Gaming Device and Method for Providing Sporting Games Betting Services

Abstract

A gaming device for taking sports related bets wherein the house offers various sports games for betting, based upon the final score combination, allowing players to select desired game(s) to place bet by picking the slot(s) on the 10×10 matrix. At end of the selected sports game, a winning slot will be determined from the slots picked before the cut-off time. Spectators of such sports will get a higher sense of thrill and better sense of satisfaction along with the betting device and the method disclosed herein.

1 . A gaming device for taking sports related bets, comprising:
 A House Processing Booth;   A plurality of Player-Intake-Units;   A plurality of Display Units where each containing 100 slots arranged in a 2-dimensional 10×10 matrix for a selected game being betted on;   A game reporting service module;   A file server unit controlled and enabled by a computer system;   A timing display module for displaying bet-taking timing for the games selected by individual players; and,   A Processing Control Unit interconnected with the units/modules of the gaming device and controls the opening of bet-taking, assigning and displaying player information, closing of bet-taking and bet-redeeming at end of each selected games.   
     
     
         2 . The gaming device of  claim 1 , wherein each of the Display Units shows offered game for selection to place bets, timing for taking and closing of bet-taking, status of bets being placed to the selected game and wining information, as the game time progresses. 
     
     
         3 . The gaming device of  claim 2 , wherein the Player-Intake-Unit further comprised of input device of touch-screen or a computer mouse linked to a screen, whereby a player can enter his bet to his picked slot on the 10×10 matrix, for the game selected to enter bet. 
     
     
         4 . The gaming device of  claim 3 , wherein the timing display module transmits timing information of each offered game simultaneously to each of the Display Unit and Player-Intake-Unit. 
     
     
         5 . The gaming device of  claim 4 , wherein the File Server stores scoring information sent in by Game Reporting Module and all players' betting information, for Processing Control Unit to determine winning information and pay out. 
     
     
         6 . The gaming device of  claim 5 , wherein the 10 rows and 10 columns of the 10×10 matrix on the Display Unit are numbered from 0 to 9, representing the last digit of the final game score for the home team and guest team respectively, related to the games offered by the House and selected by players for betting. 
     
     
         7 . The gaming device of  claim 5 , wherein each of the 100 slots of the 10×10 matrix on the Display Unit represents the last 2 digits of the final score of an offered game for a chosen team. 
     
     
         8 . A method of providing sporting game betting service utilizing the device herein, comprising the steps of:
 a. A plurality of games being offered for betting and displayed on each Display Unit containing 100-slot matrix;   b. Players are invited to select games from the offered game for placing bets by picking slots;   c. The House continues to invite players to pick slots for the selected game, until a pre-set time to close bet-taking, or until all the slots are picked;   d. Processing Control Unit updates bet-taking information to server unit and causes the bet-taking information to be transmitted to Display Unit for each selected game;   e. Processing Control Unit determines winner slot, after receiving scoring information from game reporting module and proceeds with bet-redeeming for payout to the winner of each selected game.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the offered game is to pick the slot on the 10×10 matrix where the 0-9 numbered row/column correspond to the last digit of the home and guest teams respectively. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the offered game is to pick the slot on the 10×10 matrix where each slot is a 2-digit number representing the final score of a chosen team in an offered game. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the Processing Control Unit scraps an offered game for betting, if number of slots picked is lower than a pre-set limit after a pre-time into the progression of the offered game, so that another game is offered for betting.