Patent ID: 9355527
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: G07F

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a computing device, a bet on a multi-reel slot game, wherein the computing device comprises a processor configured to execute program instructions stored in memory, a display device configured to display slot game reels, and at least one input device configured to accept the multi-reel slot game bet in response to an input by a player, the bet being associated with a time; and wherein the program instructions are executed for: determining, by the computing device, a first value based at least in part upon the value of a digit of a first financial market indicator, in which the value of the digit includes the value of the digit that occurs at the moment when an amount of time has passed after the time associated with the bet, in which the amount of time was determined before the bet was received; determining, by the computing device, a second value based at least in part upon the value of a digit of a second financial market indicator; controlling, by the computing device, a first reel of the multi-reel slot game to display the first value on the display device; controlling, by the computing device, a second reel of the multi-reel slot game to display the second value on the display device; and determining, by the computing device, whether the bet is a winning bet based on the first value and the second value.