Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and apparatuses for managing contests that may be made available to one or more participants desiring to participate in a fantasy sports contest in which participants may use their knowledge of players and/or teams found in real-world sports. Participants are enabled to select one or more locations on a grid in order to participate in the contest, each location having been previously associated with two or more real-world players or teams. Participants may be able to select a wildcard player or team.

An engine that both calculates “basic odds” (calculated by using historical database mining) and at least one more odds making formula to calculate odds on at least one outcome of a single play in a live event, crossing at least two different odds making formulas to create crossed odds. The embodiments can utilize AI to correlate the crossed odds with the final odds on similar historical plays in which odds were calculated and use machine learning after the play's outcome is known to correlate odds generated by each odds making formula with most profitable odds calculated on previous similar plays. This system may use a hybrid of a basic computer system with AI capability computers and connection to quantum capability computers to assist with calculating odds where the basic computer can determine when and how much to invoke the AI capability, the Quantum capability, and the combined AI capability.

A system that utilizes an application running on a mobile device to provide a service window associated with a gaming establishment.

A method for conducting a raffle comprising reading an item identifier from an identification tag affixed to an item at an equipment management system, prior to an event related to the item. The raffle notification data is then transmitted to users after the event has occurred. A plurality of raffle ticket purchase requests are then received from the plurality of devices and are processed. The raffle tickets are then delivered to the plurality of devices, such as in electronic form. One of the raffle tickets is then selected, and winning notification data is transmitted to the associated device. The winner can authenticate the winning item by reading the identification tag affixed to the item after the event at the equipment management system.

A server system for electronic games includes a memory and a processor configured to execute instructions stored in the memory. When the instructions are executed, the instructions cause the processor to receive from a communication device, a plurality of first signals generated in response to the communication device entering one or more predefined zones associated with the electronic games, and generate, based on the plurality of first signals, a heat map that defines one or more cells based upon a magnitude of a data element of the first signals.

A player distraction detector for gaming environments configured to determine player distraction level data usable to cause a change an output by a gaming system based on the player distraction level data.

The present disclosure provides a method of notifying a user of a friend's wager allowing the user to place the same wager or the opposite wager to bet with or against their friends. The method includes being able to add friends on a wagering app, determining the current wager market that the user is in, and using the friend data stored to determine if one or more of the user's friends are in the same wager market or participating in wagering on the same live event and then notifying the user if one or more of their friends places a wager through a notification on the wagering app.

Systems and methods for synchronizing client data structures with session events are disclosed. The system can establish a session responsive to a request from a host client device associated with a host player profile. The system can configure the host player profile to share records of events performed via the host player profile during the session, and can receive requests to join the session, each request associated with a respective viewer player profile. The system can receive a request from a viewer to permit automatic population of records corresponding to events performed via the host player profile during the session. The system can detect an event performed via the host player profile during the session, and generate a record corresponding to the event in the viewer player profile, which is used to enable performance of a corresponding event having the same event parameters via the viewer player profile.

On a network of electronic gaming machines, data regarding the performance of the machines or the players of the machines is collected and processed to make predictions of future jackpots and recommendations of games to play. The predictions and recommendations are delivered via at least one virtual persona that communicates with players or potential players via displays in a casino or on a web browser, via smartphone. Players can conduct conversations with the persona using cellular telephone, text messaging, or other types of Internet communications.

The present invention is a system and method for placing and monitoring bets, which provides a solution to the problem of monitoring games for favorable betting conditions. The core components of the invention are a device configured to receive event information, bet information, bets, bet conditions, monitor events, and place bets when betting conditions are met.