Cfph, LLC

Cantor Index Limited

Interactive Games Limited

Espeed, Inc.

Bgc Partners, Inc.

Cg Technology Development, LLC

Other

Lee M Amaitis

Joseph M Asher

Howard W Lutnick

Darrin Michael Mylet

Alan Brent Wilkins

James C Johnson

Dean P Alderucci

Paul Williams

Phillip L Flaherty

Michael Sweeting

Robert F Bahrampour

Andrew Garrood

Mike Colbert

Joseph C Noviello

Dominic Crosthwaite

Adam Burgis

Thomas D Bradshaw

Anthony Storm

Foster Barton

Heather Parks

Geoffrey M Gelman

Jim Johnson

Kevin Burman

Christopher John Davie

Sunny Tara

Kenneth L Miller

Quinton Singleton

Manu Gambhir

Matthew Holt

Guy Iain Oliver Riches

David Anthony Puckeridge

Peter Kenneth Lawrey

Nolan Glantz

Jacob Loveless

Matthew Morrissette

Peter Christopher Rotondo

Reed Stephens

Robert E Bahrampour

Craig Lipka

Ian Epstein

Jason Simbal

Stephen M Merkel

Noel Fuentes

Philip Flaherty

Guy Iain Oliver

Nigel J Renton

Guy Lain Oliver Riches

Techniques for adaptively checking the location of a smart phone that provides a user access to a gambling service are described. For example, a user is provided access to the gambling service via a smart phone, which uses a program wrapper to provide a gambling app. The distance of the smart phone from a border of a U.S. state where gambling is allowed may be determined. The rates at which location checks are performed to determine the distance may vary. The distance may be determined by obtaining geographic location data (e.g., including GPS information, WiFi signal information or cellular signal information, etc.) from the wrapper, which is associated with a gambling application installed on the smart phone. The gambling application provides access to the gambling service. A portion of the gambling application is written in a programming language different from the wrapper.

Gambling service with adaptive location checking frequency

Techniques are described for determining the functionality and displays on a computing device that provides online gambling. The functionality and displays can be based on a player's location and availability. For example, a location check of the player's online gaming computing device is performed. Based on the location check, the location of the device is received, which is then used to determine the jurisdiction in which the user is located. Gaming functionalities are then determined based on gaming regulatory rules of the jurisdiction, such as whether gambling is allowed in the jurisdiction. A gaming interface on the online gaming computing device is displayed based on these functionalities. The gaming interface enables the user to engage in a gaming session. The gaming interface also enables the user to view available players from a friend list who are also located in a jurisdiction where gambling is allowed.

Determining the functionality and display of an online gambling application based on the player's availability and location

Techniques for verifying that a smart phone is authorized to use a gambling application are described. For example, a wrapper installed on the phone detects a request to initialize the application, a request to log into the application, or a request to place a wager through a gambling service of the application. The wrapper also obtains a list of applications installed on smart phone. Servers, based on such requests, obtain a geographic location of the phone to determine whether the geographic location of the phone is a location where gambling is allowed. The servers also determine whether the phone is rooted based on the list. In response to determining that the phone is in a location where gambling is allowed and determining that the phone is not rooted, the servers transmit a message to the phone indicating that a user of the phone is allowed to gamble.

Smart phone with gambling application that checks for unauthorized applications and processes

Techniques for determining odds for electronic betting on a live sporting event automatically based on trusted sources are described. For example, information related to an in-progress, live sporting event is received from sources. Each source has a calculated, respective trust score. Once the live sporting event has started, but before a certain outcome of the live sporting event has been determined, possible future values of the outcome are determined. A respective probability for each of the possible future values is calculated based on the information and reliability information. The reliability information is based on the respective trust scores of the sources. Based on the probabilities and repeated calculations of the reliability information, odds for betting that one of the possible future values of the outcome is calculated.

Wagering on event outcomes during the event

Various embodiments of a successive choice game including methods and apparatus are described. Further embodiments are disclosed.

Amusement devices and games involving successive choices

Techniques for checking whether a smart phone can use a gambling are described. For example, a wrapper application associated with a gambling application determines whether the smart phone is authorized to use a gambling service based on whether the smart phone is running an unapproved/approved process, whether the smart phone has an unapproved/approved application installed, and whether an operating system running on the smart phone is unapproved/approved for use with the gambling service. In response to determining that the smart phone is authorized to use the gambling service, a user of the smart phone is enabled to gamble using the gambling application.

Smart phone with wrapper application that checks whether the smart phone may use a gambling application

Systems and methods related to the play of games that include interim betting. Other embodiments are also disclosed.

Game with interim betting

System and methods related to wagering, such as slot machines and/or other electronic games. Some wagering may relate to market indicators, market lines, and/or stop commands.

System and method for slot machine game associated with market line wagers

Some embodiments include a fantasy sports wagering game. A gaming operator may assign real life sporting players into brackets based on their expected performance so that players with similar expected performance are in a same bracket as each other. Participants in a fantasy sports wagering game may be required to select a player from each of a plurality of brackets to form a fantasy sports team for the fantasy sports wagering game.

Tiered gaming

Methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for submitting a tax submission on behalf of a player of a game. Based on the location of the gaming device, determine at least one jurisdiction that governs the player's taxable winnings. The player fills out an electronic tax form for each jurisdiction and submits an electronic authorization. Transmitting, in response to the tax liability, a tax submission to a remote device, in which the tax submission comprises at least the electronic tax form and the electronic authorization.

Submission of pre-authorized tax-related documents relating to game payouts

Various embodiments include game configurations that are specific to a location.

Zone dependent payout percentage

Some embodiments include a fantasy sports games or other type of gaming options. A gaming entity may establish a fund of money that is to be exposed to a gaming market in an attempt to win money from risking the fund of money. A gaming operator may use the pool or fund to create liquidity in a gaming market. Various gamers may enter into games with the gaming entity by matching with various portions of the pool or fund.

Aggregate gaming funds

Methods and systems are provided for managing a wagering system. In one exemplary embodiment, state information of a live event such as a sports game may be received in real time. During the event, a plurality of possible future states of the event and their associated probabilities (and odds) may be determined based on the state information, historical information, and current in-game information. A betting market is created for betting on the possible future states at determined odds. The betting market is closed and winning and losing bets are resolved based on updated state information.

According to one embodiment, a method of gaming is provided that comprises receiving a determination of a particular race participant in a race event having a plurality of race participants. The method continues by determining a particular position of the particular race participant at each of a plurality of intermediate points within the race event. The method continues by determining a plurality of simulated playing cards based at least in part upon the determined positions of the particular race participant. The method concludes by determining an outcome of a game based at least in part upon the determined simulated playing cards.

System and method for gaming based upon intermediate points in a race event

A method for executing a wireless trade is provided that includes communicating with a handheld device via a wireless network and sending and receiving financial information to and from the handheld device. The financial information is associated with a trade that can be initiated by the handheld device. The method also includes authorizing the handheld device through location data, which is associated with a location of the handheld device, before executing the trade.

System and method for facilitating a wireless financial transaction

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Lee M Amaitis