US 12,525,093
Granted United States PatentUS 12,525,093 B2SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ON-LINE SIMULATED AND NON-SIMULATED GAMBLING
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Granted United States Patent

US 12,525,093

Public Technology Mapping — Fanatics Sportsbook

The Granted United States Patent defines the architecture below. Fanatics Sportsbook is examined only in terms of publicly disclosed functionality corresponding with elements of that architecture.

Public correspondence to the granted patent
Medium-Low
Evidence strength
High
Priority
18 December 2020
Granted
13 January 2026

What the Granted Patent protects

Granted architecture — US 12,525,093

The Granted United States Patent claims a combination of real-world event wagering, gambling credits, minimal or zero-value pseudo-currency operation, economic mode monitoring and mode-responsive management of data communications.

Granted patent core — US 12,525,093

GrantedUS 12,525,093
  1. Real-world events
  2. Odds
  3. Gambling credits
  4. Zero / minimal-value pseudo-currency
  5. Economic mode monitoring
  6. Wagering threshold
  7. Data update reduction
  8. Reduced network transfer
  9. Limited results delivered
View granted United States patentView USPTO recordView Claim 1View Claim 10View Claim 19US 12,525,093 B2 — primary source benchmark

Patent first, company second

Granted Patent architecture, Fanatics Sportsbook disclosure, granted patent position

GrantedUS 12,525,093

Granted United States Patent

  1. Real-world event
  2. Odds
  3. Gambling credits
  4. Pseudo-currency
  5. Economic mode monitoring
  6. Reduced data updates
  7. Reduced network transfer
  8. Limited results delivered

Publicly disclosed by Fanatics Sportsbook

  • real-money sportsbook
  • FanCash rewards currency
  • free-to-play promotions
  • live betting

Granted patent position

Partially observable

The Granted United States Patent extends beyond the publicly visible consumer functionality by claiming defined technical controls concerning pseudo-currency mode detection and communications-network management.

Where Fanatics Sportsbook publicly discloses relevant functionality

What Fanatics Sportsbook publicly discloses, module by module

Each module is presented beside the relevant element of the Granted United States Patent so that the patent language and the public disclosure can be read together.

Sports event layer

Fanatics Sportsbook disclosure

Real sporting events across regulated states.

Granted United States Patent — relevant element

Monitoring real-world events, including sporting events, upon which wagering is offered.

Evidence status: Direct public correspondence

Odds / market layer

Fanatics Sportsbook disclosure

Odds and markets published within the sportsbook.

Granted United States Patent — relevant element

Calculating odds and publishing the monitored events, wagering markets and odds to users.

Evidence status: Direct public correspondence

Credit / currency layer

Fanatics Sportsbook disclosure

Cash balance plus FanCash rewards currency.

Granted United States Patent — relevant element

Providing gambling credits to a user in association with a credit account.

Evidence status: Direct public correspondence

Free-play / simulated layer

Fanatics Sportsbook disclosure

Promotional free-play offers and no-stake entries.

Granted United States Patent — relevant element

Pseudo-currency having minimal or zero real-world value.

Evidence status: Public functional correspondence

Account layer

Fanatics Sportsbook disclosure

Account holds wallet and FanCash balances.

Granted United States Patent — relevant element

Credit account established on registration; credits allocated, held and adjusted.

Evidence status: Public functional correspondence

Social / competition layer

Fanatics Sportsbook disclosure

Promotional contests and rewards mechanics.

Granted United States Patent — relevant element

Virtual rooms and ranking of user performance within a predefined period.

Evidence status: Public functional correspondence

Live data layer

Fanatics Sportsbook disclosure

Live odds and event updates during play.

Granted United States Patent — relevant element

Real-world event and result information provided to users in real time.

Evidence status: Direct public correspondence

Economic mode layer

Fanatics Sportsbook disclosure

Cash or promotional credit selection at placement.

Granted United States Patent — relevant element

Monitoring whether wagering is being conducted using a pseudo-currency of minimal or zero real-world value.

