US 12,170,004 B1
Dynamic wager delays for live contest betting
Lorcan Kelly, Los Angeles, CA (US); Oliver Hoy, Jersey City, NJ (US); Stefan Borjesson, Oporto (PT); Tiago Martins, Oporto (PT); and Will Twinn, Jersey City, NJ (US)
Assigned to FanDuel Limited, Edinburgh (GB)
Filed by FanDuel Limited, Edinburgh (GB)
Filed on Jan. 8, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/406,974.
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/3288 (2013.01) [G07F 17/3237 (2013.01); G07F 17/3241 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for dynamically enacting delays for placing wagers, comprising:
at least one server communicatively coupled to a live contest service and configured to receive live contest data of a contest from the live contest service; and
one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the system to carry out actions, comprising:
receiving, during the contest and from a user operating a user computing device, a request to place a wager on the contest;
determining a location of the user;
responsive to determining the location of the user is a contest location for the contest, determining a state of the contest based on the live contest data received from the live contest service;
responsive to determining the state of the contest is a live state, enacting a wager delay for the wager;
receiving first audio data from one or more sensors at the contest location and second audio data from the user computing device,
wherein a time for the wager delay is set based on a comparison of the first audio data to the second audio data; and
responsive to the wager delay ending, allowing placement of the wager by the user.