game. In this case, the functional dependencies used to determine the weights of combinations containing losing bets may depend on the objects of bets and / or vary from bet to bet and / or with the time of a competition or game. This item applies to all methods.

During the game, its participants are periodically informed: about the largest weight of a single bet or combination of bets, about the estimated average weight of individual bets or combinations, about the prize pool that are in the game at the time of the transfer of information, about the current value of the weight of bets and combinations, produced or formed by this player, as well as the number of participants in the game at that time. This item applies to all methods.

Additionally provide an opportunity for players to make bets with fixed wins. This item applies to all methods. Players are given the opportunity to make bets with fixed wins, which expands the ability of players to choose a way of playing the game that suits them.

The equalization of the financial capabilities of the players can also be facilitated by the creation of a game bank, in which players contribute amounts to ensure their bets, as well as restrictions on the maximum amount placed in the game bank and the minimum face value of each bet.

EXAMPLES OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INVENTION (see tab. 1-6).

We illustrate the proposed methods by the example of how the game could take place around the Formula 1 race in Monte Carlo on June 4, 2000. Table 1 shows the places occupied by the riders according to the results of qualification and race.

In the table, the results of riders who took places after 9 and left the race after completing one of the laps are indicated in accordance with the number of laps completed by them, therefore Verstapen, having completed 52 laps, took a place higher than M. Schumacher, who completed 47 laps, although in race M . Schumacher ahead of Verstapen by 2 laps.

In the proposed example of the game’s implementation, points assigned to bets were determined on the basis of expert estimates according to the rules given below, since the authors did not have the data necessary for probabilistic calculations. In addition, it was assumed that the face values of all bets are equal to some arbitrary unit. Rules for calculating points and weights of bet combinations:

1. The chances of players to take one place or another are entirely determined by the results of the Saturday qualification on June 3, 2000. The player’s chance to retain his place in the qualification is maximum. Preservation by a player of a place occupied in qualification or occupied by him during the race has a score equal to 1.5.

2. Moving a player to one place relative to the place occupied by him on the qualification or at some point in the race, it does not matter up or down the table of the final results of the race is estimated at 0.5 points; thus, the bet that Hakkinen, who took 5th place according to the results of qualification, would be 6th according to the final results of the race, would have a score of 2.0 if he was made at the time of the start.

3. The player’s movement to n places relative to the place occupied by him on the qualification, doesn’t matter up or down according to the table of the final results of the race, is estimated at n × 0.5 points; thus, the bet that Barichello, who took the 6th place according to the results of qualification, would be 2nd according to the final results of the race, would have a score of (6-2) × 0.5 + 1.5 = 3.5 if would be made at the time of launch.

4. Each second of the lag increases the score by 1/25, since it is believed that an advance of ≈25 s guarantees the rider from trouble during a technical stop (pit stop).

, знак "плюс" перед членом m/25 отвечает ставке на то, что гонщик "А" переместится на место n₂, а знак "минус" ставке на то, что он сохранит место n₁.5. The point of betting that the driver “A”, who takes the place n ₁ during the race and competes with the driver “B”, which takes the place n ₂ , which he is ahead of or m seconds behind, will take the place n ₂ calculated by the formula:

, the plus sign in front of the m / 25 member corresponds to the bet that the driver “A” will move to the place n ₂ , and the minus sign to the bet that he will keep the place n ₁ .

где l - число полных кругов, пройденных лидером гонки с начала гонки, L=70 - общее число кругов гонки в Монте-Карло; Будем также считать, что в том случае, когда член m/25 превышает сумму членов

, то коэффициент К равен нулю.6. We will also assume that the coefficient K of _distances is determined by the formula:

where l is the number of complete laps traveled by the leader of the race since the start of the race, L = 70 is the total number of laps of the race in Monte Carlo; We will also assume that in the case when the m / 25 member exceeds the sum of the members

, then the coefficient K is equal to zero.

7. Schumacher and Kulhard passed circles on average for 82 s, so advancing in a circle can be considered 82/25 = 3.28 points.

NOTES. Further, for brevity, the following terminology is used: if the primary mathematical operation by which the weight of a given bet is included in the weight of a combination of bets was the multiplication operation, then the bet is called the main one, if it was an addition operation, then it is an additional one; the part of the combination formed by the main and additional bets attached to it is called a composite bet, a bet whose weight is added to the weight of the combination as a whole is called parallel.

The following are three examples of the game: the first one provides that only the multiplication operation was used to form the functional dependencies, the addition was used in the 2nd, and the addition and multiplication in the 3rd.

BLOCK scheme in numbers:

1.5 1.5 · {(2-1) · 0.5 + 1.5 + 0.3 / 25} / (cosα) 1.5 · (cosα) 1.5 · (cosβ) · {(6 -2) -0.5 + 1.5} / (cosβ) · 1.5 / (cosβ) · 0 = 0.

