Abstract: A wagering tool, system or method that allows a player to make skill-based bets on a wide range of sporting events includes the following modules: (a) pricing, which provides the odds on the various competitors, (b) historical event, which stores relevant information pertaining to prior sporting events of the same type that the player is considering placing a bet, (c) forecast, which analyzes prior, similar sporting to determine: (i) similar prior events to the upcoming sporting event, (ii) the shared characteristics of the winners' of these prior events, (iii) the percentage probability that each competitor will win, (d) WIN/Odds, which identifies available “value bets” in the upcoming sporting event, (e) score generation, which rank orders available bets on a “value index” scale, (f) derivative, which identifies bets that could be of special interest; along with a searchable index database, which stores the outputs of the system's various modules and continually updates them; and a user interface that is co

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for pari-mutuel wagering are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of supporting a wager type for a pari-mutuel betting race having a predetermined number of participants includes: receiving odds data for each of the predetermined number of participants in the race; removing, from the predetermined number of participants, one or more favorites to win the race based on the odds data, thereby forming a reduced field of participants for consideration in the race; and providing the reduced field of participants to a totalizer system for use in calculating a pari-mutuel payout for a wager of the wager type based on the reduced field of participants and an outcome of the race once run with the one or more favorites, while ignoring the one or more favorites for purposes of the wager type.