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How do I protect my idea for a game used on online bookmaking sites?

I have recently come up with an idea which I believe would be of interest to bookmakers who offer various luck games online. For example, many bookmakers offer various lottery/keno games, a hi-lo guessing game, perhaps a sport game (ie darts, guess whether the total will be above 60 or similar) etc. I have thought of a game that to my knowledge no bookmaker has come up with yet, and I believe would be a successful one - but I don't want to directly tell them the idea in case they steal it and create the game. What can I do to protect my idea, and what would be the associated costs with such a thing? I am from the UK. Thank you very much! I would just like to add that this game is not something completely new - it is just using a modification of a well-known game into a betting variant. For example, darts can be modified into a betting game by predicting the outcome of the 3 darts. It is comparable to that. So I don't know if this is considered an invention as such.

Public Comments

1. You would have to get an international patent since all those guys are out of the U.S. you have to do a ppatent search then apply if the description isnt already out there.
2. Hmm thats a tough one. Maybe spread out your ideas so you can see what the do with each of the part of your idea.
3. Give us the details of your idea and we'll let you know if it's worth patenting. :)