After Schumacher left, the value of the weight of the bet on him 1.5 is deducted twice, since the bet on Schumacher already entered the initial weight with a weight of +1.5. Formally, before the operation of doubling the face value of a bet on Fisichella, its initial weight should be multiplied, taking into account the time coefficient of 3.207, however, this rate was converted to the main one, as a result its weight decreased by 15% (coefficient 0.85), in addition, the operation of increasing the face value is fraught with penalties sanctions, as a result of which the weight of the converted bet is reduced by 30% (coefficient 0.7), in addition, when the converted bet is included in the combination, its previous weight = 2.726, as already included in the combination weight, should be deducted.

BLOCK scheme in numbers:

1.5 + 1.5 + {(2-1) · 0.5 + 1.5 + 0.3 / 25} / (cosα) + 1.5- (cosα) + 1.5- (cosβ) + {(62) · 0.5 + 1.5} / (cosβ) + 1.5 / (cosβ) · 3.0 = 16.324

BLOCK scheme in numbers:

At the end of the game, the total weight of the combination is U = A · B · C, where A is the total weight of the composite bet on M. Schumacher-Hakkinen-Fisichella; B - total weight of the bet on Culhard-Villeneuve-Umbrella, C - weight of the bet on Barichello:

U = 84,057

Determining the numbers assigned to losing bets

If we consider that the total value of the weight of the combination of bets at 84.057 is average and used to calculate the values of the numbers assigned to the weights of the losing bets, formulas 13 and 14, then these numbers will turn out to be anomalously large. (If we assume that the same bets used in the previous examples participate in the formation of the combination of bets, and the weight of the combination of bets is formed as a result of functional dependencies based on the summation operation, then the number obtained by formula 14 is ≈7.51, which exceeds by more than 4 times the average weight of these bets, which is equal to ≈1.83). This contradiction is simply explained. In examples illustrating the development of a game in which the weight of a combination of bets is formed in accordance with the method of clause 26, an abnormally high proportion of winning bets (8 out of 9) was postulated, which is hardly typical in a real game. As a result, the weight of the combination corresponding to the method of paragraph 26 turned out to be overestimated. If we assume that the average total weight of the combination of bets typical for the method of clause 26 does not exceed 20, then the indicated number is significantly less than one or even becomes negative.

To illustrate the laws of formation of a combination of bets, the final weight of which is formed in accordance with the method in which the numbers assigned to the losing bets are selected, we assume that the number y assigned to the losing bets in the combination, the weight of which is formed as a result of the summation operations, is 0.5, the average weight of a bet is 10, and the number of bets in a combination of bets is 12. Let us estimate on this basis the value of the number x assigned to the losing bets in combinations for which their weight is formed as a result of multiplication .

In accordance with formula 12:

where A is the average weight of the bet, equal to 10.

With the indicated numbers, the total weights of the combinations formed in accordance with clause 27 on the basis of the operations of summation and multiplication, and with a share of winning bets equal to 50% of the total number of bets in the combination, are 63. Using the proposed device, the game process can be conditionally divided into stages which are shown in the following table and marked in figure 2.

PROTOTYPES

1. Hall G.T.A., Specified return determinator. US 5,873,782, Registration Date:

February 23, 1999

2. Mindes B.M. System and method for wagering at fixed handicaps and / or odds on a sport events. US 5,573,244. Date of registration: November 12, 1996

Claims (1)

A device for holding a game, during which players place bets on betting objects, comprising a central control and processing complex (CCUK) and at least one terminal of a game participant (CUI), the CACM contains a communication tool for arranging the interaction of the CACM means with each other and with the CUI , a tool for generating information about objects of bets, a means for determining the value of a bet point, a means for determining a prize pool, a means for determining the amount of payments to players, each of the TUIs contains communication means for organizing the interaction of the TUI means with each other and with the CTC, a betting tool, a means of displaying information, while the CTC additionally contains a tool for processing the information of bets connected through a communication tool of the CCP with the means for determining the value of the score and through the communication means of the CCP and TUI with the CAM and made with the ability to generate, at the expiration of fixed time intervals, information about the weights of bets made and formed combinations of bets, to distribute the bets and / or and the formed combination of bets in accordance with their weight and to inform each participant of the game both about the current value of the weight of bets and combinations of bets made and formed by the indicated participant of the game, and about the average weight of individual bets and / or combinations of bets and about the largest weight, available in the game at a given point in time, and the betting facility of each of the TUIs is made with the additional possibility of entering changes in the denominations and / or points already made and registered to the founders and betting games, and the means for determining the value of the score of the TsUOK bet is made with the additional possibility of making the indicated change in the denominations and points of the bets already made and registered by the founders of the game.

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