Evidence status: Public functional correspondence

Settlement layer

Fanatics Sportsbook disclosure

Settlement to wallet or rewards balance.

Granted United States Patent — relevant element

Determining the wager outcome and crediting or debiting the credit account.

Evidence status: Public functional correspondence

Technical data layer

Fanatics Sportsbook disclosure

No public material reviewed describes update frequency management, feed throttling or mode-dependent network optimisation.

Granted United States Patent — relevant element

Reduced frequency of event and other data updates, reduced communications-network data transfer and limited results delivered.

Evidence status: Technical verification required

Publicly observable correspondence with the Granted Patent

Granted claim element mapping

Each row records publicly observable functional correspondence to an element of the granted claims. Technical implementation requires further verification where indicated. No conclusion is drawn regarding infringement.

Claim elementClaim ref.Observed strengthEvidence statusNote
Real-world sports1BVery StrongConfirmed publicly—
Odds / wagers1C / 1FVery StrongConfirmed publicly—
Credit account1E / 3 / 12Very StrongConfirmed publicly—
Non-withdrawable wagering credits1EVery StrongConfirmed publicly—
Mode selection1KVery StrongConfirmed publicly—
Result / winnings settlement1G / 1HVery StrongConfirmed publicly—
Zero-value / practice currency in the patent sense1JPartialTechnical verification required—
Free simulated sportsbook1JWeak / partialTechnical verification required—
Threshold1IUnverifiedTechnical verification required—
Data throttling1L–1NUnverifiedTechnical verification required—

Background disclosure record

Public material demonstrates

  • real sporting-event wagering
  • Bonus Bets
  • account credit
  • FanCash
  • cash and Bonus Bet wager modes
  • selectable Bonus Bet mode within the bet slip
  • non-withdrawable promotional credits
  • winnings from Bonus Bets becoming withdrawable cash

Fanatics promotional rules state the default wager uses cash, but the user can manually select a Bonus Bet in the bet slip instead. This is relevant because it demonstrates system-level differentiation between a cash wager mode and a non-withdrawable credit wager mode.

FanCash is separately relevant as promotional value that can be converted to Bonus Bets, indicating a distinct account-held value type alongside cash balances.

Publicly observable alignment to US 12,525,093

Medium-Low

Why this rating?

  • real-world sporting events, odds and wagering functionality;
  • credit-based balances and settlement;
  • promotional credit mechanics adjacent to real-value wagering;
  • weaker current public evidence of the broader simulated / non-simulated architecture.

Important unverified elements

  • defined wagering threshold;
  • mode-responsive update reduction;
  • reduced network transfer;
  • limited result delivery;

These categories reflect the strength of publicly identified functional correspondence with elements of the Granted United States Patent. They do not represent infringement conclusions, legal probabilities or a determination that every limitation of an independent claim is satisfied.

Unresolved technical elements

  • Zero-value / practice currency in the sense contemplated by the patent
  • Free simulated sportsbook
  • Threshold
  • Data throttling

Audited evidence inventory

Element-by-element records against US 12,525,093 B2

Each inventory sets every cited disclosure against a canonical granted claim element, states the correspondence grade and shows the evidence supporting the qualitative rating.

Fanatics Sportsbook

Medium-Low

8 cited evidence records · 9 mandatory Claim 1 limitations unestablished

Official public disclosure register

Every public source relied upon for Fanatics Sportsbook, organised by feature. Each source opens in a new tab so the disclosure can be reviewed independently.

Credit balances

2 public sources

Official product pageSource level 1

How to use FanCash

Fanatics Sportsbook · Verified 23 August 2026

View public disclosure

https://betfanatics.com/blog/how-to-use-fancash

Financial pressSource level 3

How does Fanatics Sportsbook FanCash work?

