Abstract: A computing platform enables the reliable delivery of message data (e.g., virtual airtime credits) into the accounts of mobile device users. The computing platform facilitates a large network of integrations (communication channels) with mobile network operators and reseller, preferably via a statistically-based message routing technique that uses a continuously updated estimate of the probability that a particular request over each integration will succeed. Requests are then routed over an integration picked using this information; if the request fails, the attempt is then retried using another integration until either it succeeds or the system believes the request will never succeed. The success or failure of each request is also used to update the probability estimate, preferably continuously, so that the system adjusts automatically as the reliability of each integration changes over time.

Abstract: A computing platform enables the reliable delivery of message data (e.g., virtual airtime credits) into the accounts of mobile device users. The computing platform facilitates a large network of integrations (communication channels) with mobile network operators and reseller, preferably via a statistically-based message routing technique that uses a continuously updated estimate of the probability that a particular request over each integration will succeed. Requests are then routed over an integration picked using this information; if the request fails, the attempt is then retried using another integration until either it succeeds or the system believes the request will never succeed. The success or failure of each request is also used to update the probability estimate, preferably continuously, so that the system adjusts automatically as the reliability of each integration changes over time.

Abstract: A method of administering a fantasy sports contest may include steps of: obtaining a target score for the fantasy sports contest; identifying a prize corresponding to the target score; receiving input specifying a lineup of a fantasy sports team of a participant in the fantasy sports contest; determining an actual score of the lineup of the participant's team; and determining whether the actual score of the participant's lineup exceeds the target score, and if the actual score of the participant's lineup exceeds the target score, providing an indication that the prize has been awarded to the participant. The target score may depend on statistical measures and/or probability distributions of predicted scores of one or more lineups eligible for the fantasy sports contest, or a value of the prize may depend on statistical measures and/or a probability distribution of a predicted score of the lineup of the participant's team.