Action Network · Published / updated 27 March 2026 · Verified 23 August 2026

View published report

https://www.actionnetwork.com/education/how-does-fanatics-sportsbook-fancash-work

Event results

1 public source

Official termsSource level 1

Terms of Service (Illinois)

Fanatics Sportsbook · Published / updated 26 January 2026 · Verified 23 August 2026

View company terms

https://sportsbook.fanatics.com/legal/il/terms-of-service

Promotional currency

1 public source

Official termsSource level 1

FanCash Program Terms

Fanatics Sportsbook (FBG Enterprises Opco, LLC) · Published / updated Effective 1 October 2025 · Verified 23 August 2026

View company terms

https://sportsbook.fanatics.com/legal/tn/fancash-program-terms/

Real-world events

2 public sources

Official termsSource level 1

Terms of Service (Illinois)

Fanatics Sportsbook · Published / updated 26 January 2026 · Verified 23 August 2026

View company terms

https://sportsbook.fanatics.com/legal/il/terms-of-service

Official termsSource level 1

Terms of Service (New York)

Fanatics Sportsbook · Published / updated 21 March 2025 · Verified 23 August 2026

View company terms

https://sportsbook.fanatics.com/legal/ny/terms-of-service

Responsible gaming limits

2 public sources

Official product pageSource level 1

Responsible gaming (Virginia)

Fanatics Sportsbook · Verified 23 August 2026

View public disclosure

https://sportsbook.fanatics.com/legal/va/responsible-gaming

Official product pageSource level 1

Responsible gaming hub

Fanatics Sportsbook · Verified 23 August 2026

View public disclosure

https://sportsbook.fanatics.com/legal/responsible-gaming/

Sports markets

1 public source

Official termsSource level 1

Terms of Service (Massachusetts)

Fanatics Sportsbook · Published / updated 19 March 2025 · Verified 23 August 2026

View company terms

https://sportsbook.fanatics.com/legal/ma/terms-of-service/

User accounts

2 public sources

Official termsSource level 1

Terms of Service (Louisiana)

Fanatics Sportsbook · Published / updated 24 March 2025 · Verified 23 August 2026

View company terms

https://sportsbook.fanatics.com/legal/la/terms-of-service

Official termsSource level 1

Terms of Service (Ohio)

Fanatics Sportsbook · Published / updated 24 March 2025 · Verified 23 August 2026

View company terms

https://sportsbook.fanatics.com/legal/oh/terms-of-service

View granted United States patentView USPTO recordView Claim 1View Claim 10View Claim 19US 12,525,093 B2 — primary source benchmark

What the Granted United States Patent expressly claims beyond the current public evidence

  • Defined wagering threshold
  • Monitoring zero-value pseudo-currency mode
  • Mode-responsive update control
  • Reduced event / data update frequency
  • Reduced communications-network data transfer
  • Limited results delivered to the user

Current public sources reviewed for Fanatics Sportsbook do not establish these backend limitations.

The Granted United States Patent extends beyond the publicly visible consumer functionality by claiming defined technical controls concerning pseudo-currency mode detection and communications-network management.

Strategic relevance of the Granted Patent to Fanatics Sportsbook

Granted patent position — Fanatics Sportsbook

Fanatics provides clear public evidence of mode-aware wager processing between cash and non-withdrawable credit. It does not presently provide public evidence of a zero real-world value pseudo-currency sportsbook mode of the kind described in the granted claims.

The commercial position

  • Multiple companies publicly disclose parts of the architecture.
  • The Granted United States Patent sits above the competitive comparison as the protected asset.
  • Control of the Granted Patent may therefore have value beyond any single company's present implementation.

Sources

Company-owned sources are preferred over third-party commentary. Each card identifies the granted claim element to which the material is relevant.

Fanatics

Level B
Fanatics Sportsbook

Fanatics Betting & Gaming

Category
Product documentation
Claim element
1B, 1C, 1D

Real sporting-event wagering markets and odds.

View source

Fanatics

Level A
FanCash terms

Fanatics Betting & Gaming

Category
Terms of use
Claim element
1E

FanCash as promotional value convertible to Bonus Bets.

View source